36 Weeks and counting HARD!!!!

So I am huge and have stretch marks and didn't have them with the first pregnancy. I guess it is because I had 20 additional pounds prior to baby bump with this one. Regardless, they aren't fun and aren't pretty. No more bikinis for this 37 year old. They started out as a numbness around my belly and turned red and got bigger and redder. The thing I don't get is why my doctor didn't tell me they were stretch marks. I thought something was really wrong with the baby and he/she never said they were stretch marks. Anyway. So I have come to accept them. They are now a part of me.

Check up went fine. I am not dilated at all, but that doesn't mean anything. I could go into labor at any point. I feel some of the symptoms of "lightening" which means he is dropping. But who knows.

I broke out into the WORST rash I have ever had in my life 9 months pregnant. It itches sooo bad in places you aren't supposed to itch, in public at least. I am taking a steriod, which feels like it is slowly working, but man I am in pain.

Overall, energy level is low, joints are hurting....itch...itch...itch...and I am ready. More next week, maybe even some pictures...:>)