Whoa! Sudden Appearance of Ankles and Stretch Marks

[Cherry Alive]

I think a lot of my water retention disappeared overnight. I haven't seen a single stretchmark throughout this pregnancy (I check every day) and this AM I found a whole bunch of them under my belly button. All of the sudden, my feet are no longer quite so swollen, too. I actually am starting to see the tendons and my ankle bones again, but yesterday they looked like sausages (and had been for over a month).

I haven't weighed myself yet, but I bet I lost a couple pounds... Could this be a signal of the end?

I think my water may have ruptured yesterday (I was leaking throughout the day).

Edit- I forgot to add... I feel heavily caffeinated... Couldn't sleep last night but I have this amazing energy. I couldn't settle down so I went grocery shopping at 6am and managed to cook 3 batches of chicken soup plus a loaf of pumpkin bread by 10am. Is that nesting?

[Mal85]

Originally Posted by Cherry Alive

I think a lot of my water retention disappeared overnight. I haven't seen a single stretchmark throughout this pregnancy (I check every day) and this AM I found a whole bunch of them under my belly button. All of the sudden, my feet are no longer quite so swollen, too. I actually am starting to see the tendons and my ankle bones again, but yesterday they looked like sausages (and had been for over a month).

I've sort of done the same thing. My water retention was very minimal up until about 4 weeks ago when my ankles began to disappear. Just last weekend, seriously overnight, I had a handful of stretch marks appear on the underneath part of my belly. I was seriously bummed by this.

Went to see my MW on Thursday and had lost 1 1/2 lbs and my ankles are looking close to normal again. I can see bone! I'm crossing my fingers. I've always heard you lose a little weight just before having the baby.

I've also been feeling restless today, but that may just be impatience on my part. I was seriously bummed yesterday because I 'had a feeling' all week I might have the baby on Friday and when it didn't happen, I was really disappointed. Today I'm feeling better about it and have felt the need to get my house in order and clean. I just can't stand sitting around waiting for this baby to come out anymore.

My original guess date (before given a due date) was the 23rd, not really based on anything but a hunch. So, I guess we'll see. At this point, I'll just be happy if she's born in February!

[dearmama22]

I'm not in your DDC, but I noticed my stretch marks one random day too. I didn't have any at all and then one day around 37 weeks I woke up and I had a few under my belly button.. I hope they go away after birth!