34 Weeks

Today we're 34 weeks pregnant! The time is flying by, soon we'll be welcoming our little baby. The last few days I've been having Braxton-Hicks contractions. I haven't felt any today, but if I work then I have them all day long. One pregnancy book said that it is rare to have more than two an hour. I've been getting them more frequent then that. So all have to OK everything with the midwives. The Braxton-Hicks aren't painful, but are uncomfortable. It feels like my uterus is a turtle and it pulls all its arms and legs in to hide in its shell (if that makes any sense).
I called the pediatrician's office in Roseville to find a baby doctor, but they wont let me pick one until I deliever beacuse I'm not delievering in Roseville. She said that I'll have to make an appointment after the baby comes and its normally after the 1st or 2nd day of life. I guess I can find one in Davis, but I dont want to have to drive there if my baby is sick and I want her seen ASAP.
I had a dream that I was skinny again! It was wierd because it was after the baby arrived and I was more skinny then before I got pregnant. I've been fanasizing about getting my body back to myself. But then I found a quote that put me back into perpective. It said, "Slowly, reluctantly, I have come to realize how utilitarin my female body is, and that, in truth, it doesn't belong to me, but my son. My breasts are for nurishing him, my arms for holding him, my hips for carrying him, my face for amusing and kissing him, my womb for growing him, and my vagina for delivering him to the world. This discovery has put some of my vanities and petty concerns into perspective and I am thankful for it."