So, I’ve been getting requests from quite a few people to shed some light on how things are going with this pregnancy, as well as one request for how I am dressing this pregnancy.  So, here you go.

As of today, I am 33 weeks and 2 days pregnant. Fay was born at 33 weeks and 5 days. We are not ready to have a baby in 3 days, so this little feller better stay where he’s at! 🙂 I am feeling mostly good. I am having more and more trouble doing things that were still easy 6 weeks ago. For example: I have a hard time getting comfortable sitting and especially laying down. I am definitely worse at bending over than I have been in a very long time. And I am short of breath a lot of the time.  I am aware that these things are just par for the pregnancy course, but it doesn’t make them fun.  I saw something on facebook recently that said it all very well. My friend (who is also pregnant right now) posted a quote: “Pregnancy is the happiest reason ever for feeling like crap.”  I absolutely agree!

(By the way, I am putting random pictures of Fay, because I know I am way more likely to read a blog post if there are lots of pictures!)

For those of you who don’t know (aka: those who I have been neglecting–please do forgive me!), because of Fay’s premature birth, I am being watched a little more closely than mothers who have no history of problems, and I have the great privilege of getting a weekly shot of progesterone–a hormone the body creates naturally, but apparently makes less of when preparing to go into labor. This shot, called 17 P, is administered weekly from weeks 18 to 36 and has been shown to be highly effective in preventing preterm labor in mothers who have a history of spontaneous preterm labor (like me!). So, I only have a few more shots to go! According to my limited research, it is fairly normal for women to go into labor somewhere in the vicinity of 10 days after their last injection. I must confess, I wouldn’t mind if he came at 37 weeks! (Especially if he was really ready to come!)

Other information about the pregnancy includes: I have gained roughly 22 pounds over the past 33 weeks (normal, I hear). My nails grow super fast, and my leg hair grows super slow! Baby Kid (his name in utero) is very active! Today he kept kicking me in the exact same spot and kicking me HARD! But, he likes to pretend to be shy when either Josh or Fay try to feel his kicks.  Fay has felt him kick, and I feel like she is getting a better idea all the time that we are going to have a baby at our house.  I am very interested and excited to see how she responds to him. 🙂

As for the maternity style request, allow me to give a disclaimer. Though I will admit that I have the capacity to be a fairly well dressed pregnant woman (I was given a great wardrobe from a fantastic sister in our ward who is done having kids), I must be the very least photogenic pregnant woman in the whole world. I promise that all of these outfits looked WAY better in the mirror.  Maybe it’s the lighting in our house. Maybe it’s just me. I don’t know. But here you go, Lacey.

The first picture is me at 32 weeks 0 days. We went to a play that night (Our neighbors took our baby monitor and listened while Fay slept. You’ve got to love living in an apartment building!) so of course I had to dress up for my hot date! The second two pictures are more of my every day sort of look. In the middle picture I had gone out on errands and such, in the final picture (taken at 33 weeks 0 days) I was just home with Fay. I had to take that picture myself which is why my head is cut off.

People keep telling me that I barely look pregnant. People told me that last time too. I was always so confused as to why, and this time I was expecting to get way bigger because apparently you get bigger faster with subsequent pregnancies. But no. Still little (according to the people around me).  But, one of my OBs told me that I show less than some simply because I have a long torso. Who knew?! I always thought that you had to be tall to have a long torso! I was so wrong!