33 Weeks

This past week was marked with much more pain than last week, unfortunately. We moved into a bigger apartment though, so now we can start preparing for Chloe's arrival! We were supposed to be all packed up so we could just move on Monday, but our air conditioner was out Saturday and I couldn't really do anything...then I was tired Sunday. We ended up getting everything moved though, despite the fact that at some point my right leg decided not to work anymore. I shouldn't have been doing what I did anyway though...and ended up with just about every part of my body in pain by Wednesday evening. With no hot water to shower with, ugh.

I suppose Chloe is running out of room now because she's moving a lot slower lately. She's still moving just as much, but the moves are more deliberate and look/feel like she's stretching instead of boxing. My tummy is also getting lower and lower and I can feel her moving around lower and lower in my pelvis. I'd heard a nurse tell another pregnant lady at the OB's office that her baby needed to drop soon but I didn't imagine it was literally like this...I really don't see her waiting around until her due date if she's already dropping, but we'll see what happens. The doctors are all everything looks normal so it's all good, lol. I'm pretty sure everything I'm going through is completely normal, but you know, it's not normal to ME. I'm also waking up with sausages for hands and feet, which may be from moving this week. I hope we plan next bab(ies)y better than this so I wont be all in the third trimester during the dern summer.

This week for Chloe:

• She's over 4 pounds and should have passed the 17 inch mark (I know, last week said up tp 19 inches...these things are exact you know)
• Her skeleton is hardening but the skull bones aren't fused so she can conehead it out of me in the next few weeks and so her brain can expand later
• She can supposedly tell the difference in day and night now that she's bigger and there's less stuff between her and the outside...if she's truly my baby that wont mean anything though (#vampire)
• Her immune system is kicking in and should be able to protect her from mild infections. Let's hope hers is better than mine too (well, in my defense, I think stress killed mine for a loooong time)

I wonder if I am going to be put on bed rest with the aches and pains I've been having, but my body is still showing that I'm completely normal (good blood pressure, no sharp pains around Chloe, etc...). *sigh* I just  need to learn how to sit the hell down.