33 Weeks!

A co-worker just came into my office and asked how I was feeling. She asked if I'm at that point yet where I am feeling so sick of pregnancy. I remember reading lots of pregnancy blogs where around the 34 week mark, the mom says something like "I'm so uncomfortable. I just want this baby to be out already!" Luckily, I am not at that point. There are nights where I feel really large and it's hard to get comfortable. But normally, I still feel fine and am glad that Evan isn't here yet, because he's still got some growing to do and he's much safer in my tummy right now! I STILL can't complain about pregnancy at this point, because I think I really do have it very easy. My back is tired and sore most of the time, but other than that, I think I am very lucky as far as pregnancy symptoms go. No leg cramps, heartburn, constipation, swelling, varicose veins, stretch marks, or anything like that so far. I did have some nausea for a few days, but I've accepted that as part of a normal pregnancy, since my body is still producing some crazy hormones. My weight gain thus far is 12 pounds. I still have no idea how this is possible, since I love sweets and certainly don't deprive myself of them! The one symptom that I've noticed is that I am SO thirsty most of the time. No matter how much I drink (I aim for 3-4L per day), I am still parched by the end of the day. I used to try to stop drinking water around 7pm so that I had a chance of getting some sleep, but lately, I've been drinking water as much as I want at night, and even though I have to get up to pee a little more, it hardly even bothers me anymore because I can fall right back to sleep. I think my sweet dog Maci is actually making it harder for me to sleep than the frequent peeing is. She loves to sleep between Jon and me, and usually sleeps the whole night curled up by my stomach or in back of my knees when I'm on my side. She's my baby though, so I just let her sleep wherever, since she won't be the only baby for much longer. We try to give her lots of attention now because even though we both say we will work hard to give her attention after Evan comes, it may not be as much as she's used to. She truly is very spoiled right now, so a new baby is going to be a hard adjustment for her I think. Speaking of spoiled, we went to DQ last night, and got Maci her own vanilla ice cream...haha yes, we are those people who get their dog ice cream.

Evan is doing well. He's still kicking up a storm all the time, and getting lots of hiccups. I listen to his heartbeat a lot with my stethoscope. He's still head down, and seems to have one leg tucked in and one leg stretched out that likes to kick me in the side when I lay down. I went to my midwife yesterday, and she said he feels long and big. I definitely take everything she says with a grain of salt though, because everything she says about him kind of changes with each appointment. There is no way to know how big he will be until he's born. Either way, I'm not worried. He will be the size he's going to be, and that's that!

I've felt really confident and excited about labor during this whole pregnancy. Lately, I've started getting a little worried. I think that's normal though, to have anxiety once it gets this close to the end. I just am going to try to read and be as prepared as possible, even though nothing can truly prepare you for birth. I know that I can do this and I just need to keep reminding myself of that. I think part of the problem is the fact that women in our society love to tell other pregnant women how hard and painful birth is. That's practically the only thing I ever hear about birth! If women were constantly talking about how wonderful and amazing birth was, instead of the pain and the horror stories, I think a lot more women would go into it thinking positive things about birth and not fearing the pain so much. I just need to keep reminding myself that I don't have to be controlled by the pain and the fear of pain.