33 Weeks

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You know what's depressing... I just bought this white shirt about a month or two ago and I had AMPLE room! Now I've got to wear my belly band so that my gut isn't sticking out :P

Your baby now weighs about 4.2
pounds / 2 kilograms and measures approximately 17 inches/ 44 centimetres from
head to toe. Your baby should already be getting ready for delivery by turning
upside-down -- his head should be pointing down.

Your doctor or midwife will be
paying careful attention to your baby's position in the coming weeks -- some
babies do decide to turn back round again. Your baby's skull is still quite
pliable and not completely joined, in part so he can ease out of the relatively
narrow birth canal. But the bones in the rest of his body are hardening. Your
baby's skin is also gradually becoming less red and wrinkled.

If you're a first-time mother, your
child's head may move into the pelvis this week and press firmly against your
cervix. (This happens for about half of all first-time mothers.) If you're a
second-time mum, you can expect this to happen a week before labour -- and for
some this won't happen until the start of labour.

You may notice that your feet and
ankles are quite swollen by the end of the day. Water retention, also known as
oedema, is often worse in warm weather and late in the day. Surprisingly,
keeping hydrated helps reduce water retention. Your body -- particularly your
kidneys -- and your baby need plenty of fluids, so drink up. If you suddenly
feel swollen or puffy in your hands or face, however, call your doctor -- it may
be a sign of pre-eclampsia.

50 Days Left!

Oh goodness, this due date is creeping up on me.

I'm starting to feel the regular aches and pains associated with the third trimester. I find I have to pace myself in my regular house hold duties and I've got to sit down a lot more than usual, my stamina isn't like it use to be.

My hips are a major ouchies right now. I can't lie on my side anymore, I find that if I'm playing with Robbie on the floor and go to get up I'm in some serious pain. I had the same kind of pains when I was lying in bed with Robbie while I read a bed time story to him, so now I sit on the floor right on the edge of his bed :( It's not the same as crawling into bed with him and cuddling.

This little girl loves to boot the *beep* out of me... especially around 8-9pm, that's her peak time. I forgot why pregnant women put their hands on their bellies, to keep the baby from bursting out of the skin! It seriously feels that way, especially on my right side. She pushes so hard and so fast that I'm quickly pushing her back because it feels like she's going to rip through my flesh!

For the past couple of mornings I've been wide awake right around the time that Colin gets up to go to work (6am) it's kind of nice to see him off to work and then I get to watch the news before Robbie wakes up.

A little side note, I'm part of an online pregnancy message board and three (yes, 3) of our December moms have already had their babies. Two of them weighed 3lbs and a bit and the other one weighed 7lbs (and he was just 33 weeks old). Crazy, hey?!?!

Ultrasound Day

Well it was quite a good visit. The tech was asking me why I was coming back for another u/s and I told her that I was told I had a low lying placenta, as soon as she started looking at my placenta she said that it's not even close to the cervix.... hooray! I asked her to confirm the sex, it is a girl. Her head is down and she is weighing.... get this.... 4lbs 7oz!! eeeek! I'm not going to lie, I left the building and had a little bit of a break down. I remember reading that the baby usually gains a pound a week (give or take), so that would make for one massive baby, but after doing some research she's just under a pound over the average weight for her age... so I'm happy that I probably won't be having a 10lbs baby! Her heartbeat was a surprising 136, very low compared to the ones recorded in the past.

It's pretty depressing when your maternity shirts don't cover you any more. I have a handful of shirts that still fit me and they're my cheap shirts boughten from Old Navy, all my Thyme and Motherhood (maternity store) brands don't fit me! I think it's a conspiracy for me to have to buy more clothes from them (which I refuse to do when I've got less than 2 months to go!) I'm hoping I can find a good sale at Old Navy or H&M so that I can get at least one more pair of pants (my jeans are the only pants that fit me now, aside from my PJ pants)

My belly button resembles....

It's official, I have an outie now. It's not prominent as it just popped out, but give it a couple of weeks and I'm sure you'll be able to see it through my shirts.

32 Week Development

Your baby now weighs approximately 3.75
pounds/ 1.7 kilograms and is about 17 inches / 42 centimetres long from head to
toe. Although his lungs won't be fully developed until just before birth, your
little one is inhaling amniotic fluid to exercise his lungs and practise
breathing.

Some babies have a head of hair already,
others have only a few wisps. Thick hair at birth doesn't necessarily mean thick
hair later on but children with fine hair in childhood usually have thinner hair
in adulthood.

If your baby is a boy, his testicles
should be descending from his abdomen into his scrotum. Sometimes however, one
or both testicles won't move into position until after birth. In two-thirds of
all baby boys who have undescended testicles at birth, the condition corrects
itself by the boy's first birthday.

You're probably gaining a pound/ 450 grams
a week, largely because your baby is likely to gain more than half his
birthweight during the seven weeks before delivery. Make sure you are eating
well in these last few weeks.

I'm sick.... again

I think I'm going to live off of soda crackers, ginger ale and water for the remainder of my pregnancy.

Woke up at 4 with the EXACT same thing I got during Thanksgiving. Vomit and diarrhea. This may get too detailed (stop now if you've got a sensitive stomach) My food was partially digested so when throwing it up it stung my throat SO BAD and now my teeth feel... raw? Does that make sense? I don't know how bulimics do it, then again - they probably don't wait 8-9hrs before getting rid of it.

I was hoping to get a full nights sleep because I didn't get the best of sleep last night... I guess not. Hopefully I feel better by tonight. I got Colin to go out and pick me up some ginger ale to sip on, it hurts to sip. My throat is raw.

Sorry for the whining, I just hate vomiting.

Dr's Appt @ 31wks 5days

This is so depressing.... I weigh 161 lbs. I swear, I've got at least 10 lbs per boob.

Doctor's happy with the progress, I'm measuring bang on and her heart beat was 147. Colin asked him if her head was still down and he said yes, he mentioned that he'll do a quick ultrasound around the 36 week mark to determine where baby's positioned. This Monday I go for the big ultra sound to find out if the placenta's moved or not! (keep your fingers crossed that there's no issues)

I see the Dr again in 2 weeks time :)