Hello Friends & Family--

7 Weeks and counting!

We had our 32 week appt. last Friday. Everything went great! In fact, my Doctor had just delivered a baby right before my appt., so I'm pretty confident she has some recent experience now! Baby Z is still head down, but she wasn't able to tell whether he's face forward or backwards at this point--still a little small. His HB was at 140 and I was measuring 31 1/2. All good news! We scheduled the rest of my appts., last one being on April 22nd. (That is if he cooperates and doesn't come late!) I'll be meeting with the other 2 doctors that may potentially do the delivery, so that will be nice.

Chris and I spent our weekend organizing the basement. What a task! Thankfully, it's mostly done and we shouldn't need to do much to it before the baby arrives--one more thing of the checklist! He finished our bedroom window and I got the nursery organized. There are just a few more touches that we need to do before I take pictures of it though! Overall we had a really productive weekend getting the house ready for Baby Z. Nesting is setting in I think!

Your Pregnancy: Week 33

You are one hot mama -- literally. A 20 percent metabolic rate increase throughout pregnancy can leave you begging for a cool breeze no matter what the weather is like. Distract yourself with an exercise in blind identification. Try to distinguish between baby's feet, fists, knees, and elbows -- all doing some major pushing and nudging inside of you. At times I can tell if it's a heal or not, but I think this should become more apparent as the weeks go on.

Baby's now the size of a honeydew! Time for a new fruit! Only a watermelon left!
Things are heating up inside as well: Baby may grow up to a full inch this week alone, and his brain is developing like crazy. Pretty soon, he'll be able to coordinate breathing with sucking and swallowing. Also, his bones are hardening, and he's started to keep his eyes open when he's awake.