35 Weeks!!

Your baby doesn't have much room to maneuver now that she's over 18 inches long and tips the scales at 5 1/4 pounds (pick up a honeydew melon). Because it's so snug in your womb, she isn't likely to be doing somersaults anymore, but the number of times she kicks should remain about the same. Her kidneys are fully developed now, and her liver can process some waste products. Most of her basic physical development is now complete — she'll spend the next few weeks putting on weight.

5 weeks left! I can't believe it. We're in the homestretch! There is so much left to do - or at least I feel that way! There's still a bit of stuff I want to get done in the nursery. Mainly getting some stuff hung up on the walls and getting the closet cleaned out and ready for diapers and onesies! :)

I had 3 showers last week and now I have so many wonderful things - I really don't know what to do with it all! I am so blessed to have so many wonderful friends and family members who gave me so many wonderful things. I'm also amazed to find out how many of my friends are so talented and can make such beautiful gifts for Nugget!

I also went to the doctor last week for my 34 week checkup and apparently everything is still looking great! He said I'm measuring right where I need to be. My blood pressure is still excellent and somehow I've lost another pound. So this is 3 pounds now that I've lost and when I was only up 5 to begin with ... doesn't leave much! The doctor said he's not too worried about me losing weight though because he can tell that Nugget is still growing and that's what we want happening. I never in a million years ever thought I'd be concerned about not gaining enough weight when pregnant. I will never forget the first doctor's appointment I had when he told me he only wanted me to gain 10 pounds and I thought he was crazy. I've never had a problem with gaining weight! :) Unfortunately, Nugget is still breech. She needs to stop being stubborn and get to turning because she's only got about 2 weeks left to turn. The doctor gave me some exercises I could do to try and help her get in the right position. Unfortunately, I'm supposed to do them when she's most active and thus far, she's always been most active in places where I can't do the exercises - like in the middle of church on Sunday. :) So here's praying that she finally gets over her stubbornness and gets right!

Another good news item ... Joe starts his next rotation on September 7th. He is very fortunate in that this next rotation they are giving him the 6th (Labor Day) off so he can come home that weekend - earlier than we'd anticipated. Which also means that he'll come back 3 weeks from then which will be the weekend before my due date. So if Nugget holds out that long, we have a chance that maybe she'll come while he's already here! Which would be WONDERFUL! So I am putting in all kinds of prayers for that to happen! That has been my biggest fear throughout this entire pregnancy - that Joe wouldn't be able to make it back up here in time for Nugget's big day. So it would be such an incredible blessing if she could make an appearance while he's already here. :) But as mentioned before, she is our child and she is incredibly stubborn already, so she's probably going to be a pain in this too. :)

Oh and one more exciting piece of news! My doctor has informed me that every now and then they will decide to do what they call "specialing" a patient. What that means is that when I do go into labor, I will call in and let them know - if it's after hours and the doctor on call isn't my doctor, then the doctor on call will just come in to verify that I actually am in labor. Once they do verify that, then the on call doctor will call my doctor and let him know that I'm in labor and my doctor will come in and deliver Nugget no matter what! (well unless there is some reason that he physically is unable to do so, like he's out of town or something crazy like that). So no more anxiety over whether or not my doctor will be the one to deliver. I am so very blessed to have such a wonderful OB who has taken such ridiculously good care of me throughout this entire process. I couldn't have asked for better!

I am so excited to think that we are only 8 days away from next month and she will (hopefully) be here next month!! I have my next doctor's appointment next week on the 3rd and then I will start going in every week after that. Here's praying that she's turned and is getting into position by then!

I am going to try and get back over to the house sometime this weekend and get to work on the nursery and hopefully will get it close to finished and can post some pictures! :)