Nature's Balk: 39 weeks DEFCON 5!

Charla has not been sleeping well this past month. I guess it is common for expecting mothers to experience discomfort as they now carry and extra 30-40 pounds of fluid, placenta and baby. The strain on her back has been great and there are no positions that seem to be comfortable. I have been giving some middle of the night massages and have tried to stay up with her and make sure she is OK. The tiredness combines with the anticipation and gravity of the situation to make for a kind of excited paranoid state- a kind of almost disbelief that we will have a child in the next few days or hours. I feel like I am standing on the quiet beach waiting for the title wave to come.