Turned A Corner

I seem to have turned a corner over the last week or so. Strangers are coming up to me now and commenting on how "ready" I look, seem and/or must be. Today the cashier at the Harris Teeter asked me when I was due and when I told her 3 weeks she said, "ugh-huh. That baby is 8 pounds already." Wow! I couldn't help but look down and think, Really?

Then another woman at the nail place said, "you're about to have that baby huh?" I said, "Ya, three weeks until my due date but I'm ready" and she said, "You LOOK ready." Not sure what that means.

A guy who came to move some office furniture for me yesterday took one look at me and said, "You're about ready to pop."

Several people, too many to name, have gasped in shock over the news that I have 3 weeks left. Everyone seems to think that the baby will come early. I'm trying not to listen because I don't want to get my hopes up. I have come to terms with the fact that first time Moms rarely deliver early and they are most often LATE. That being said, if this really IS an 8lb baby -- it needs to get a move on!