Things are heating up inside as well: Baby may grow up to a full inch this week alone, and his brain is developing like crazy. Pretty soon, he'll be able to coordinate breathing with sucking and swallowing. Also, his bones are hardening, and he's started to keep his eyes open when he's awake.
I can't believe how this time has been flying by. It seems like we were just telling people that we were pregnant. So, I'm 33 weeks now, which means only 7ish to go and we're really excited! For the most part, I feel good and I've had a pretty good pregnancy so far, so I can complain. Other than the minor aches and pains, I haven't really had any problems - Praise Jesus for that! Sleeping at night is getting more an more difficult and really, it's just more annoying than anything. I have found that if I power through that urge to nap in the afternoon, I sleep much better at night, so I've been trying to ignore those urges.
As of yesterday I was FINALLY able to get a new doctor! I have been contemplating on switching doctors for a few months now, but I finally made the move. I am SO excited! I haven't met my new doc in person yet, but I've talked to her on the phone and she seems much more personable than my current doc. With my current doc, I have always felt somewhat rushed when I go in for my check-ups. And when I tried to talk to her about my birth one day, I felt like I got no support from her when it came to my wishes to try to do things as naturally as possible. She kind of scoffed at me and said that I would probably change my mind anyway. ICK!! It gave me such a bad feeling. Then Ant and I went to take a tour of the hospital that she delivers at (there are 2 hospitals about a half mile apart here) and we weren't exactly thrilled. First of all, they only allow 2 people in the room during delivery which I'm not a fan of. Second, they have you deliver in one room and recover in a different room which was really tiny and not comfy at all. We felt like it wasn't horrible, but definitely not the greatest place, either. One plus with that hospital is that they have a level 3 nursery/NICU, so if anything were to happen with the peanut, they definitely have the facilities and drs to handle it. ANYWAY, I have my first appt with my new doc on Tues and I'm so excited! Updates to come on that.
Until then…
I love that you're already referring to peanut as "he." =)
ReplyDeleteno, that's thebump.com, not me!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it funny how they always compare our children to fruit? This week my baby is the size of a large banana - HA!
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry you had trouble with your doctor - luckily my primary care physician is also delivering the baby, so i already new i loved him. :)