33 weeks

Ok, I’m just getting lazy now. I won’t even try to lie about it. If every other week is as often as I can make myself take a picture and sit down here, then so be it. But that means you get to see an even bigger belly each time. Lucky ducks you are!

• How far along?  33 weeks. So it’s very literally 6 weeks until this kid appears outside my body. !?!?!!?
• Total weight gain:  I’m changing my tune and calling it right on track now. I just had my next appointment today, and I haven’t gained any weight in the last 2 weeks. Go me, go me. So I think my theory may end up being correct – I’ll end all 3 pregnancies at approximately the same weight; I’ll just have gained more with these last 2 than with the first, since I started at a lower weight each time. So pass me a large DQ Blizzard!! I’ll take cookie dough and peanut butter cups, please. (and no, all my glucose stab tests came back completely normal, so i’m not even close to having gestational diabetes. damn skittles)
• Maternity clothes?  Pants, yes, and a couple maternity tops. One good thing about being pregnant in cold weather is I can cover up in all my sweatshirts and sweaters and not worry about finding shirts to fit. Because apparently the gorgeous weather of last week was a total fake-out and we are doomed to endure winter FOREVER.
• Stretch marks?  Nope, not yet. And the third time around better not be when those suckers rear their ugly heads, either.
• Sleep:  Terrible. I’m uncomfortable all the time, and my dreams have all turned into nightmares.
• Best moment this week:  Another good checkup today, and getting a ton done in the baby readiness department. I sorted all the newborn and tiny-sized baby clothes, pulled out all the gender neutral ones, and got them washed and put in a drawer so the kid has clean clothes, blankets, bibs, burp rags, etc. Fortunately I was able to fit almost everything in 1 dresser drawer after moving some of Lana’s stuff into her under-bed storage drawers. Poor #3, only gets 1 drawer right now. I also have pretty much everything else crossed off my “baby stuff to get out and wash list” except for 1 major thing – cleaning and setting up the pack n play in which he/she will sleep in our room for the foreseeable future. I just want to get our closet situation finalized in there before I do so. And I’ve also found some amazing deals on stuff for the baby and the girls on a local Facebook page. Extreme budgeting. That’s how I roll these days.
• Miss anything?  Being comfortable in my own body. I’ve reached that point, and unfortunately it arrived much earlier this time than I expected.
• Movement:  Yes, since 1 day before week 15. That’s the earliest of all 3 – D was 20 weeks and L was around 16 weeks.
• Cravings:  Not right now.
• Aversions:  Now that the first trimester is over, again, not really anything. Those first couple weeks, though, wow – life in general was an aversion of mine. Scents are still stronger than normal, but nothing like when I was pregnant with D and my entire sense of smell got turned upside down.
• Gender:  Did not find out. I’m still sure it’s a boy.
• Labor signs:  Lots of Braxton Hicks contractions. Wonderful.
• Symptoms:  Horrible daily heartburn now, frequent pressure and tightening in my abdomen (the braxton hicks), my hair is definitely shedding less when I brush and wash it, my stomach “gets in the way” when I’m trying to do things like put on my socks and shoes now, my back gets inordinately tired and hurts often, and there’s an almost constant stabbing pain in the back of my left sacroiliac joint. I literally get stuck getting out of a seated position it hurts so badly.
• Belly button in or out?  Oh screw it, it’s out. I can’t even pretend that it isn’t anymore. Thanks, kid.
• Wedding rings on or off?  On.
• Looking forward to:  Finishing up getting all the baby stuff washed and ready and, oddly, getting back to running once my body allows this summer.

All right, now. I may be biased, and feel free to call me out if I’m wrong, but I think I actually don’t look that much bigger than my Lana pregnancy picture from the same time this week. The 3 below are Della at 33 weeks on the left; Lana at 33 weeks 4 days in the middle; and #3 today at 33 weeks.