38 Weeks

Well, after sleeping on it, not over-thinking things and going to the gym to sweat (like a pig) yesterday, I'm feeling much better today.

According to the calendar, I'm now 38 weeks preggo and Baby Max is fattening up like a little turkey in the oven. This perhaps explains my latest cravings for chocolate ice cream, Laughing Cow cheese, yogurt and sugary cereals. Since I discovered that Cap'n Crunch is one of the most unhealthiest breakfast cereals, (it's comprised mostly of sugar) I've found other things to satisfy my insane sweet tooth. (I swear Baby Maxity will come out smelling like sugar and perhaps will be the sweetest baby! Fingers crossed.)

I visited some colleagues at work yesterday and they wondered how I'm filling my time, waiting for Baby Max. Well, in all honesty, I'm really enjoying my mat leave so far- but that's because I don't have a bald, toothless stranger crying for food every two hours yet! I'm knitting up a storm and am also quilting.

In fact, I've already made the cutest little winter hat for Baby Max and am about to finish a baby blankie. I've also started a neck warmer and will begin a tiny, baby sweater I've been meaning to make sometime this week. And I REALLY should do my thank you cards from my baby shower which seems like ages ago now. (I made those cards a long time ago.)

On the fitness front, I'm still working out like a fiend. I workout five days per week with two rest days. I'm really enjoying my workouts and am still running, albeit now I've moved indoors to a treadmill. I had my last outdoor run a Sunday ago. Though I do love running outdoors this time of the year, I figure why chance a trip or a fall on a stick or pothole? Also, running on the treadmill allows me to be near a bathroom and is much, much easier on my joints. When I do run, I'll average about 30 minutes.

At this late stage of the game, the elliptical is my cardio machine of choice. Not only do I get an upper body workout, but also without the bounce, I feel less pressure on my bladder, which is nice. And I can really sweat up a storm on this machine. I aim for four miles and sometimes go as fast as I can. I'm watching my heart rate and exertion level, but it must be a funny site to see someone who looks like they're hiding a basketball under their workout top sweating like mad on the elliptical.

I continue to be visited by Mr. Braxton Hicks and today have my first headache in a long time. I think it calls for me to get the red blood cells going and head to the gym for another sweat and weight training session.

Here I go. Happy 38 Weeks Baby Maxity.

Bake away my friend, bake away.