I still feel pretty good physically during the day, considering all the aches and pains at night. Rob and I are still hitting the gym at 5 a.m. at least 3 days a week, plus yoga once a week and another gym trip or walk outside on remaining days of the week. My 6 week run of prenatal yoga classes ended this week, but I signed up for another 6 classes that start right back up again next Monday, so that will take me all the way to the end at 39 weeks. I have really, really enjoyed the class, and it focuses on more than just yoga. We practice breathing to help cope with contractions, kegels, and exercises specifically designed to strenghten abdominal and pelvic muscles to prepare for labor and delivery. Our teacher is studying to become a doula as well, and she takes the class very seriously. We get weekly emails with 'homework' assignments. This week she recharged my motivation to keep up the exercise routines until the very end, even if I have to take things down a notch as I get bigger. Her email indicated that research shows most benefits reaped so far are lost if you stop exercising before baby is born. I certainly don't want to waste everything I have done this whole time! It's also fun to watch the girls drop like flies each week in the sense that every class I get to hear a new birth story for one of them. I'm now one of the 'senior' girls in the sense that I'm further along than the majority at this point. So at the end of the next series, they just might be hearing my birth story!
With less than 50 days to go, anxiety is setting in as far as being 'ready'. So this weekend we have a long list of to-do's to get through. We have a few remaining necessities left to get since we've had our showers, so we'll return a handful of doubles we got and use some gift cards towards items we need now (breast pump, baby monitor, movement monitor, mattress pad, extra sheets, diaper cream, swaddling blankets, etc.), plus I have a list of post partum items that will be necessary for my recovery once we get home from the hospital. We need to install the car seat, then find a certified location to check and make sure everything was done correctly. We also have to pay the hospital deposit (yikes!), pack our hospital bag, write out our birth plan, and clean out a few more closets and drawers to make room for baby items. We have our work cut out for us...but I've gone into full on nesting mode and it has to be done. I would love to have someone come out and deep clean the house from top to bottom...but will need to determine how much this would actually cost first. Also on the list is a carpet cleaning. We put in new carpet nearly two years ago when we moved in and vowed to have it professionally cleaned once a year. Well, we still have not had said cleaning, and we think it's a good idea to get as much dust out as we can before little man moves in to his new home.
This past weekend we went up to Oklahoma City to celebrate a baby shower with friends and family there, thanks to Rob's awesome parents and sister. We had such a great time, the weather was beautiful and we received a lot of good books for the baby (the theme was to bring a book in lieu of a card). So, to my in-law's, we cannot thank you enough for all your support!! It means so very much to us. And those shower pictures are coming, I promise!
Baby progress! After 4 weeks as a 'squash', I've now graduated to a 'honeydew'. However, I'm starting to feel these comparson fruits towards the end of pregnancy are pretty arbitrary....I mean, when was the last time you saw an 18 inch long, 5 lb. honeydew?! Baby D at 33 weeks is keeping his eyes open while awake, he's also starting to coordinate breathing with sucking and swallowing, his bones are hardening, and he's going through (more) major brain development....he's gonna be a smart one, this little boy!!
As for mama, I'm going through some changes as well. Headaches have returned, thanks to hormones and stress. I'm becoming forgetful and clumsy....the past two nights in a row I have dropped my enormous glass of water all over myself, the carpet and the wall in the middle of the night. This is known as 'baby brain' and is normal...but that doesn't mean I have to like it! I'm also feeling increased pelvic pain, thanks to the body relaxing, widening and preparing for labor. It never occurred to me how sore this would make me! Ah, now who wouldn't love a good ole' kicked in the groin kinda feeling?? Here's a picture of me this Wednesday night at 32 weeks, 5 days (excuse the pj's), but you can see I look about as rough as I feel at the end of the day. :)
I think I've done enough complaining for one week, so everyone have a great weekend and thanks for tuning in!
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