At the Doctor's appointment this week I have had all restrictions relinquished. After the situation that put me in the hospital for the night of June 3, then the bed rest for almost 1 week following I lost 6 pounds. I hear that is not uncommon, so at the next appointment I thought I had gained but I was at the same weight as the week before. I am getting to the point that anytime I have an appointment I get nervous. With that said, the last appointment for this past week I gained 2 pound. I was never so happy to hear that!
Gracie sits REALLY low; so when it came to measuring her she is now not showing measurements of the stomach on the week range. The Doc does not have really any worries about this; she just thinks I am all baby and that her head is so low it's throwing the measurement off. I honestly have to say that I don't think I could have found a better OB. She scheduled an ultrasound for in two weeks just to check her out and make sure that she is positioned right and to see her sizing. I can't wait to see how things look going into my 36th week.
I do have to say though that the last two days I feel like she is really packing the weight on. For instance, baths are really fun when soaking. When I turn to the left or right on my side all of the sudden I feel her shift weight in my stomach. I have been having my restless leg acting up 100% more while pregnant, so usually I take a nice warm bath to calm my legs down. Efficiently, she calms down when I do this also, so hey I don't really mind killing 2 birds with one stone.
Tonight while eating dinner Gracie decided to start really pushing and tugging all over the place making it difficult to finish eating dinner. I ended up having to take a break from dinner and go back after she decided that she was going to cooperate. I figured that she would be big enough to take all the room up in my stomach so that she would start calming down, though I am finding that this is not the case.
The kids- as soon as I start making a gesture around my stomach start smiling and teasing Gracie about giving me a hard time. Sometimes she presses so hard that I actually make a noise. They laugh! They are excited to be so close to having their sister here. I think it's going to be an amazing event having a younger sister that they can mentor and play with. They are really starting to ask questions, looking for things to buy for her to play with and making sure that I am okay. I will be excited when they finally get to meet her and I give her to them to individually hold and coo all over.
Even though I have been through this 3 other times I am finding that every pregnancy has their likeness and total differences. Almost everything that has happened through the other 3 are totally different than this one. I am not sure if it's all due to my age or just the type of children I have / will be having.
I guess it all remains to be seen!
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