Whew!

I am convinced Miss Anni is a moose. At this point in my previous pregnancy, Alexi's movement was there, but not wild by any means. With Anni, I can actually watch my stomach shift, or roll, or something, like watching her turn over. It is crazy! I need to catch some video of it, or at a minimum, when she's kicking like crazy and my belly is moving.

For as overweight as I am, when I lie flat, my belly is a drum. Things are very tight. She's up very high, for the most part, but does have her days when she's hanging out low. Catch 22, really. If she's up high, I feel feet in my ribs and I can't breathe (like today) or if she's low, it feels like she's falling out and pushing on my bladder and I waddle. Eh, only two more months, right?

Yes, two more months. I honestly don't see where she's going to have room to go. I know that the docs are upping the insulin to keep her from getting too large, but still. This kid feels huge. We're coming up at a point in the pregnancy, where with Alexi, she had stopped packing on weight and didn't get any bigger. It's ironic that with this pregnancy it's the opposite. I am always waiting for the other shoe to drop. I'm not on bedrest yet, blood pressure has been good, but damn I am uncomfy as hell. And crabby too! I'd welcome bedrest in a few weeks.

Starting next week, I will work 3 days a week at the office. I think it will help. On those days I will be in the high risk office where they will monitor the baby with non-stress tests and what I call mini-ultrasounds where they check for fetal well-being. They'll look for breathing, swallowing, movement, heart rate, and cord blood pressure.