all in all, i feel pretty dang good still. sleep sucks, honestly, but at this point i am over it because i know when shes born i'm not going to be sleeping either. so i just get a couple of hours at a time. coffee is my friend in the mornings. i have gained 25 lbs, and that number seems to be holding steady for the past couple of weeks. i am actually happy with that, and if i can deliver and stay under 30 total i will definitely be a happy camper. i have some minimal heartburn but even that isn't bad. i probably take a tums once every other week or something. my worst symptom at this point is catching my breath. baby girl is wedged into my lungs and its hard for me to feel like i am getting any air.
i got the group B strep test (negative) and the doctor re-checked my iron levels and my platelets at my last visit, and everything is normal. my platelets are still very slightly low, but they want you to be over 100 for an epidural, and mine are at 134. so we aren't having to worry about them anymore.
this stubborn baby is just like her dad and has decided to make herself at home in a frank breech position. frank breech means her head is up and her feet are up, and her bottom is way down in my pelvis. so shes folded up like a pretzel in there. this obviously makes for some complications at delivery, because vaginally delivering a breech baby has some concerns and most OBs wont do it. SO. i have a c-section scheduled! at first i was freaked out and really really sad that my first (and most likely all subsequent) birth would be a c-section. but after talking more to my doctor and close friends who have had one or are in the same boat, i am ok with it. i just want her to be here safely and if thats the best way, then so be it. i get to pick a pandora station for the surgery and the way that it all goes is still very mom and baby friendly (she gets placed on my chest immediately after birth, she never leaves me or olivers sight unless there is a medical reason, we do an hour of skin to skin as soon as i am in recovery) so i really do feel at peace with it all.
i've started to pack my hospital bag and to think about what i want to bring to little miss. i guess i really need to have that stuff ready like...yesterday. whoops! i definitely will be doing it this week. we are scheduled on my 39th week but i technically could go into labor anytime before then. so its better to be prepared. we also need to get the car seat installed.
i am pretty much only wearing skirts and dresses now. i feel like pants are just too uncomfortable for me, and my dresses and skirts are super comfy and aren't constricting like pants are. shorts are ok too. its getting hard to find stuff big enough to sleep in, so i might have to start stealing oliver's big t-shirts or something.
i think thats pretty much it for this week...i will post again at 38!
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