Today we had our 33 week appointment. I was going to write a bunch of stuff about how my morning was but I think that I will pass. First of all, we were supposed to do another ultrasound today but ended up with a regular OB appointment. Baby is good. He is head down with his back on my right side and his feet on my left. Course I knew he would be considering the fact that he has been head down the whole pregnancy. My blood pressure was a little higher than the doctor wanted it to be so I had to lay on my left side for about a half hour and then it went down. We discussed a little bit about birth options. I want to go as long as I can without pain medication and if I do need it I can have it. Although, they don’t do epidurals here but I do have two other options if I want them. He asked me how I felt about an episiotomy if I need it and I told him I don’t really care one way or another. If I need it, I need it. Oh and for those of you that want to know...technically I had a little nauseousness in the beginning, had heartburn twice and my ankles swell a little, oh and I have gained a total of 20 pounds. The great news is that one more month and he can come anytime. One month...YEAH!!!! That means four more weeks. The earlier he comes the better for me.

I had another ultrasound on the 13th. Things were okay. Baby is doing great. He weighs roughly three pounds six ounces. Breathing movements are great and the heartbeat is strong. He showed us his face and that he is for sure a boy. Oh, the doctor bumped me up to 31 weeks but told me that we will have a small baby probably around six and a half pounds. The only thing that the doctor is worried about is the calcium build up in my placenta. Calcium build up in the placenta is caused by second hand smoke or smoking. Well, my boss smokes and she smokes inside all day every day. I know that is against federal law but I am not going to do anything about it because we need the money and can’t afford for me to stop working. We did work it out though. I go back on the 28th for another ultrasound and if it has gotten worse then he will pull me out of work and I can’t let him do that. I figured if he tried I wouldn’t listen because we can’t afford it with the cost of living and gas and groceries. I am planning on going back to work after the baby is born for a little while and hopefully my boss and I can work it out so that I can bring him with me minus her smoking.

I will update more when we have our next ultrasound on the 28th. I am so excited that we are almost done!!!!