Stretch marks: Yup, but even so there aren't many and the few that I have aren't too bad - even the hubby agrees.
Sleep: Had a couple of really bad nights, but it seems to be tied to the weather - I've changed the sheets on the bed to satin, changed out pillows, etc and it's been better specially after the weather has turned back to being a bit cooler. Some night I sleep great not even waking for a potty break, other nights though I'm awake every hour... blah...
Miss anything: Not really... I am comfortable most of the day with very few issues, although I will say that sitting on the couch in my corner sucks now because it's really hard to get up!!
Movement: Still getting lots of rolls, stretches and kicks/punches
Food cravings: None... unless you count just wanting junk food because I'm sick of eating healthy! Thanks Gestational Diabetes!
Anything making you queasy or sick: No
Labor signs: No
Belly button in or out: In
Wedding rings on or off: On unless I'm hot and then they have to come off...
Happy or moody most of the time: Happy, although it's not always easy to be content... specially when I'm uncomfortable in how I'm sitting or what the temperature is.
Looking forward to: Brat baby flipping... FINALLY!!
Have you done any preparation at home for baby's arrival? This is still a work in progress thanks mostly in part to family and friends (since I've still be refusing to purchase anything really!)... but it is getting there slowly!! I'm hoping to go and buy the mattress for the crib and the car seat (unless we get one given to us) in the next two weeks, along with any other needed stuff - going to go through and wash/sort everything that we've gotten in the clothing department... there are a few other things I'd like to get done in the next two weeks but it's still hard to wrap my head around the fact that I'm that close, so it's really hard to get anything done...
Started doing NSTs (Non-Stress Test) at 32wks, first one was on June 30th - J came but missed the ultrasound part of the test... I got to see practice breathing and some small movements, he was sucking his thumb again. We also got to experience how little one can really hear inside there - another woman was getting hooked up to the equipment and brat babies heart started racing, he was also moving around a good deal while it was going on. Kinda cool!! J also made it to the appt with my doc the next day, he made a point of defending my decision to put off induction which made me really happy... and he also got to see why I get so frustrated with all these appts, they seem so pointless!!!
4th of July weekend came and went - mostly it was just hanging around the house/neighborhood... it was HOT and slightly miserable for part of the long weekend for us, luckily J had gotten the portable A/C set up in the bedroom or I wouldn't have gotten any sleep, barely got any as it was... We did go enjoy a visit with a neighbor for a so-so BBQ which included hotdogs, hamburgers and brats as well as fireworks. Brat baby had startle reflex to a few of the louder ones which amused me. We could see the DuPont firework show, several of the neighbors also were setting off fireworks like crazy... but I think J and I both really missed hanging out with our friends, the Cooks, around a bonfire and setting off our own fireworks. J made several comments about it and I couldn't help but agree... :(
I also started two new treatments since brat is breech: an acupuncture treatment using an herb called Moxibustion where I place little sticks of pressed herbs called Mugwort onto my pinky toes and burn them... the herb stinks and there is a small amount of heat that I can feel radiating from the herb - baby is usually a little more active within the next hour... The other treatment is a chiropractic treatment called Webster Method - it's an alignment method of the pelvic area and spine. Neither have helped yet, but I'm still hopeful...
Let's see... what else - oh, doc has stopped fighting me on early induction (as in before 38wks) although we are still on a week-by-week basis of course, talking about preforming an ECV (External Cephalic Version) to manipulate baby into a head down position the first week of Aug... If this first attempt is unsuccessful then she's going to schedule a c-sec where they'll be prepped for that option but attempt a second ECV before going down that road. I'll be honest, the second attempt with c-sec as backup does scare me but it's the only thing that does to this point... everything else I truly have no fear of which I'm not sure if that's just because it hasn't set in or if it's because I just don't fear labor and birth for this child in a natural sense. The fear comes from what could happen if the medical interventions are needed...
