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I'm Ready, Already!

Getting through the
Final Weeks of Pregnancy

By Katherine Bontrager

While Stewart admits she doesn't quite sleep through the night anymore, she does claim to sleep better with the help of a pregnancy pillow. The few times she's slept without it her hips have suffered. "I didn't realize how much it helped as my pelvis stretched to have that pillow between my legs," she says. "The one bad thing [is] you end up feeling like you and your spouse are sleeping on different continents."

The pregnancy pillow is not the only purchase that's made a difference. Stewart has several chair options at the ready in her cubicle, depending on what her body requires at the moment. "I use my yoga ball and I have a back-up chair with a massager, and the variety helps my back," she says. "I also try to take short walks and take the long way around the building. The best days are those where I'm never in one position for long."

The final advice that keeps Stewart's smile sincere? Quite simply she strives to keep busy. "Seeing I'd hit the due-date month has nearly driven me crazy," Stewart says. "But I know that my busy schedule ha kept my calendar watching to a minimum." So try to keep your schedule filled, and, rather than focusing on your due date, focus on smaller, more controllable goals – be it a dinner date, a meeting at work, a wedding or some other event.

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