EDD: 18-24th | 32 weeks! (Week of Dec 24th)

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Very late since most of us kicked off the week with Christmas festivities. 

1) 32 weeks! (8 weeks to go!)

2) How are you feeling? 
3) Any appointments this week? 

4) Rants/Raves/Questions? 
5) GTKY: What was the best gift you got over the holidays? (Copied from another EDD post)

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1) I hit 32 weeks yesterday, so now 55 days to go... crazy that we'll be below 50 next ticker change!

2) How are you feeling? Exhausted and bored and impatient and large. Amazingly, my hips have not been painful this week, so there's at least that.

3) Any appointments this week? Nope. Next is the 4th.

4) Rants/Raves/Questions? Rant... the snissing has gotten worse. Now when I sneeze I have to change my pants as well as my underwear. Luckily, I haven't caught any of the current colds circulating, so it's not all the time.

5) GTKY: What was the best gift you got over the holidays?
From SIL: A birth stone charm for this new little one that goes with a necklace I already have with my other kids' birth stones. DH also agreed to get me a prenatal massage later rather than a gift now, so that's exciting!

atalante

1) 32 weeks! (8 weeks to go!)
woohoo! Way to go, Mama's!!

2) How are you feeling? 
starting to struggle a bit. Eating is actually harder now than it has been all pregnancy. I don't have a good handle on my hunger signals and how much space I have to eat food... Maybe it's the holidays. Also much more tired this week.

3) Any appointments this week? 
32 week check in at end of the week

4) Rants/Raves/Questions? 
I treated myself to a prenatal massage last week. I'd had one other at the start of second trip. This one was WONDERFUL during but afterwards when I got home I felt terrible! Chills, nausea.. I spent the rest of the night under a blanket. LO was kicking away so I knew she was fine but it freaked me out.

5) GTKY: What was the best gift you got over the holidays?
got my daiper bag! Now I can have another thing to "get ready"  

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@atalante I make a normal plate of food and eat half of it, then eat the other half an hour later. I can't seem to eat a full meal at once anymore, but If I eat less, I end up over hungry and not feeling well. 

Scary with the prenatal massage! Weree you hydrated well enough? That's he only caution I've heard about prenatal massage. Makes me a little nervous, but I am hoping to get one around 37 weeks when baby is early term.

rainafire77

1) 32 weeks! (8 weeks to go!) Actually 7 weeks for me since I'll be delivering at 39 weeks. It's super scary!

2) How are you feeling? Tired, hungry and yet doesn't take much to get full.
3) Any appointments this week? Thursday and I get my TDAP booster.

4) Rants/Raves/Questions? Not yet but maybe when preggo brain isn't in full effect I can think of something! Lol
5) GTKY: What was the best gift you got over the holidays? A book from DD about our family for the baby. It's so sweet. I actually cried reading it.

atalante

@3plus1equals4 I'll try that plate strategy tomorrow, thanks! Hydration could be it post massage. I drank water before and after, and they gave me a snack after, but she was really getting in there and busting up some muscle knots so maybe I just needed more? I had no issues after the one I got in second trip.

diesel11111

1) 32 weeks! (8 weeks to go!)

every week i get more more anxiety about how little the number of weeks left sound.

2) How are you feeling? 

pretty good actually... i seem to have more energy the past couple days and not much hip or back pain. 

3) Any appointments this week? 

Thursday, just for a regular blood pressure, weight check, baby heartbeat... DH and I are on vacation this week so he’ll be able to make it to this one. 

4) Rants/Raves/Questions? 

I have been able to see baby kick a couple times (I feel him all the time) but I’m a little jealous of al those who see those crazy belly movements. Anybody getting those yet??

5) GTKY: What was the best gift you got over the holidays? (Copied from another EDD post)

new bath towels. You know you’re getting old when... lol

atalante

@diesel11111 haha, I love new towels too! . I've had some crazy belly moves, especially after Christmas cookies this week, it's bizarre. Of course every time I call it out for DH to see, then she stops...

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@diesel11111 my LO has been head down without any major flips, but I do get lots of feet movement up around my diaphragm that is visible. My placenta anterior, so I don't see much anywhere else except for my sides if I am laying down

BrittaniLC

1) 32 weeks! (8 weeks to go!) 7 or maybe less (like 5) if my BP doesn’t elevate more...
A lot to do yet, but no motivation to do it. As a friend reminded me...I only really need a place for baby to sleep when it gets home, if I have nothing else done. 

2) How are you feeling? 
Actually still feeling pretty good. Just hip pain at night from all the side laying. If I lay too much on my belly, baby goes nuts like it’s telling me to quit lessening its’ space!

3) Any appointments this week? 
32 week check in on Thursday. Keep me in your thoughts for good BP readings and protein in my urine at a minimum. 

4) Rants/Raves/Questions? 
Not baby related at all, but I really need to get working on all of my bookkeeping for the second half of the year so we can get our taxes done ASAP!

5) GTKY: What was the best gift you got over the holidays?
The money from my parents. It will help since I only get a very small amount from my short term disability insurance and I’ll be off for 8 to 12 weeks...


@atalante Sorry you had such a bad reaction to your prenatal massage. Being a Massage therapist myself, I’m almost concerned she used so much pressure on you since you haven’t received regular massages (like at least once per month). You said you had one at the beginning of the 2nd trimester, but that’s not often enough to be “really getting in there and busting up some muscle knots”...this is strickly my opinion, that’s just how I practice. 

@diesel11111 This kid can move around a lot, but I don’t get to see the “crazy movements” like you see on videos on Facebook or anything. I’m also a plus size Mom, so there’s that. The baby also does a lot of alligator rolls and kicks a lot as we are laying down to sleep. I spoon DH and baby kicks his back a lot! He loves it

atalante

@BrittaniLC that's a good point, I haven't been getting them regularly. She checked in on me with the pressure and it felt fine at the time but it didn't occur to me that it might be better to dial back.

ldawngirl781

1) 32 weeks! (8 weeks to go!) After this week (which is already short), I'll only have 6 weeks of work left! I thought I'd be sad and unable to let go, but I'm actually really excited to get out of here for a year.

2) How are you feeling? Tired. Oh so tired. 
3) Any appointments this week? Nadda, but @rainafire77's post reminds me that DH and I have to go get TDAP shots, so maybe we'll do that this week.

4) Rants/Raves/Questions? I've got nothing... 
5) GTKY: What was the best gift you got over the holidays? FIL and step-MIL gave us a blank cheque towards cleaning the house in early Feb before baby comes. Then, step-MIL will come in while we're in the hospital to give it a refresh.

diesel11111

@atalante I have an anterior placenta too - I guess that is playing a big factor. 

spb27

1) 32 weeks! (8 weeks to go!)
I can’t believe we’re down to 8

2) How are you feeling? 
a bunch of little aches and pains. 
3) Any appointments this week? 
I had one yesterday. Since I have gestational diabetes they did an ultrasound as well as the regular. Baby looks good. Measuring slightly above average but still within range and my other 2 were over 8lbs so it’s probably similar. 

4) Rants/Raves/Questions? 
I asked my midwife if she’ll let me go past my due date if everything looks good bc I really don’t want to be induced if possible. She said I can go a few days (hopefully I won’t go past my pattern of being 3 days late) so I’m happy about that. 
5) GTKY: What was the best gift you got over the holidays?
An amazon gift card. Now just to decide what to buy. 

hms1219

1) 32 weeks! (8 weeks to go!)
I have 1 day a week when I am home without the kids.  Those are my most productive days.  Because of the school being closed for Christmas break, I lost 2 days and I’m stressing out to only have 6 of those days left!

2) How are you feeling? 
Tired.  Sleeping longer than 2 hours doesn’t happen anymore. I have RLS and every time I switch positions I have to get up to pee. 
3) Any appointments this week? 
Nothing until 1/2/18

4) Rants/Raves/Questions? 
I feel like I’ve been pregnant forever and also that time has flown by. 

Not pregnancy related.  Why do toddlers throw up and then move around and throw up some more?  DS2 randomly got sick this evening and threw up everywhere before we could catch him and clean him up. 

5) GTKY: What was the best gift you got over the holidays? (Copied from another EDD post)
Target gift cards!

@diesel11111 I had an anterior placenta with DS1 and DS2 and barely had any crazy movements.  This time I have a posterior placenta and it looks like a scene from Alien.