33 wks & 6 day appt.

so yesterday we met for our bi-weekly appointment where the tummy measured 35 cm. upon massage, dr had a hard time determining what position she was in, commenting that she either has a hard head up by my chest or firm buns. turns out baby has buns of steel as she proved to be in the birth position again. dr says his guess is that she is pretty big and about 6 lbs right now (which i slightly freaked out about) and estimates, by experience, that she'll be between 8 and 10 lbs upon delivery (insert brown paper bag HERE). even though the husband and i were both 8+ lb babies, nothing prepared me for that =) here i've been secretly praying for a nicole kidman 6 lb baby!! =) dr also said we gotta try and keep her in a couple more weeks...but after that, she's fair game.

we figure she'll be here by the end of the year, most making their guesses for mid-december-ish. very exciting and very terrifying at the same time. i keep forgetting that christmas is right around the corner...i need to start putting together christmas gifts!!

in the meantime, i find myself wadding more and more each day with bathroom breaks that seem to come, i swear, every 15 minutes. each night is full of restless, deep sleep full of tosses and turns only to be awoken ever hour to two hours for bathroom breaks. getting out of bed is a chore and i constantly have to ask M for a little "push" out of bed. sad, i know. i must say though, yesterday as i stood in front of the mirror getting ready to go to the doctors and run errands, i found myself in tears as i held my belly and felt our little one moving to my movements. it reminded me that even though this pregnancy has been hard, the outcome is so rewarding.