How does time pass so quickly? I've been busy yet not. I've been tired yet not. I've definitely had swelling hands and feet...no doubt about it. My wedding and engagement rings no longer fit. Hubby and I attended a tour of the hospital tonight, and he forgot to wear his wedding ring while mine don't fit to wear. He said to me, "We look like an unmarried high school couple." Compared to the ages of the other parents-to-be, we looked young. The weird thing is all my friends from high school have already had babies, and I'm the oldest by months. It must be the city life.
There are a couple little things I wanted to journal for Emily so she will know what I experienced when pregnant with her. She can have fun seeing if she experiences the same symptoms when she is pregnant one day. The first is that this month I have consistently cried to the song Marry Me by Train. It started that day I drove to Orlando to exchange Emily's dresser. Now every time I hear the song, I start tearing up and then streaming tears. This is of course always in the car while I'm driving. Not a convenient time to cry. I also was watching Ellen one day (don't really watch that show, but it was my day off and I actually rested), and I cried my eyes out to one of the band The Script's songs. Days later now, I can't recall the title of the song, but it made me think of Emily.
Besides crying as a hormonal side effect, I've had pelvic realignment as I'm referring to it. For about two and a half weeks, I've heard cracking in my pelvis when I roll out of bed 3-4 times in the middle of the night and early morning for bathroom visits. A new mother told me a couple months ago that the waking up in the night to go to the bathroom would only get worse as I got closer to Emily's due date. I thought, "How could it be more than 3 times a night?" Well, I'm up to four times and five by the time I wake up. That is just absurd!!! Last night I only woke up twice (I think). I've been trying to remember to do Kegel exercises at least once a day, so maybe that is working just a little. Here's hoping. Before I forget to reassure everyone...my doctor told me Friday that the cracking I hear is okay because my pelvic ligaments are loosening to prepare for Emily to make her way thru the birth canal. It doesn't hurt me, but I fear it is hurting Emily since her head is now completely down and in my pelvic region.
Oh...that reminds me, I never gave an update on my week 34 doctor's appointment. It was last Friday. Really, I was 33 weeks and 6 days. My bump measured 34cm...right on track. Since Emily was in the oblique position two weeks prior, I asked the doctor to check her position again. The doctor pushed in really deep on both sides of my pelvis (a little nerve wrecking considering I never push hard on Emily). The doc said Emily's head was right in position to make her way safely out if I were to go into labor right then. This is not to say she would or hasn't moved since then. Trust me...Emily moves frequently these days. I regret not tracking the times of day and how many times she moves, but that is all a bit much. The most she moved at one time within 10 minutes is 126 times. That was unbelievable. She is most active at night still. I absolutely can't get enough of watching her move or really roll across my belly. It makes me think of an alien. See what television and movies do to our brains over the years. No television for Emily for as long as possible. I'm hoping two years...we'll see.
Lastly, this past Sunday after going to church and running an errand, I felt tightening in the front of my belly. It was the same strength throughout, so I assumed I was experiencing my first Braxton Hicks contraction. It happened two more times that day and not again since. Maybe it was Emily moving, but I still doubt it due to the even consistency of the pressure. Whatever it was, I'm glad it went away. Emily has to stay where she is until AT LEAST week 37 when a baby is considered "full term."
That's all for now. Please continue to play "Guess Emily's Birthday." I've enjoyed looking at all the predictions. Only 5 weeks and 3 days to POSSIBLY go. I'm so excited!!!
