10/10 - 33 Weeks

Yikes! I woke up today and shamefully had leaked amniotic fluid on my bed. I must have been very tired because I didn't wake up to pee at 4am like I usually do. I did pee at like 6 something and then slept until 8:30. I could have slept longer, but they come in to do vitals. :(

I also had a cramping feeling in my lower abdomen, kind of like menstrual cramps. It didn't last long and went away if I changed positions. So I didn't think much of it.

Dr Teagle came in saying that I've had increased activity, which I oddly didn't notice. Apparently my morning monitoring showed 8 contractions an hour. And with the pink fluid and the cramping ... I was to be watched carefully throughout the day. Nothing alarming at this point ... but all could potentially be signs that my body is preparing to go into labor. Of course I got the normal answer ... we just have to wait and see, LOL.

It is a popular day today because of the date. I heard that L&D was pretty darn crowded ... :)

On another note, I have made 33 weeks today! This is the magical week that Tyler was born, so i am quite relived because of how well things went with Tyler. Of course they do tell me that all babies are different, so we still have to wait and see how baby girl does ... I have a very good feeling it will be positive results.

Today has been a very lazy day. I spent most of the morning watching cartoons and Myth Busters. Took a short nap ... and had Jack In the Box for dinner.

Tyler says he wants me to come home already. *sigh* Still got a little over a week till that will happen. I hope it doesn't confuse him too much. At least it will be just me at first, so we can hopefully prep him for Emily's trip home.


Week 33

This week your baby weighs a little over 4 pounds (heft a pineapple) and has passed the 17-inch mark. He's rapidly losing that wrinkled, alien look and his skeleton is hardening. The bones in his skull aren't fused together, which allows them to move and slightly overlap, thus making it easier for him to fit through the birth canal. (The pressure on the head during birth is so intense that many babies are born with a conehead-like appearance.) These bones don't entirely fuse until early adulthood, so they can grow as his brain and other tissue expands during infancy and childhood.