8 months!

These should have been posted 2 weeks ago, when I was at 32 weeks. Oh well,  better late then never.  Kat came and took my vitals yesterday. Everything is pretty much the same as it was last week. I'm just approaching the boarder of the danger zone. It was actually good news to  know that nothing got worse over the week, so hopefully we can keep everything at bay for the next few weeks and everything will be fine.  

    My big ol' belly!




Just another thing to add to my list of beauty marks I've gotten since being pregnant. I am sooooo hot all the time and my body is starting to react to the heat. This is my lovely heat rash (its actually one of the better days in this picture, its not so inflamed). I have it in both inner arms and between my boobs. Between the boobs makes sense, cause there is NO breathing room between those things, but I'm not sure about the arms. I think it gets too hot when I sleep, because I usually sleep with my arms bent. The worst part is that I'm too dang hot to wear a long sleeve shirt to cover it up, so I just walk around looking like a diseased woman.

an update

An update on the pregnancy...My midwife came over last week for my monthly check up. My blood pressure was really high, especially for me. I am usually at a text book 120 over 80, but this time I was 150 over 90. There are times when I can feel my heart beating and I am really short of breath. I am retaining so much water it is starting to be a concern. So Kat put me on magnesium to bring my heart rate down and to flush out some of the extra water. My urine test showed a small amount of protein, the magnesium is to help my kidneys was well. I am basically pre pre-eclamptic. My midwife is overly cautious about my health, which I am grateful for. She came this week and retested everything, and I am still a little higher in everything then I should be, so I am continuing the magnesium and my midwife put me on bed rest! EW! Its only day two and I am going a little crazy already! What am I supposed to do all day? Especially when I'm not really feeling sick. Hopefully after this week of rest, I can get back to everyday life. Poppy is doing great, however! She grew 2 inches in the 6 days between my checkups! 2 inches! I gained 3.5 lbs as well, so she is really packing it on. I remember at Papou's memorial it was mentioned that Papou was a 13 lbs baby, and I am really starting to hope that those particular Murphy genes are not passed down! Ha Ha  I am seeing her move and kick inside me all the time. Its really
alien-ish to see a body part drag across my stomach!  She moves so hard and fast that is shakes my whole belly. She is already head down, so i get lots of kicks in the ribs. Pregnancy is such an adventure!