Week 33

And a little before...

We had our baby shower on Saturday. It was a lot of fun. I have an amazing family and a wonderful set of friends. We got a variety of gifts, and we are about ready to meet little Hucklebaby. It was fun to get to spend time with my family, but it makes me heartsick once they leave. I have never been this far from them before, and it's hard for me to see them go. At least I am lucky enough to be able to visit them, and they visit us. I am in a rush and do not have time to tell the shower story, but there are a few moments worth mentioning quickly. Paul was a sport and changed a baby's diaper. He listened very carefully about what to do, and didn't complain once. Granted, it was a clean diaper, so we'll have to see how he handles a poopy one later on! One of the games we played was a Jelloo eating contest. You had to eat all the Jello in your bowl and suck out a tiny pacifier, all without touching your bowl. It was a close finish. I finished first (hey... it was an eating game... was there ever a doubt?), Suzy was a close second and Mom was a very close third. We had Jello all over our faces, and seeing Mom covered in red Jello was priceless. I will always have that mental image in my head!

Monday started out with a little scare. I called the doctor's office to let them know I really hadn't felt Baby move a whole lot over the past week. They wanted me to come in right away to be seen my the doctor. I freaked out and tried my best not to cry, but I just couldn't help thinking that I would be lost forever if anything happened to our little baby. We got to the office, and the doctor tried to perk Baby up by wiggling him and squeezing his head. That part will be really funny a little later. Baby moved a little, but not a whole lot. I got hooked up to a non stress test machine to monitor Baby's heart rate for a little while, and everything sounded fine as far as that went. We got scheduled for a bio physical profile for Wednesday.

On Wednesday we went for our ultrasound and discovered baby had moved toes first. Baby's head and upper body is mostly behind the placenta. Basically, baby is punching a pillow, so I can't feel the movement very well. Baby is also very stretched out, much to my dismay. So I have a head under my ribs and toes in my cervix. I had to have a cervial measurement to be sure it's still holding. It is. While she was measuring that, I saw something in the corner of the screen and asked if it was a foot. Suddenly, the foot crashed into my cervix (boy did I feel that), and she said, "wow. Those feet are low!" I knew something was hitting me there, I just didn't expect it to be feet! Baby was being very good and was even practicing breathing and swallowing, which was fun to watch. Baby has very long fingers and toes and has big eyes and chubby cheeks. The tech measure Baby's longest toe (she was in awe of how "adorable" Baby is), and it is already measuring a little over half an inch long. Baby has Mommy's toes and fingers!

Tomorrow, we have a follow up appointment with the doctor. All seems to be well, though. The tech said Baby is perfectly formed, so that is a relief. I guess we'll find out what the plan is since Baby is breech. We still have a couple of weeks to worry about that. I really don't think I will ever get around to posting any belly pictures, but I am posting new baby pictures. I will write an update next week on how our appointment goes tomorrow.