Saturday, April 14, 2012

37 Weeks

37 weeks means I'm considered full term, woot!  Only 10 days left of work and a little more than 2 weeks until induction!  I'm more than excited at this point but I'm also an equally grumpy pregnant lady.  I'm pretty sure I felt the same way last pregnancy at this point.  I'm extra large, uncomfortable, tired, and just ready to not be pregnant anymore.  So yeah, I'm ready for this little lady to make her arrival. 
I'm up about 30 pounds right now, much less than I was with Luke - one big plus to the GD diet.  Hopefully I can shed the weight faster too since summer is right around the corner.  Baby Girl T should be about 6ish pounds and the size of a watermelon.  This week I got some good news from the doctor - my liver enzyme levels are decreasing so no more testing will be done until I'm admitted to the hospital.  I also learned the little lady is head down and ready to go but still hasn't begun to drop so I doubt we're close to meeting her yet.  I'm down to 2 doctors appointments, with the normal monitoring/testing I have been doing for the past few appointments and then its off to the hospital the following week.  I'm also not expecting any more specialists or even lab appointments, yay! 

Space is getting cramped in there and I can now make out more specific body parts as shes moving around.  Sometimes its a big bump moving all over which I'm pretty sure is her butt wiggling in there and the other day there was a limb (I'm guessing leg) that practically pushed out my stomach just in one specific spot.  Its creepy and exciting at the same time! 

Luke also got to feel her move the other day but he seemed really confused and I don't think he had any clue it was his actual sister in there moving and not just me doing it.  He has been so excited about going into the 'baby room' everyday.  He likes to play with her toys and read her books.  He's been sweet about it all and talks about baby sister sometimes.  Too bad he doesn't truly comprehend what this all means. 

And even though I talked about how I was done with the nursery and ready to go, my coworkers and family both held showers for me yesterday and today.  Now we really do have everything we need and lots and lots of girly things.  She is very lucky and I'm very thankful to everyone for it all!  :)  This week I need to finish unpacking it all, do a few last loads of laundry for her and we'll be set. 

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