Had a doctor appt this morning (why I scheduled it for 7:40 the morning after the Sugar Bowl is beyond me...I am quite sleepy today!). Once again, uneventful. I have gained a bunch of weight (comes with the territory of being pregnant over the holidays, I guess) which seems alarming to me (because either the baby is getting huge or I am...neither is a good scenario in my opinion) but the doctor still says I'm on track and she's happy with my progress. She says I will probably gain 4 - 6 more lbs (I guess in the last month the weight gain tapers off or stops).
Next two appts will be at two-week intervals (she feels comfortable leaving them at that for now since everything is normal and fine)...then I start going weekly. She greeted me this morning by saying, "time is flying...you're having a baby real soon!" This is utterly scary and amazing at the same time. I am really getting excited. Baby's heartbeat was in the 130s, within the normal range (it has dropped from the 150s, but the nurse told me this is normal as the baby gets bigger. She said at this stage their hearts start functioning like ours...slower in down time and faster when they're active. Our girl was pretty chilled out this morning...she seems to get real busy after lunch and at night...wonder if that's foreshadowing to her life outside the womb? If so, she gets that from her dad...not a morning person at all).
On an unrelated note, I indulged in my prenatal massage yesterday (remember, the gift certificate that Matt gave me that I mentioned in a previous post) and it was AWESOME!! So nice to have a little pampering...and the therapist knew all the right pillow positions to make me completely comfortable. Wish I could duplicate those at home (I attempted to arrange my pillows in bed last night the way she had them and I failed)!
We're in the home stretch...
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