32 Weeks

So the theme for the week has been swollen ankles and no more ab muscles! Yes during my visit to Raleigh for the baby shower I was on my feel quite a lot… it didn’t take long for my ankles to swell. Now I know one would say it has to do with the pregnancy… yes that might be the case but I haven’t had this problem since Nov (when I was on my feet for a wedding )! I drank so much water to try and make them go down but that did not work. I am home now and they are back to normal… it must have been all the excitement and me just being on my feet.

Things have been getting increasingly more and more difficult. Everyday things are a pain haha! My belly is getting in the way with the counters… I turn to the side to let people through (that’s stupid cause I am wider sideways that frontways… oh I am a nerd). I ran errands all day the other day and when I got home I had to have Joe unload the car; I was exhausted! Oh and getting into the car… now that’s a trip! Leaning over to pick something up… nope. Standing from a sitting position… I grunt ~ haha! I am up 3 times every night to go to the restroom ~ that’s normal I know but seriously! And when I am so tired and don’t wake up to go to the bathroom… I can barely move and need Joe to shove me out of bed. Good thing Joe is a good sport :)  My life is quite comical I must say… The sling however is making my life a little more comfortable (minus the heartburn it creates by pushing everything up!)… but hey you gotta take the good with the bad :)

So while I was in Raleigh, Joe stayed in Beaufort. His dad flew down to help him with some home renovations and repairs. They were quite busy and got a lot done! They primed the kitchen and it looks so amazing white! Finally my whit appliances don’t stand out like a sore thumb with the dark cabinets! The master bathroom is still under construction but I will post pictures when its done!!

Dad and I managed to fit everything into the car for my trip back home. Once I got here… it was Joe’s job to unload it all as most of it was quite heavy. I can’t say it enough… but he is such a trooper. I think he has noticed that things are getting more difficult for me and he lends a hand and is a huge help!

So yeah 32 weeks… 8 months! Wowza!! It’s hard to believe that we are 2 months away. Here are the updates with Michael:

In the latest womb reports, Michael has now developed sensitivity to temperature!

Which means I’m likely to get a swift kick if I put a hot pad or bag of ice on my ginormous belly.

For the Elton John lovers out there - baby’s got blue eyes.

Actually, even if you're too young to know who Elton is, all babies have blue eyes at this point.

This could easily change after birth (or even between now and labor), but for the time being, blue it is.

Thanks to their recently matured lungs and a strengthening immune system, over 90% of babies born in their 32nd week survive!

So – we can go ahead and throw a mini-party right now because it’s pretty much a done deal - we've got a human-bean that's going to make it!

That's not to say we actually want our wee womb-squatter to pack their bags and move out now, because they'd still end up in the ICU for a good while, rather than in our arms at home.

Babies are best when fully baked!