32 weeks yesterday . We had our last ultrasound to monitor growth and the tech said baby girl already weights just over 4 lbs. I have a feeling she will be bigger then her sister.  She feels big to me. I feel her a lot. I feel everything and every movement.  She is very active with big rolls and kicking that makes my whole belly move. Madelyn finally caught her and was able to feel her last night. she said the cutest thing ” Hi baby, Im your big sister and I love you! Ugga Mugga! ” then she nose kissed my belly and baby kicked at that exact moment and bumped Madelyn’s face, so she giggled. It just tugged at my heart. So cute!

She has been asking me a lot of questions and telling me stories of things she is going to do with “her baby”  She tells me how she will hold “her baby” and “change her baby” and “feed her baby ” how she is going to be our “big helper” and “kiss her baby”

We were walking out of the hospital from the ultrasound yesterday and she asked to carry my water bottle so she could be my big helper. As she carried my water bottle she was so proud and asked me ” Am I good helper mama? ”

She blew me away as yesterday on our way to ultrasound we where driving in the car and she was in her car seat in the back and she says to me ” mama is the lady going to cut our baby out of your belly with a knife?” I was like WHAT!!! where did you hear that?  We have yet to talk to her about all the different ways babies are born or how she was born. I was hoping to have a discussion with her face to face and answer any of her questions but in the car was not the ideal place so I told her “no hunny we are going to have photos taken of the baby ” . I guess we better have that discussion soon.  With approx 8 weeks left now I want to prepare her as much as possible.

PKU wise I am doing well. My tolerance is 1450 mg I finally can enjoy oatmeal for breakfast. Regular bread sandwiches, lots of rice. If my tolerance continues to climb or get as high as Madelyn’s was then I have a few ideas on some foods I want to try as this will be my very last chance. I want to try a cinnamon bun, a regular Orange Julius smoothie, Chinese food buffet, and a Flurry or Oreo Blizzard!

My last level was 1.4 mg/dl I do another one tomorrow. I also have my 3rd trimester and final blood profile lab appointment tomorrow. I also have my last OBGYN appt tomorrow to then will be discharged to my midwifes primary care. I have 2 chiropractic appointments this week, and 1 massage appointment I scheduled on my birthday on Wednesday. Im hoping now that my tolerance is high enough that we can go out for dinner on my birthday.  I am going to massage weekly and just started to go to chiro 2 times a week as i have 6 weeks left on my ICBC claim and the pain in my hips has been unbearable. I found a lady chiro who has experiance with pre natal and im am comfortable with her and her treatments. My midwife recommended a few and i looked them up online and decided on this one. So far it is going well and I think it has been helping. We have gone for a few evening walks but I have not been back to the pool or yoga in a few weeks. My feet got really swollen last week so I had to go in to have my blood pressure tested and it was actually still very low so its just water and salt retention and possibly the heat. it has been 35 degrees Celsius. It has cooled off later in the week and rainy.

I am still quit tachycardic. My heart rate sky rockets when I move to fast, get up or down, and rolling over etc. It makes me dizzy and hard to breathe. I even get black spots in my vision.  I have been quiet nauseated in the evenings again which makes it hard to get much sleep.

I am getting winded faster and slowing down.  In some ways the next 8 weeks feels really long and then in others it feels so fast. I am so not ready for a newborn but excited to meet her to.

I cant wait to get started on her nursery this week.  I close my daycare at the end of this week and am officially on leave as of Friday. So then we can change the daycare around and move coles office down stairs. Then we can start on the nursery. I want to paint both girls rooms. Madelyns is still yellow since we didn’t find out with her and I want to make it into a big girl room. I have a plan for both girls rooms and a vision i’m working towards. Even though Cole has a different idea and trying to change my plan which i am finding extremely irritating.  Leading to a few arguments.  I am mostly anxious to find this baby girl a dresser and start washing all the clothes we have been given, sorting into sizes and organizing. Folding and putting them away so i can see what we have.  That is a important nesting task to me and i’m itching to get started. I will feel a lot better when that is done.  Like I can relax a little.  Even though we plan to room share for a while I want her room all set up and ready to go so all her things are in one place and not all through out the house. Easy to aces and find when needed. I learnt a lot with madelyn so i know what we need and dont need this time and trying to have a lot less. We have mostly everything now accept small things and a dresser for her room.

I have finished gathering all the materials on my home birth list and now just need to wash it all and put it together in a rubber maid tote so its all together in one place and easily accessible for when needed.  I am feeling good about trying for my home birth and the thought about being able to stay home and not have to deal with that hospital but i also know that if i have to move it will be ok and i can be flexible, my only goals are to avoid a C section and have a healthy birth and healthy baby.

Crazy , approx 8 weeks to go!

Here is what babycenter.ca has to say about week 32 ~

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Your baby now weighs approximately 3.75 pounds/ 1.7 kilograms and is about 17 inches / 42 centimetres long from head to toe. Although her lungs won’t be fully developed until just before birth, your little one is inhaling amniotic fluid to exercise her lungs and practise breathing.

Some babies have a head of hair already, others have only a few wisps. Thick hair at birth doesn’t necessarily mean thick hair later on but children with fine hair in childhood usually have thinner hair in adulthood.

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