I'm currently 33 weeks pregnant and more ready than ever for baby girl to hurry up and arrive.
I had my every two weeks check in at the doctor's office last Wednesday with a different doctor this time. We are trying to follow the rules and make our rotations through the doctors like the midwife said to do. This time I met with Dr. Nguyen and she was very nice. Granted, I only spent about 5 minutes with her but she seemed nice and friendly. She told me she gained 50+ pounds during her pregnancy which made me feel better about what I've gained, which is way less than 50 pounds! Baby's heart beat was 156 at my last check up and she was head down. The doctor said not to bank on that though since it's still pretty early and she's still moving around a lot so she may not stay head down. I was curious how they could tell where she was, but the doctor said she could just feel and tell where the head was located. After looking at my chart she said that every thing looked great except the fact that I failed my 1 hour glucose test. That doesn't really matter though since I passed the three hour test- Thank God!
In the past few weeks I've had 3 or 4 people tell me I've "dropped". It seems like it is still too early for that to happen, but it is kind of odd that so many people have said the same thing. Whenever people ask when my due date is, they can't believe I still have so long to wait. I guess when you are short there is no where to go but straight out. My belly is huge! It's also getting a little uncomfortable. I feel like she's bouncing on my bladder whenever I'm standing up, which is all day at school. Sleeping is a challenge as well. I sleep for about 30 minutes on one side and then turn over to the other side. I can not wait to be able to sleep on my back again!
Lately I've had mommy-brain like crazy. I can't remember anything. I feel like my brain is either way too overloaded with stuff (pregnancy and school related) or it has just stopped working. I need to make my birth plan, but the thought of it makes me totally overwhelmed.
This past weekend was my baby shower. My best friend and my momma did a great job of coordinating everything. It was pumpkin themed since the fall is my favorite time of the year and I LOVE all things pumpkin! We played lots of silly games and I got tons of baby goodies. Check out the adorable cloth diaper cake Amanda made for me-
Two of my co-workers were also pregnant this year. One was due at the end of October and the other was due some time in November, and then there's me- due at the beginning of December. Well both of them have gone into labor early. The first one went into labor like 3 weeks early and then the one who was due in November had her baby today. Yikes... now I'm the only one left and apparently the trend is for it to happen early. Maybe it's from being on our feet all day or maybe it's just the stress level. Who knows... I'd be very ok with my little one coming early though (although not too early). I'd love for her to have a November birthday rather than a December birthday. I'm planning on working until November 16th which would put me at 37 weeks 5 days along. Let's hope I can make it!
That's about all that has been going on since my post last month.
