Ellie Update: Week 34

Do you think our child will be just as silly?

So, another thing that is difficult to do at 34 weeks ... paint your toenails.  We're going to Bloomington, IN this weekend for my good friend Brooke's wedding and my toes were in desperate need of painting.  (Mostly due to the fact that I run into everything these days!)  It was a lot harder to do than I expected.  Hopefully no one looks too closely!  :)

This has been another good week with Ellie!  My next doctor's appointment isn't until next week, but things have been going smoothly.  Still tired and burning up half the time, but I feel good.  So, we're going to try the road trip this weekend.  Pray for no early arrivals!

33 weeks and 32 weeks at the Underwood Engagement Party

Ellie's room is so close to being finished!  Next week I should be able to post some final pictures!  Thanks so much to my great family for helping us out these past few weeks ... couldn't have done it without you!

Fun little fact: I took a breastfeeding class at Parkwest this week (very intimidating and reassuring at the same time!) and there are so many benefits to doing it!  One of the most exciting being that, if I can make it a year, Ellie will have a killer immune system!  Nice to know that hard work will pay off with a lot fewer doctor bills.  Oh, and we have chosen a pediatrician: Abby Blackmon with Blackmon Pediatrics!  I had her daughter in fourth grade last year and am super excited to be seeing her!

Baby Gaga:
Your amazing baby is on the move! Until now, your wee womb-squatter's been living fairly high up in your poor stretched-out womb - blithely compressing your poor lungs and internal organs. This week your baby's going to pack their tiny bags and make the "big" move to your pelvis - commonly referred to as the time when your baby "drops". If you haven’t noticed it already, you’ll be feeling the weight shift indicating your baby is most likely out of breech position (if they're being stubborn, check out 17 Ways To Turn a Breech Baby) with their head now resting on your pubic bone. When baby drops this may also give you some horrific stabbing back pain as they press on your sciatic nerve. If that's the case, get off your feet and try to do some spine-lengthening stretches to help your baby move OFF that poor throbbing nerve. In developing internal-organ news: although not quite fully formed, your little poop-factory's liver is now capable of processing a certain amount of waste!
http://pregnancy.baby-gaga.com/