Week 33: Pre-Push Jitters

I've been going to the doctor every two weeks and I'm starting to get really excited!! Rob is head down and doing great, he's actually measuring a week ahead (I've known all along that my due date is actually the 21st, not the 28th) and at the next appointment she'll start checking for dilation and effacement progress! The countdown is on!!! This realization has brought on a flury of different emotions (surprise surprise, an emotional pregnant lady)! First, I obviously cannot be more excited to meet my baby boy and hold him and love him and bond with him but second I feel like I will never be able to protect him and keep him as safe as he Is right now (Don't worry, I'm not going to be an overprotective "HoverMom," I'm just happy he's so safe right now). I will also miss his little kicking temper tantrums he throws when my bladder gets full (he may be able to get away with that now but little does he know Mom plans on being a major disciplinarian!!) I will miss feeling him roll around in there as his way of responding to my voice. I hope I don't sound like a crazy person but there really are a lot of things I will miss about being pregnant. My mom always says, "don't wish your life away" and while I can't wait for him to be here, I'm still enjoying our special time together before I share him with everyone else :)

Funny story that has nothing to do with my hightened emotional state: Today I went to HEB for major grocery shopping; I haven't been in a while and I've planned dinners for the next two weeks so my cart was FULL. As I was leaving, I decided to push my cart down the sidewalk to my car to avoid all the parking traffic -- big mistake! As I reach my car I realize there is no down ramp to the parking lot (great planning HEB!) so I decide that I'm going to attempt to ease my cart down the curb. Let me just paint this picture for you ... I'm 8 months pregnant, dripping sweat from just walking to my car, my glasses are completely fogged up due to the lovely humidity and the person next to me parked so close a three year old couldn't fit between our cars, much less a huge pregnant lady. So as I begin to force my bulging cart down the curb my pallet of Ozarka water slides off the bottom, the plastic rips open and water bottles roll all over the parking lot; with the majority of them stopping to rest under the car that parked too close to me. As I'm trying to round up some of the waters, the top part of my cart continues to slide off the curb and TIPS OVER!!!!!!!!! Yes, groceries went flying everywhere. Yes, my eggs broke all over the parking lot and Yes I was a hot mess. Now at the time this wasn't too funny but now looking back it's pretty hilarious : ) The thing that wasn't so hilarious about my then-precarious situation is that NOT ONE person stopped to offer help. Not one. And four or five people probably walked by while all this was going on. Unbelievable. People, if you see a struggling, sweaty pregnant lady please help her!

Weekly Womb Workings:

As I mentioned before, Rob is head down and ready to go. He weighs about 5 pounds and is 19 inches long. Right now his major task is gaining weight -- the doctor says he could gain up to a half a pound a week from here on out! His brain is maturing and increasing in size and his fingernails have grown so long they're starting to curl over his fingers (Mani/Pedi for baby and Mom after delivery?). So basically on the agenda for the next few weeks are brain, lungs and fat! Sounds easy enough : )