Weeks 31 & 32 & Updates

Lately I have been really bad keeping up with my blog. I've been really busy with work and my whole family has arrived so I spend as much time as I can with them.

I had my 3rd growth u/s at the beginning of the month and Baby D looks great. The best news of that ultrasound, HE'S HEAD DOWN!!! YAY!!! While the u/s tech was doing the u/s, I asked her if the baby was still breech, and she said, no why was he? That was the best thing I heard. I'm SO excited that he's head down and ready to be born. He weighed 3 lbs 11 oz and looks so cute. My next growth u/s is on August 5 and I can't wait to see how much he weighs by than.

The swollen feet and ankles has begun but thank God it only lasted a few days. I kept my feet elevated the whole time and that seem to work. I showed my OB and he said that there is nothing I can really do. It's very common in pregnancy and he said, wait until August arrives. But it's been over a week now and the feet look much better. I've put on a total of 28 lbs in 32 weeks which I think is not to bad. They say at the end is when you put on the most so let's see what happens.

About a week ago I started getting a pain on my right butt cheek which expands out to my right hip. I'm not sure if this is a sciatic nerve pain but it hurts pretty badly. It hurts when I walk, it hurts when I turn in bed, it basically hurts any time I move. This will definitely be on my list of questions when I see my OB next week.

This is my last 2 week appointment. After next week, I start seeing him every week, yikes!!! I feel like I'm getting so close to the end. I think we begin internal at 35-36 weeks so even that is getting pretty close.

As you all know I go for my weekly NSTs and yesterday he failed his NST. He's been pretty quiet in the mornings lately and of course is more active at night like most babies. He moved about 4 times in the first 5 minutes of the test, but after that he didn't move at all. The nurse gave me a cup of apple juice to see if that would wake him up and nothing. She than started pressing my belly and moving it in different positions to see if that would do the trick, and again the baby would not wake up for anything. She even kept me on the machine for 40 minutes and still Baby D would not move. So she called my OB and off to an ultrasound I went. I'm not going to complain about the u/s because I love seeing him, so I get a little excited when they send me for an u/s. I had a BPP (Bio-Physical Profile) u/s yesterday. This is an u/s where they check his breathing, his movements, the amniotic fluid, and fetal tone. Well as soon as she began the u/s, he started moving right away. I had my favorite u/s tech and she said he passed with flying colors. What a relief!!! I got a few cute pictures of him. It's amazing to see how much he has grown. She confirmed again that he is still head down!!!

Tomorrow they are delivering his furniture and the work will begin!!! John and I did not paint his room because our house is all one color and I didn't want his room to be the only different one in the house. I'm picking up his bedding tomorrow morning and hopefully start putting things away. I'm going to start washing his clothes and put them in the draws and separate them by size. I have receive so many gifts that you can no longer walk in my dining room. Once everything is pretty much ready I'll take some pictures for you to see his room.