32 Weeks and 1 Day

How far along? 32 weeks plus a day.  We have to make sure we count that extra day.  That's weird, right? That people do that.  Anyways....more importantly....

THE CSECTION COUNTDOWN

 

Size of Baby:  According to thebump.com, little baby is the size of a squash!  Still growing, your baby weighs in at about 2.5 to 3.8 pounds and measures about 15.2 to 16.7 inches.

According to huggies, baby looks something like this......
 

Total Weight Gain/Loss: I am + 10 pounds since the start of pregnancy.    That makes my total for the last month +6.  I am not super excited about that.  It also makes my weight on the scale much higher than my weight SHOULD ever be.  You know, because I was fat before I got pregnant. 

Maternity Clothes:  I really just wear scrub pants and maternity tshirts.  On the weekends, I wear jeans and tshirts.  Some of my tshirts are maternity and some are not.  There is no dressing up these days.  Mostly because my comfy shoes are tennis shoes...or flip flops....

Gender:  Allegedly, girl.  We're not convinced. I guess I should elaborate.  We've had conflicting ultrasounds with gender.  I cheated.  I have a friend that does ultrasounds.  Her first look was clearly.....

And then we went for our anatomy scan and the tech was all like....

 

And I was all like....

WTF??

Belly Button In/Out:   I think it's staying in, but it is really starting to hurt. 

Stretch Marks:   I'm not even sweating stretch marks at this point.  I got them last time.  It's NBD. 

Labor Signs:   Negative.

Movement: Homegirl is a mover and a shaker.  She wiggles fairly frequently.  It's starting to get more painful. 

Sleep: I’m sleeping pretty well.  I'm spending more nights on the couch which I also did with HC.  I have spent way less overall time on the couch this time. 

Cravings/Aversions:  I don't really have any.  Just hungry.

Symptoms:   I have to pee....all the time.  I'm tired.  I'm grouchy.  You know, the usual.

Feeling:   I feel great.

Best Moment this Week:   Thanksgiving was awesome.  That was in the last week or so.

What I Miss: This week, I caught a case of HC's daycare crud...I was really missing my motrin...and some whiskey....

What I am Looking Forward To:  I finally ordered something for the nursery, so I guess I'm getting more excited about baby coming.  Not that I wasn't excited before.  I was just overwhelmed.  

All I've ordered is a rug, and I ordered it from zulily so I know it will be awhile, but my mom is going to make us some crib bedding to match this awesome rug. 

 

Milestones: I'm happy that baby and mommy are happy and healthy.  I'm super excited that my bp at this appointment was 100/70. 


Next Appointment:  3 weeks.  GBS testing...booo.....

Day 29

Today, I'm thankful for my ob-gyn.  I know that that's weird.  With HC, my pregnancy was not so easy and I had a very anal ob-gyn who made me....stressed.  She was very uptight and by the book, and nothing I did ever seemed quite right.  I feel like I became so stressed about going to the ob-gyn for my prenatal check ups that it led to further issues, such as white coat hypertension, etc. 

I should have changed doctors when I realized I didn't like this practice.

I thought it was too late.  Moron.

When I got pregnant again so quickly, I went back to my original gynecology practice where I was comfortable with an ARNP.  No more of this ob from hell bullshit.

That would have been ok, but my ARNP couldn't see me.  I had a high-risk pregnancy after all. 

So, that's when I met Dr. Awesome.  He was my supervising physician when I had all these ovarian problems in my early 20s.  (Uhm. I just said early 20s.  WEIRD.) I never met him then because I had the amazing ARNP.

Now, Dr. Awesome and I have been seeing each other for about 8 months, and I adore him.  Even if he's a yucky man who gets all up in my business.

I had a prenatal check-up today.  That's what prompted my post about Dr. Awesome.  FYI.

Day 16

I am so thankful that Subway is open all day. And serves regular sandwiches, all day. Yum.