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<\/p>\nAll I can constantly think is \u201c6 more weeks of this expanding belly\u201d?! I know it\u2019s not huge, but I just can\u2019t possibly imagine how it can get any bigger without exploding. Luckily there are no documented cases of that happening. <\/p>\n
Sometimes 6 weeks sounds like a really.long.time.<\/p>\n
Sometimes\u2026not so much. Especially when you consider I\u2019ll be full term in 3 weeks. Or that I could have 8 more weeks to go\u2026<\/p>\n
Baby\u2019s weighing in at 4 3\/4 pounds and 18 inches long, and boy do I believe it. It\u2019s hard to believe there\u2019s still 6 weeks of growing left to happen in my belly- I don\u2019t know where that room is going to come from.<\/p>\n The baby\u2019s fat is filling in, and his or her skin is smoothing out. Those tiny baby fingernails are almost fully grown and waiting for their first manicure.<\/p>\n For the most part, I\u2019m feeling pretty good. {Still knocking on wood.} After 7 months of feeling like crud, I\u2019ll take the minor discomforts that come with the larger belly. As long as I eat within minutes of getting up {no mater how not<\/em> hungry I am}, I tend to be good to go. Eating isn\u2019t exactly fun considering my stomach aches most of the time. Not an upset stomach, more of a physical ache- the kind that probably comes from being absolutely squished inside of me, much like my lungs and\u00a0 my bladder.<\/p>\n The itching belly is no joke. I probably spread belly lotion on 3 times a day just for some relief. I have a couple tiny itchy red bumps on my belly, which I thought was pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy<\/a> {PUPPP- what a mouthful}, but after Googling some images, I can definitely say that\u2019s not the case- thank goodness. Just my skin being stretched into oblivion.<\/p>\n I\u2019m pretty sure the hormones have gotten to my eyes too\u2026my vision is all sorts of blurred, especially in the morning.<\/p>\n This is around the time when the baby should be hanging out head down. {The best position for birth is head first, face down.} At my 28 week ultrasound<\/a>, baby was doing exactly as he or she should- in fact, the baby has pretty much been lounging on my right side all of pregnancy. This week however, everything\u2019s changing. I feel the hiccups<\/a> in an entirely different place, and the kicks are on opposite sides. Apparently within the last few days the baby has decided it\u2019s more comfortable laying directly across my stomach instead. Fine with me as long he or she gets with the program again in the next few weeks!<\/p>\n Speaking of kicks- there\u2019s not so many these days. It worried me at first, but apparently the lack of room plus increased napping habits makes less movement common. Even though the jabs can be pretty forceful on occasion, I\u2019m already missing them!<\/p>\n Nursery decorating<\/a>. For real this time. {How many weeks have I been saying this?} I think there might be an Ikea trip in our not-so-distant-future\u2026<\/p>\n Pediatrician finding. {I\u2019m such a good procrastinator.}<\/p>\n Strep B testing\u2026probably coming soon.<\/p>\n Baby-supply-buying. Guess it\u2019s time to start buying some of the stuff we\u2019ll need. That being said\u2026what are the <\/em>absolute essentials<\/em> you need to have before<\/strong> the baby comes? {As opposed to what\u2019s nice but could wait.} I need to prioritize this list.<\/p>\n Last week: 33 weeks pregnant<\/a><\/p>\n![\"34](\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.sideofsneakers.com\/tinysneakers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/IMG_8119-Copy.jpg\" "\\"34")
<\/a><\/p>\nWhat Baby\u2019s Up To<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nWhat\u2019s Up with Momma<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nMilestones<\/h2>\n
<\/a><\/p>\nComing Up<\/h2>\n
<\/p>\n<\/a>\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\nOther Stuff<\/h2>\n