33 week checkup for Mama and Baby..

I had my 33 week checkup today (yea yea I know we are off kilter on the schedule oh well), and baby and I are doing well midwife is very happy with my urine testing fine, blood pressure still normal and in all doing well at this stage in things.

Personally I'm getting tired of BH, and just plain tired and hungry all the time lol.. but only a few more weeks now (less then 7.. but who's counting ;)). Granted I still have a lot less BH then I did in previous pregnancies, these waited mostly till the 'end' of PG instead of being constantly around for the whole PG.. but they are stronger (of course since this is my 4th) and more annoying.. or maybe I'm just more tired lol.

I do feel a bit sorry for my body though as in conversation with the midwife on some of the things I'm feeling/experiencing at this stage.. she told me she normally doesn't hear these types of complaints till a Mom is having her 6th-8th child .. thinks with the loose connective tissues I have (ehler-danlos syndrome) that my body is more stretched out/worn out then others would be at this point.

I think 'we' are about settled on a girl's name.. and 'I' am really fond of a boy's name but DH is still undecided on the boys name lol. Course we'll wait till the birth to announce the name.. but it feels good to have some idea of what it might be now lol.

I picked up a few pink outfits (newborn) just in case.. thought it would be nice to have around, plus we have a drawer full of 'gender neutral' stuff too (and tons of boys clothes of course). And have had some friends help me find other similarly useful/nice to have items too.

So now I'm mostly down to washing/prepping newborn diapers and organizing/preparing some final details for the birth :).

Still feel somewhere inbetween time flying by and time going way to slow lol.. I'm starting to be ready to not be pregnant anymore.. but still a little hesitant on diving into the work of baby bootcamp for the 4th time around LOL!

But over all I think I'm doing well, and feeling very blessed to be moved into our new home, it has helped ease my joint pain considerably already (yay for no stairs!), and it's nice to have a fresh spacious place to live in :). Still getting the final details of our old house cleaned/fixed so we can get it on the market asap, but hopefully within a couple days we'll have that completed as well.

Guess I should go rest.. but thought I'd better give an update as its been a long time since the last one :).

~Mama Rae~