37 week check up

Just got back from my 37w2d check up... this time the doctor checked my cervix. Nothing!

Baby hasn't dropped, no effacement, dilation, nothing. Not a thing!

It'll happen when she's ready, but I hope soon because she's getting too big and putting too much pressure on my lungs or some other critical organs, even though I'm carrying quite low. Speaking of which, every stranger guesses a boy and asks if I'm due any minute. HA, 3 more weeks! Joke's on me I guess.

I'm getting a lot more braxton hicks lately but all very random. Sometimes I notice it happens when my bladder's a bit full, and when the baby is moving too much... or if I'm laying in a weird way. They don't hurt and aren't really that uncomfortable, unless my bladder is involved. Then for 30 seconds, it feels like my bladder is going to explode.

36w1d

36weeks



Lots of stretchmarks under belly but you can't see it in pictures. *sigh*

35weeks

I missed the 35 week photo :( Here's a 35 week and 3 days.

Look at it compared to 22 weeks... this is the same dress. Whew~

Second 3D ultrasound

So, spur of the moment, but we decided to take a risk and pay for another 3D ultrasound. After 32 weeks, the baby usually drops really down into your pelvis giving you a 50/50 chance of being able to see a clear picture of her face. Well we did! It was so worth it! Actually was better than the 26 week ultrasound.. since she would not move her arm out of the way, and since she was a lot smaller, the images were more unclear.

We think she has my nose and her daddy's lips. :) SO excited to meet her!

Also, she was measuring at 37weeks 3days. I'm supposed to be 34weeks 6days. She's huge!

34 weeks

34 weeks




My right foot is really swollen!

33 weeks

Well, I missed taking the 32 week photo. Oops.

Here's 33 weeks and I don't look that much bigger.



Symptoms this week: very tired. baby is hiccuping everyday. my upper back hurts. dizzy. light headed, then heavy headed.

Oh, I've been slacking.

Well, here's a 31 week picture. I am 4 days late to take the 32 week one. Oops.

I'm growing outwards and not much upwards. Baby seems to have gone down a bit actually because I feel her really really low in my pelvis and I've been needing to pee more than before.

Other complains - my upper back hurts from carrying this big gut, my feet have begun to swell near the toes and balls of feet, also I'm starting to get extremely tired again.

Baby is moving a lot - and a lot stronger. You can see from the outside of my shirts her jiggling from side to side. Her movements are beginning to hurt as a matter of fact. I enjoy every one of course.

We recently had 2 baby showers from both of our works. They were so wonderful and we were showered with many many gifts from an electric swing to butt creams to handmade blankies!

On preparations - I've been reading a lot on labor, natural and attended a class on anesthesia. I have a much better idea of what I would like for my birth plan, and have a goal of not getting an epidural until 5 cm dialated. (we'll see!)

No, I have not packed my hospital bag and no, the nursery is not finished! So much to do and there's only 7 weeks left. Yikes.