Officially in my 9th Month- Things I am looking forward to

So we are now in the 9th month of this pregnancy. I have all my doctor appointments set from now till my due date. I have my hospital bag (mostly) packed. I know that no matter what I have a maximum of 5 weeks left and that is only if she arrives past her due date. The end is getting close. I know my IPs and their family are extremely excited and anxious for their beautiful baby girl to make her appearance and forever change their lives. I am also excited, not only for them, but for myself too. So as I sit here writing this I will make a list of the things I am excited about for myself. As a disclaimer, I don't want to get any flack from anyone about wishing this pregnancy would end soon. I am not hoping for her to arrive now. She needs a little more baking time to give her the best possible chance to be healthy and have no complications. We are just so close to that time that I can't help but think about the end date. Things I am Excited about when my life goes back to normal #1 & #2 are a toss up as to which one I am looking forward to the most #1 Having a glass of wine (or champagne or even a beer). I have not had the desire to drink this whole pregnancy but now that we are so close to the end I can't wait till I am able to have that first glass and just relax! #2 Laying down on my stomach. This is a luxury you take for granted when not pregnant. I am so looking forward to not being restricted when I lay down! #3 Stopping all pregnancy related medications to deal with pregnancy related problems. I will still take a multi-vitamin because I always have but my terrible daily heartburn and indigestion should go away so the daily zantax should also. The fiber pills should go away because I should not have problems any more being "regular". The iron pills should go away because the anemia will also. #4 Being able to walk from one side of the house to the other or up/down the stairs without being completely winded. Right now even the littlest physical activity leaves me short of breath. Even just standing up for too long makes me tired. This little girl is still sitting so high that she is taking a lot of lung space. I look forward to have full lung capacity again. #5 Being able to bend from the middle. Having a basketball size belly really restricts your movements. I can not bend over and touch my toes. I can not just get up from the couch. My mobility is severely limited. So I am looking forward to a full range of movement. This means being able to work out too. Right now the most I can do is walk and do modified yoga (and at this point it is VERY modified). I am ready to be able to do some high intensity workouts and push myself. To be able to bend and move in yoga, being able to stretch in all directions. It feels kind of pitiful that just walking can wear me out so much. #6 Being able to sleep close to my husband. Since about 5 months along I have had to use a pregnancy pillow. Since I can't sleep on my stomach due to the baby being there, or on my back because its not safe and it is hard to breath or be comfortable so I have to sleep on my sides which hurts my hips, I have to have the pregnancy pillow to help my sleep comfortably in that position. A pregnancy pillow is basically a full body length pillow with a curve at the bottom to go between your legs to help make your hips comfortable. Since I have been using this for about 4-5 months I can't sleep close to my husband because there is literally a wall of pillow between us. So being able to sleep in any position, without restrictions, without pillows, without a barrier will be really nice. #7 Not having to pee all the time. I wouldn't be surprised if this little girl is like 25 inches long because while she is sitting up really high and taking up my lung space she is also constantly on my bladder. This is not a problem most of the time but there are some times when she turns or presses down where I HAVE to go immediately. It is worse at night, which seems to be a theme. I have to go to the bathroom at least twice before I try to go to sleep but no matter what at between 1-2am I get up to go an additional time. I don't know why it is in that specific hour each night but for the last month it has been every night. #8 I am ready for my back to stop hurting. There is no comfortable sitting position anymore. I can only sit in any one position for a limited amount of time before I have to shift and sit differently. The muscles than run from my back around to my front to hold up my abdomen are stretched to the max, So any additional strain, even just sitting, hurts. I feel like if I could just twist and crack my back it would bring a lot of relief but that is something I am not able to do at this point. Getting a massage helps but I can't afford to get them all the time. I have paid for one about once every 3 months with this pregnancy but I really need it more often now to relieve the stress and tightness in my back and shoulders. It just isn't feasible. The travel restriction I have in my contract is, I know now, completely unnecessary because it hurts to sit in a car seat for more than 10 minutes, I can't imagine sitting in a car and traveling more than an hour away. It is miserable. I am voluntarily not traveling at this point. #9 I am ready to be alone in my own body. Being pregnant means you always have another person with you 24 hours a day. I am sure there are times she wishes that I would just stop moving around or start moving to put her to sleep. Just as there are times I wish she would go to sleep and stop moving so much. To stop pressing, stop kicking, stop elbowing. Especially around midnight when she is the most active. Now that doesn't mean I hate feeling her move. If she wasn't active I would be freaking out and worried that something was wrong. Its just a case of too much of a good thing. It will be nice to see her move outside my body as a little person instead of feeling her from the inside. I am definitely ready to have some alone time. #10 What I am most ready for is to see her parents finally get to meet this precious girl in person. I am ready for them to get to be parents, to be able to hold her and love her and start her life with her. Even though she is definitely real to me, I feel her and live with her everyday, it is just completely different when she actually arrives and is present in this world. Her parents are going to be so great and she is going to have so many people in her family that love her and I just can't wait to see them with her and for her to meet them. So in conclusion, I am just ready for things to go back to normal. I don't think this is any different with a surrogate pregnancy as with a regular pregnancy. I remember having all these complaints with my own children. Pregnancy is not easy. It is not an easy thing to go through. There is just so much more to carrying a child then waiting 9 months and giving birth. The physical toll you go through is extreme. I think every woman is just ready to be done by this point. It doesn't mean you have any regrets, it doesn't mean you would do anything differently or that you want the baby to come early so you can be done. I want her to stay safe and be delivered healthy, whether that means I stay pregnant with her for 2 more weeks or 5 more weeks. It is just really exciting to be this close and know that she will be here with us soon.