All Baby?

Friday I had another appointment. This time I saw the other midwife and she gave me some better news than the week before. She estimated that the baby was between 7lbs and 7.25lbs. So maybe I won't have such a big baby after all. She also checked to see if I was dilating at all and I'm not. No surprise there though, I guess. And she said that they can use breaking my water as a method of induction as long as they have already started the antibiotics... YAY!! I guess that means that I only have about 2 weeks (and three days, but I'm ignoring those three for now) maximum until she arrives. Hopefully much less.

Yesterday we went to the stock show. It was fun although it tired me out pretty quick and I got a migraine half way through it. There is something just not right about walking through and among a bunch of cows and pigs eating a big old corn dog. Not just that it's meat... but that it's all the leftover meat too. And seeing the whole animal it's a lot easier to imagine just where those parts are coming from... I tried not to think about it, but it was still just a bit disturbing. The other thing that was pretty disturbing was how expensive everything is!! $6 for a funnel cake that didn't even fill the plate!! I didn't get it, nor did I get the $3 refill on the $5 coke that they told me was refillable... the only reason I bought it!! But overall, it was really fun and John really enjoyed it too, especially the hereford show.

After we got home, I laid down because of my headache and I was having a whole bunch of really strong contractions... I was hoping I was going into labor, but alas, here I sit - still pregnant. The nap I took helped a lot with my headache - it was one of the shortest migraines I've ever had - but I think it kept me up last night. I was cleaning the house at 9 and though I tried to go to bed at 11 (way past when I usually go to sleep) I just could not sit still - I was wired. I laid there fidgeting and twitching for about an hour and finally had to get up and go to the gym to walk. I walked for about 40 minutes and stopped because my back finally started to hurt too much. I still felt wired on the way home, but at least I was able to sleep after that. People have told me you get a burst of energy before you go into labor, but I don't think that was what it was. I think it was the nap I took and beyond that, just coincidence. I'm not having contractions today (sigh).

My question of the day is this: what do you say when someone tells you that you are all baby? I mean, is that a compliment? Do you say thank you? Presumably, they are telling you this as a way of telling you, "you got a big ol' belly, but you don't look fat or anything..." which is probably supposed to be a compliment, but it feels a bit weird saying thank you to that. And if it's not meant as a compliment, what is the appropriate response? It always feels like it requires a response, but I have never have any idea what to say...