33 Weeks!

Starting to get "torpedo belly."  Lucy is 33 weeks and according to babycenter she's the size of a pineapple!  We went in for a dr appt this week and so far so good!  I'm now having to do the weekly checks for the "non-stress test" which means the following...

 

I get to sit in a recliner for 25 minutes with monitors on my belly, watching tv, while I count Lucy's kicks.  Not too bad huh?  Plus it's really fun to listen to her heartbeat and just relax by myself.
In terms of changes to the pregnancy, I can report the following:
-Appetite is still there but capacity to hold food for said appetite is diminishing.
-Heartburn, my old friend, is here for the long haul
-starting to get the muscle pains from my stomach stretching
-I can't breathe anymore. Not sure if this is the same sinus swelling I got with Jack (rhinitis of pregnancy is the official name. please...) or if I have a sinus infection that won't quit. Either way, I only spray nasal stuff at night which means during the day I sound like I have a cold.  Get ready by the way for this face -

This was me 38 weeks pregnant with Jack.  Yes, I'm the moron who gets her new license photo taken while she's swollen like a tick about to pop.  My nose tripled in size thanks to lame rhinitis - it's actually a fitting photo for the season considering I look like one of Santa's elves who ate too many cookies.

-And lastly, insomnia.  It's bad.  And it's not from the lack of breathing.  It's from the fact that every time I come close to falling asleep I think about the million things I need to get ready for the maternity leave sub.  Lame I know.  Life will go on and my students will survive wonderfully without me but being the massive control freak that i am, I want to have all my ducks in a row before Lucy's big debut.

This is totally not a complaint list.  I just never really chronicled my first pregnancy as thoroughly (sorry Jack!) so I want to make sure I have a frame of reference ready to go with any future kiddos :)  Plus, it makes me realize, after looking back on all these "updates" that I really don't have it that bad.  This way I can tell myself - suck it up man!  6.5 weeks to go! :)