(1 + 1 = 3) Thirty-Two Weeks

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Week 32:

• Crybaby. Goodness gracious. I literally bawled my mascara off on Wednesday after a phone call. Dustin was driving me home from my Non-Stress Test (which Squiddy passed with flying colors and I won't have to take anymore of unless my overall bloodsugar levels skyrocket!) and I was crying so hard that all of my makeup came off and I couldn't breathe (snot). I was crying and crying and then looked over at Bub and he was laughing so I started to laugh. But I was crying at the same time and mad at him for laughing, but I was laughing, too. Does that make any sense? Yesterday I cried over straws. I am a weepy willow.

• Sleep(less). At my last appointment, my midwife told me that soon I wouldn't be able to lay on my back because Squid's weight would press on some vein and make me feel like crap. That time has come. Even though back-sleeping feels so good on the rest of my body, it makes me feel like I'm going to pass out, which I figure isn't a good thing. Second best is sleeping on my right side, but that makes me feel like I'm going to barf and gives me heartburn for some reason. The left side it is!

• Shifting. On Tuesday night, Bub had his hand on my belly and all the sudden we felt squid's ENTIRE body roll over. It was straight up ALIEN. At my Non-Stress Test, we found out that his head is in the same spot (my right hip), but his spine is now right on my bladder instead of up by my ribs. The little loaf  likes to diva bump my bladder (see below), which result in me thinking that my bladder is DAMN full when it's really not. I go through more t.p. than.. well, I go through a LOT of  t.p., let just say that.
    
  
  
• Still pokin'. After taking my blood sugar levels four times a day for the past week, Dr. J. has decided that my sugar levels are satisfactory and has revoked his diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes! He still wants me to test four times a day to make sure my levels are within the right range.  No meds for me!
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  Tomorrow I get to see some of my friends and family members at one of my baby showers! My Mom, Sister and Auntie Lorrie are throwing me a teaparty! Today I'm out to Oakley (our hometown) to help Mom put the last minute finishing touches on stuff (flowers!) and see my pups. I have an appointment with a midwife at the hospital out there (Oakley is about 50 minutes from where Bub and I live),  just in case Squid decides to make his debut on one of the weekends that we're out there visiting our parents. Better safe than sorry, right?
  
  

Comments

[Amanda]

OH my goodness. The gold pants on that lady in the video.. bwaaaahahaha! Also yay for no GD but just watching sugar :) :)

And I totally totally hear you on the crying thing. I would become a right hot mess for no reason at all throughout most of my pregnancy, it was pretty funny actually :D

If you are super propped, lots of pillows behind you and supporting your upper legs you can still do sleep on your back, but flat out on your back is icky it's true. It always made me wish I had one of those adjustable beds lol.

*hugs* Yay 32 weeks and yay belly :) :)

[Maryam]

Oh man, I feel you about the sleeping...I miss lying on my back, it makes me feel terrible! I try to sleep on my left side since that's supposedly the best side and is supposed to help with swelling (my ankles are ridiculous right now) but I always end up on my right...

Also Margaux' just been chilling on my uterus and I go once or twice an hour during the day and 2-3 times a night. So frustrating because it's never a lot of pee :/ Oh well, we're almost there!!!

[Rachel]

I was laughing super hard about something the other day. Totally happy and busting a gut over some joke John had told. All of a sudden I went from laughing, to the other end of the spectrum. I started BAWLING.
All the while I was saying, "I want you to know, that I know this is crazy. I am sorry, but I am crazy. I can't help it."
WaAAAAHhhhhhhh!
I feel you.
I cried over the closing credit music in the movie "Up" yesterday. There were no lyrics, and it was happy music! What the heck!

[Rach]

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