Over a month from the last post...sad! I guess I'm not a particularly good blogger. I haven't been online much lately, hence the delay. Fortunately, babies do not require blogs to keep growing. Of course, if they did you'd have to peel me away! So 33weeks, 4 days, 45 days to go! I'm officially waiting till Wednesday to say "A month and a half", since then it'll officially be 34 weeks, but it's so close now anyhow! I was telling Nicola that the last two months seem to be taking as long as the entire rest of the pregnancy combined! She verified that, so I guess it's normal and therefore is not likely to speed up... Although, I do have Jimmy's birthday, our FIRST ANNIVERSARY!!!!!!, Thanksgiving, and all the Christmas preperations to take care of between now and then, so that ought to help it go just a bit faster...maybe? I just cannot wait to see Teddy! I think about him all the time, what he will look like, will I be able to tell which little knobs they are that I've been feeling, what color will his eyes be, how big will he be, what position will he like to curl up in... and yes, I have two very stupid worries. I know they are ridiculous, but I worry firstly that he won't love his Mommy (I told you it's silly! And Siobhan assures me this is normal anyhow. :-) ) and my second silly worry is that he will be blind. I knock wood as I write that. I know it's a dumb worry... but I know he's healthy in all other respects, I know he can hear me and that he wiggles around a lot, and that the risk of downs is pretty well non-existent. The only thing they haven't checked, and can't very well, is his eyes. And he's so low that the flashlight doesn't bring any reaction, at least so far. So, I worry. I pray about it too. I guess all mommies fixate on something. :-) At the last prenatal the heart rate was 128-144, definitely a boy heartbeat, and things were looking good! He measured at 31 weeks (I was 32 and 4 days), which is in the perfectly normal range, but adds to my belief that he will not be a humongous baby like people predict! Actually, it turns out only 3% of babies are 9lbs 14oz or larger at birth... and, incidentally, 3% of moms are diabetics! Makes you wonder, hunh?
Earlier Teddy found something tender which he was using as a punching bag--wow, that was the most uncomfortable thing I think he's done yet! The nerve dances are more painful, but very short lived. And indigestion and heartburn I do not blame directly on him, atthough I suppose he does cause them. But this!! Yike! I got Jimmy to rub him for a bit, and after some extremely violent twists and turns, he finally settled down. He does love his Daddy! I had been reading about Behemoth and Leviathin, and I suspect Teddy, like all little boys, is fascinated with dinosaurs and was pretending to be a fierce T-Rex or something. :-)
Anyhow, here's my 32 week picture...