34 Weeks and One Final Photo...

Since I am back-blogging, I will leave you with a recap of week 34 from my jotted down notes throughout the week. 

Boobs and nipples are bigger. Rib pain! Hubby traveling. Nursery prep. Pee leakage.

Boobs and nipples bigger...yes, clearly preparing themselves for breastfeeding. They are turning into targets I think.

Rib pain. Wow. I have a baby butt lodged in the right side of my rib cage that I often have to press down on to relive some of the pressure. It is particularly noticeable when I am sitting for extended periods of time or driving to and from work. I am excited about this rib pain only because I can totally tell it is a butt, which means that her head is pointing down! No breech baby here!

Hubby traveling.  This one makes me simultaneously cringe and giggle at the same time looking back at it. He's in Brazil from 34-35 weeks and 2 days for a last-minute work trip. Not stoked on this one, but making the most of it and laying low!

Nursery prep is in full force! Unfortunately much of it is on hold while the Mr. is out of town since it requires some assembly and heavy lifting.

Pee leakage...it's happening. Enough said. And sweat. I am awfully hot all the time and often end up with sweaty undies. It's not a glamorous life, people.

No cute photo this week, just a selfie in PJs. Cause I'm tired.

She's coming when?!

Something happened in between the 32 and 33 week marks. At 32 weeks I felt like we had a lot of time. At 33 weeks, suddenly I felt an incredible panic that Baby's arrival is JUST AROUND THE CORNER! And we have so much to do! And we haven't gone on date nights or had a lot of loud sex, or slept in super late, or... yikes.
A lot of life events happened right around this time too that just might be contributing to my sense of the time slipping away. One being a bathroom remodel. Why at 8 months pregnant did I think this was a good idea? I have no clue except that it sounded like a better idea to do it now than with a newborn. This remodel necessitates us moving out of our cozy bedroom with the king-sized bed into the crap-filled guest room/office with a full-sized mattress. It also means that we have construction workers in our house A LOT. Boo. And that we are hemorrhaging money on bathroom tile and vanities while also trying to save money for my maternity leave all the while buying a bunch of baby crap.

Aside from the life stress, I'm feeling pretty darn good. Sometimes I almost feel like my symptoms are disappearing. One week I have heartburn, the next I don't. Week 32 was a good one for this.
I have a good belly shot, but having technical difficulties uploading, so I'll save it for another date.

 At 33 weeks, aside from being 7 weeks away from D-Day, I started feeling a lot more "pregnant". I feel like the belly just keeps growing and growing and lugging my tired body around is getting a lot more challenging. And bending over? Forget about it! The absolute highlights of the week were attending our first childbirth class and our Baby Shower!
The childbirth classes are taught by a hippy dippy woman who refers to herself as the "cervix whisperer" and reminds me of one of the women in the SNL skit "Schweddy Balls". Hilarious and informative at the same time :) I don't feel like I gained a lot from the classes, but Mr Hubs certainly did. I think he's feeling much more confident that he can support me during the birth than he did before. The take home video scared the living sh*t out of me...even though I've witnessed hundred of births. Somehow it's way scarier when it's only 7 WEEKS AWAY and going to happen to you instead of someone else! Go figure.

Anyway...the shower. Oh so much fun!!! Our friends and family did an amazing job throwing a circus-themed shower complete with cotton candy, caramel apples, corn dogs, baby pictures of both of us, and no cheesy games. Opening the gifts and bringing home oodles of baby goodies made it very real very fast. You guys, this baby is going to come home with us. Whoa.
Without further ado, some shots from the shower and a belly shot!

I think they should make this the glucose challenge test...WAY tastier than orange syrup!