The Great Alaskan Honas: 36 weeks

36 weeks

I’m in THE month, the countdown has begun 29 days till due date 17 days of work.

At 36^th weeks babies usually weight a little over 6-6.5 lbs (and again, we know this is not true for Tank). He is the size of a small watermelon. ( I don’t know why they use round objects!!). Tank is focusing on gaining more weight and continuing to mature his lungs so he can be ready to go when he is delivered.

The waddle- though I don’t do it too bad it is becoming progressively worse. This is because my body is preparing for a surge of hormones for labor which will relax my smooth muscle and ligaments so Tank can come out nice and easy. This flexibility leads to my pelvis swaying a little more as I walk…hence a slight waddle. However, I will quack like a duck if that means Tank will come out easier.

We finally also got our maternity photos last Friday. It was fun. It was actually the first professional photographs Kris and I had ever taken together. I hope there are some great ones.

My co-workers also threw me a shower at work. It was great fun and I am very lucky to work with such a great group of people.

Tank is doing about the same. He loves to kick my right rib. He’s been very nice the last few nights and has settled lower in my belly so I can actually sleep. I made kris practice yesterday with our teddy bear how to swaddle and put on a diaper. He then proceeded to hold the thing like a football the rest of the time.

This week is 4^th of July so I get an extra day off which is very welcome. Kris and I are planning on trying to use the camper one last time prior to baby arrival and headed down to the Russian and see if we can catch some fish. The rivers are VERY high this year because of the snow melt so fishing has been kind of slow.