16-6-2009 - 33 weeks...

My mood while writing this blog: Hungry (as always)

33 weeks today!! Only 49 days to go till my tiny tenant gets her eviction notice!!! I had my ultrasound yesterday and it was an absolute thrill to get to see her again, it had been over 3 months since I had an ultrasound and I had been longing to see her again, it was absolutely lovely....Not to mention the fact that I didint need a full bladder this time which was a godsend at this point! So, the ultrasound determined that little miss Sydney weighs in at approx. 4lbs 7 oz, she apparently has a full head of hair (which I thought was odd that they could determine that via ultrasound), and from what we could see she has chubby cheeks, my bum chin and my nose (thank god! Because Mike has what I like to call a honkin' schnoz...hehe) I was surprised by the quality of the pics, I mean this wasent one of those fancy 3d ultrasounds....just a run of the mill ultrasound, but you can see features and the such, not just her profile, so I was pleasantly surprised by these new pics (Ive added two of them to my photos so yall can check em out) Other than that not much is new with me, Im still getting bigger everyday and the usual aches/discomforts of pregnancy seem to be intensifying with each passing day as well....I still havent had any Braxton Hicks....that or I havent had the pleasure of noticing them yet.... What I have noticed though is a tiny stretchmark on my lower belly (just below my navel and off to the side) I noticed it about 2 weeks ago and despite my feeble attempts at avoiding them, they are growing in numbers as well as in appearance, I now have 6 nasty redish/purple stretchmarks and nothing seems to help me get rid, diminish theyre appearance or prevent them....I never thought I would get stretch marks, as my skin seems to still have quite a bit of give to it...I guess I was wrong, bottom line is: Im losing the war on stretchmarks, and it sucks, BIG TIME!!! On another note, I barely recognize my navel anymore, it has almost completely popped out. I always thought Id have a cute baby belly but the fact that my navel was pierced 4X and I had to remove all 4 due to my belly's increasing size, my navel looks mangled!! And now with the stretchmarks it looks absolutely discusting...like some war was fought on my abdomen...its really gross! Oh well....the joys of pregnancy....I guess all I can do at this point is grin and bear it! Only a few shorts weeks to go! Speaking of which....have a question for you ladies...Is it true that one can deliver at any point after 37 weeks and the baby is still considered "full term"??? If thats the case Im crossing my fingers for a 37 week delivery. When it finally comes along, Imma be walking like a mad woman, having sex 10X/day, sitting on my exercise ball rotating my hips, consuming castor oil religiously, stimulating my nipples and doing everything in my power to induce my own labor...cause in all seriousness, being pregnant is wearing thin on me! Till the next blog ladies!

Chantal and Sydney

xo