With my due date rapidly approaching (at long last, August 31 is in sight) I’m in that final lap of pregnancy. Has anyone ever entered this phase gracefully? Those stinking models that you see in the pregnancy magazines, do they really wear heals and have smiles on their faces right up until the end, ankles never swollen, heartburn never churning, is that possible? Or can I just assume they’re actually human, pregnant women that enter the last month of pregnancy like we all do - ready… oh so ready, to be DONE!

Even at the end of my first pregnancy which I described earlier as “all rainbows & kittens” I was done. I had loved the pregnancy journey I’d gone on but things just start to get so squished and uncomfortable during this home stretch. My recent check up the doctor confirmed that this little man was ‘in position’ head down and ready to leave the pod. We’re ready for ya! Come out any time now.