Pregnancy: Week 33
Hi Everyone!
So, I'm 34 weeks pregnant today. Yay! This is the last week that, were I to go into labor, my OB would try and stop it. Starting next Monday, these babies are going to come out when they want to come out! :) We're getting so close!
Here's how the past week (week 33) has been:
- Overall, everything's going very smoothly. As I said last week, I'm finding the third trimester the easiest of the three by far
- Notable symptoms: Minor sleep problems, backaches, very minor and occasional heartburn, swelling of my ankles/feet (getting worse, although I'm trying to stay off my feet as much as possible). Oh and my gums are bleeding like CRAZY when I brush my teeth...to the point where I can end up with blood all over my lips and sometimes on my face if I'm not careful...yeah, the pregnant vampire look...NOT attractive. I also have to pee so many times a night...part of the problem is I'm super thrsty all the time so I drink more water whenever I get up...but I can't help it, my body just wants so much water right now...
- Eating super healthy with the whole gestational diabetes thing. Except lately I've been craving sweets in the evening. Sometimes I have a VERY small portion (eg one small cookie)...but I don't usually crave sweets at all...it's a little weird...
- Taking a bath pretty much every night...I think that has a lot to do with me having fewere aches and pains and sleeping beter
- Sleeping late when I can, eg the weekends. My body seems to need a lot of sleep right now
- Hospital bag is packed, nursery is pretty much done (I'll share pictues soon!). Would like to write out a birth plan (although my plan for the most part is to go with the flow...I don't have a lot of real strong preferences) and would love to make a new playlist for my iPOD for labor and delivery, but I'm feeling pretty ready
- I feel SO big and ungainly. During the day I do OK, but in the evenings/at night, I think when I'm tired from the day's activity, it's all I can do to get off the couch, turn over in bed, etc. Getting into the car is a feat, too (we have a lifted Jeep so there's definitely some effort involved)
- I'm laying pretty low these days, just getting out of the house a few times a week now. And my mom and husband have been helping with miscellanous chores...like right now my husband is doing all the laundry and the dishes beause it's hard for me to bend over to put things in and out of the machines...bless him...
So all in all, everything's going great. And I'm not all that anxious for this pregnancy to be over, like everyone talks about as you get to the end of your third trimester. Again, I feel better than I have in a long, long time, so happy to keep going with this as long as the babies need to.
And, we have another appointment with my OB Thusday and the babies will be measured...will hopefully put to rest the nagging fear I have that something is wrong with our girl because last time she measured so much smaller than our boy. As long as she's grown and not too far from the norm I know I'll feel a whole lot better. (It's just a minor worry as my OB has told me over and over not to be concerned, that she thinks everything is fine. Still, I get scared pretty easily with this pregnancy and I need all the reassurance I can get.)
Hope everyone has a lovely week!
XO
