33w0d

How Far Along: 33w0d

Weight Gain: 17 - 18 lb’s

Maternity Clothes: I've grown out of 4 maternity shirts! So I went and bought a couple new ones yesterday.

Symptoms: Stuffy nose, sore back if standing or walking too long.

Sleep: My back is killing me!!!!! That is all.

Best Moment of the Week: Hmm...I don't know. It's been a good week at times, and an awful week too. Matt was away Thursday and Friday, and Thursday was great and fine, but Friday was one of the worst days ever, for no particular reason. I just felt like I couldn't handle life, and wanted to curl up into a little ball, but couldn't because there's Elijah to think about. I'm afraid my mind turned off and I went int0 auto-pilot for half the day, just to get through. Oh, but on Thursday I went to Sephora with Tiffany and Julia and it was awesome. I spent a rather large amount of money, and I don't feel remotely guilty about it, as putting on my new make-up and feeling pretty was one of the only good things about Friday!

Movement: Yup, and I've noticed hiccups lately!

Food cravings: York Peppermint Patties

Gender: A girl!

What I Miss: Jogging

What I’m Looking Forward To:  Saturday night, when all of Matt's August-crazy-busyness is all over. Also, getting my packages that I ordered. ***shhhhh*** Oh, and moving downstairs! Hopefully by the end of next week!

Milestones: None really, just inching closer and closer to the finish line. As of today there are less than 50 days until my due date! That's pretty exciting to me. Also, yesterday was 9 weeks until the latest possible eviction date (13 days overdue, which is what I went with Elijah.) Also, (and I know I say this often) but 33 weeks sounds so much more pregnant than 32.

Emotions: I was pretty clingy and sensitive over the weekend, after Matt was away. The littlest thing would set me off, and I felt...abandoned. I'm doing soooo much better now though, and am excited about stuff in general.

Belly Photo: Soooo I didn't take one last week, but it probably doesn't matter, as the one from this week doesn't seem too different, or too much bigger than the 30 week photo. Here it is:

I checked, and I'm not too different than how big I was with Elijah at this point. In fact, I'm either the same or bigger. So that's comforting to know!

I never did write another post talking about my MW appointment stuff, but I think all I wanted to mention was these cramps I've been having. I have them at least once a day, and they feel like how I remember contractions feeling, but I don't feel like my uterus is hard, and I can still feel Baby Girl kick while I'm having them. Also, I've been feeling them off and on for 6 weeks now, and obviously it hasn't led to labour. It sucks though! Sometimes they get really bad. There have been times when I can time them, where there is a distinct start, peak, and end to them, which was worrisome, if not for the other factors I mentioned.

So the tentative conclusion? There isn't one. Maybe my uterus is colicky or irritated, or maybe it really IS just muscle stretching pains. Who knows. All I know is, it's going to make it really hard to go overdue, because it's all ready hurting, I'll have a harder time determining if I have contractions, and I'm getting sick of being pregnant as it is.

**GASP** did I just say that?! It's true though. I love being pregnant, and "sick of being pregnant" is totally not the right way to say it, but  I'm just getting to the "I'm done" point. Things are getting SO hard to do, especially over the last couple weeks. It's getting harder and harder to look after Elijah, and I'm tired a lot. I am starting to feel nesty but I can't do a thing about it until we move downstairs. Well, that's not true, but I'm doing all I can. I'm just...getting really excited for Baby Girl to be here, and really excited about labour and delivery (I know, sick right?) and done with summer and being warm and needing the fan blowing on me and blah blah blah. Gosh this smells of complaining. Am I complaining? Part of me feels like I am, and part of me feels like I'm just stating it like it is. I have a toddler, and a big belly. I live on the 2nd floor and have to do stairs often. Grocery shopping hurts. Standing in one place to do dishes or fold laundry hurts. That is life I guess!

And yet...and yet I am working really hard at enjoying all the little things. This time left alone with Elijah, this time feeling the baby kick inside of me, this excitement and anticipation, this time without a baby waking me up at night. All of it, it's so much fun! It's equal parts hard and awesome at the same time. How can that be?

Anyway, I should finish this, as Matthew is pacing behind me and wants his computer back. I really should just be writing this on my laptop, but his computer was on, so that's that! (I know, lame way of ending a blog post. Oh well!)