Just for the record...

I remember my sister-in-law, Melissa, telling me how I should take a picture of my bare belly at least once during my pregnancy. That way, I would have a record of it, even if just for my own eyes. Well, I took her advice and am posting them below, just so I can look back on them one day. I love that I didn't get stretch marks. Any visible lines you see are either veins (from extra blood flow, not varicose veins) or are indentions from my pants. But, the most important detail is that there is a precious little girl in there, who we will get to meet very soon! :-)

On another note... about an hour ago, I started having some new symptoms. I got a sharp pain in my mid-to-upper abdomen, which wrapped all the way around my back. It's irregular -- comes and goes. It's a stabbing feeling, and it's still going on intermittently. Also, I started having tightness in my lower stomach tonight, rather than the tightness in my upper stomach that I've been feeling for the past few weeks. I'm thinking, since they are not real regular or time-able, maybe my uterus is just doing some practice contractions. I guess we will see what the night brings. Hopefully they will subside so I can be well-rested for my last day of work tomorrow. And hopefully it wasn't just bad pot roast that I ate tonight -- haha! Stay tuned...