39.5 weeks

I was going to skip posting anything this week in hopes that the next post would be the unveiling of Trenton, but I decided I'd write a little update anyways.

This week has suddenly brought on some new symptoms that I am not very fond of. Starting Sunday night, I noticed my feet were swollen. I went 39 weeks with no or very minimal, and definitely not visible, swelling anywhere and then all of the sudden with (hopefully) a week left, my feet look like I'm an Oompa Loompa. Joseph is a great husband though. He keeps saying I look beautiful and fantastic even though I do feel like an Oompa Loompa. God gave me a wonderful husband :)
Everyday at work this week has been difficult too. I did stack some boxes under my desk to have a makeshift elevated footrest to try and keep my legs up as high as possible to hopefully reduce some swelling. I'm pretty sure everyone has been wondering about it but they are nice enough not to ask :) I've also been having pretty bad pain in my leg, mostly my knee, and I can tell that my spine is so unaligned right now that my hips are uneven, making one leg shorter than the other. Which is causing the pain in my leg. Pretty much it comes down to the fact that I need to go to the chiropractor and I need to get this baby out. I'm just really hoping Trenton is on the same page.....
My entire team at work have really been voting for me to still be here this week since one client that we file quarterly claims for, I am a huge part of and really only I have ever done this particular part of it. Even though I have prepared a very detailed step-by-step spreadsheet of what I do since I won't be here for next quarter, they all have dreaded the fact of me leaving for 3 months. And even though my boss told me on Monday that I am not allowed to go into labor this week, I still feel loved. They are going to miss me :)

When I went to the doctor on Monday for my 39 week appointment, I was about 1cm dilated and partially effaced (I forgot what percentage he said though). Which is good that there was some progress finally, but now that it is Thursday, I am really hoping there has been more and more progress every day since. I do have two theories about our son though. Well one comes from Joseph, but either he is going to be like his daddy and come on his own sweet time just like a West would, and possibly come late just out of spite, like a West would....(Daddy's theory) or he is going to be like his mommy and like schedules and timelines and he is going to come on the exact day he is scheduled to come. We all know that it is way more likely for a baby to come late though and it is very rare for one to be born on the exact due date. But we shall see! Sunday is Joseph's birthday so maybe Trenton will want to be just like his daddy..... :)