2 Weeks and Counting

Its 4:45am on a Tuesday morning and I am at the office. I have come in around 4 for the past two mornings; I have not been able to sleep more then 2 hours a night in the past 2 weeks and each day my hands get progressively worse. I have less then two weeks until my due date and the day could not come fast enough. I have tried everything to get my hands to stop aching; the doctors have given me two perscriptions that have not helped with the swelling and pain but ha made me somewhat drowsy. I have fallen asleep in my chair at the office a few times; maybe I should bring my chair home with me and try and sleep in it at night. Last night I tried sleeping sitting up on the couch with the ice pack and then alternating with the heat; it worked out ok...but the only relief I get is soaking my hands in water and applying heat and cold whenever I can. If I could be submersed in water all day long I would not mind being pregnant but since I cant feel my hands most of the time and when I do it feels like sharp needles penetrating my skin it makes life kinda difficult. I only have three more days of work until all my information is due to the state and then I can actively try and get this baby to come out. At my appointment on the 31st the Doctor checked and I was progressing but was not dilated; at my appointment on the 8th it was a different story, I was dilated to a 3 almost 4 and 70% effaced. The doctor told me that I had been working had that week and that the baby might come early. I hope that each week will get progressively better. I have my next appointment in three days and I just hope for my sanity sake that he is ready to come. My sister Tiffani left yesterday to head back home to the middle east; she tried so hard to get this baby to come while she was still here but he did not want to make his appearance. We took long walks and even jumped on our neighbors trampoline at like 11:30 at night. It was quite comical. So now, I just need to make it through these next few days and then this baby needs to come out, I do not think my hands and my sanity can take two more weeks of this; but if they have to endure the pain; I know this little lad is going to be worth it.