On Reaching 33w0d

First off, I'm just grateful to still be pregnant.  When I was pregnant with LG, I worried a lot about preterm labor, and when I started having regular contractions at 32 weeks, I was pretty sure that was the end.  (Turns out I just have a really crabby uterus, but it knows how to keep babies inside.)  Now I'm just marking off twice-weekly doctor visits hoping I'm not told to show up at the hospital in 4 hours for a c-section. 

I also remember the 32-33 week era as the moment I switched gears and actually started putting together a nursery.  Some of that was my own paranoia.  The rest was that the semester had ended and it was a good time to switch gears from professor to mama-to-be.  I've definitely got something similar going on here, with the added pressure of the uncertain timeline.  (Last night I couldn't manage to find the bag-o-crib-parts and then noticed that the bottom of the crib seems to be warped, which might render it unsafe and therefore useless.  I'll see what happens when it's actually assembled before making that call.  Damn old house basement!)

Maybe it's 33 weeks, or maybe it's the boy flipping over, but I feel different (much more like the whiners from YFPP, if you must know).  I told LG I think today was our last walk to the farmer's market.  Lugging an extra ~28 pounds and a bag of corn and potatoes for almost a mile was just a bit much.  Then LG had a 3-hour playdate extraordinaire, which involved me baking 2 dozen cookies and making frosting, as well as watching the Ongoing Production of Annie As Translated by Two Seven-Year-Olds.  Now I'm tired and my feet hurt and really I'd like today to be over.  But at least we're going to a friend's house for dinner, so I don't have to cook.  I foresee a lot of take out in our future.

Then again, I'd also like to stock the freezer with wheat/soy/dairy free stuff that LG will eat for whenever this baby makes his grand appearance. 

I think that's pretty much where I'm at right now.  Tired.  Crabby.  Large.  Maybe I'll post a pic later...