Single Canadian Mom By Choice: 35 weeks

Eeek! How did that happen? I've now officially reached the 'do not fly without a medical certificate' weeks. Well, that's how it is most relevant to me, anyway. lol

I haven't been online much the past little while because when I get home from work I just don't want to turn on the computer. When I do I get distracted from other things I need or want to do and I end up staying up way too late buzzing around on the internet. And the past few weekends have been jam packed full of errands even though I've taken Fridays off. Even Sunday mornings when I usually make time to connect and check out blogs and tend to personal email.

Since it has been a couple weeks since I provided an update here is what I can tell you.

T hanging out on a new rug in the foyer.

T is continuing to settle in. He still gets anxious when I disappear and he doesn't know where I am. It is particularly bad when he's using the litter and I go behind a closed door. His litter problems have settled down. I thought I had a nasty mess to clean up this past week but it turned out to be a major vomit dump beside the litter. Poop or vomit? Which is better? I'll take the vomit any day, thanks. He is still interested in scratching the furniture and took to scratching the other chair which, thankfully, was mostly covered up. But I added some more carpet tape in empty areas and covered it with some throws very thoroughly so he can't damage it. My living room looks ridiculously silly at the moment thanks to all the covered furniture. But the good news is that he is using the upright sisal scratching post and the same on his cat stand by the window, more than once a day. I'm hopeful I can redirect his scratching but I think he's always going to prefer the furniture. So, some of it will likely be covered in some way as long as I have him. I don't care if he claws the crap out of my front entrance mats. They're probably not good for his claws but if he wants to take those on I don't care.

I'm still feeling really well and can't complain much about that. I did have some red bleeding a couple weekends ago but thankfully was able to page my midwife and she determined it was likely one of those freaky late pregnancy things since it stopped. I had an appointment just 3 days later and baby was doing fine with a h/b in the 140s. The student's measurement had me 2 weeks behind and I was a bit panicked at the time but my midwife came in and showed her how she measured and it turned out I was right on time for 33 weeks. Relief! And the student had a hard time finding his head. I suspect he's head down as his heart beat was really low down and when she was feeling for his head she was way down in the pubic area. I just hope he stays there.

I'm feeling a bit more tired and have trouble getting up in the dark in the morning but I think part of it is just the fact that winter is coming. I love being able to sleep without the sun waking me up but I'm really loathing getting up in the dark this year. I'm taking as many Fridays off at the moment just so I can get things done. It has really helped my energy levels. I'm pretty much done errand running now so I can focus on stuff at home. It doesn't mean I don't go shopping ... of course I do! I just don't have to buy any more Christmas gifts or a huge supply of baby items. I do need to get some more prefolds and a few covers for the next size up from newborn and I'm still without a travel system. But worst come to worst I do have a 3-in-1 car seat that I could use if I needed to. And if I need extra diapers to start it isn't like I live some place without stores that sell disposables. I'm skipping a lot of laundry since my sister gave me suitcases of clothes. I know they aren't dirty since she would have washed them before packing them away or giving them to me. One less thing to do.

There are a few small things that I'll still need but I'm really hoping that I get them soon. I've been told to be at work on December 12th which must mean that I'm getting a shower that day. Good thing too because I'd been worried nothing was going to be done. Not that I want a gigantic party with a bunch of games that I am not interested in playing or that I want a bunch of gifts ... no, I was just worried that since I might only get to do this once I might not get a shower and that would totally bum me out. Yes, very eloquent, I know. lol So, I'm waiting to see if I get actual items and whether any come from my registry. My parents are still the only ones to have purchased anything from it. My co-workers might just end up getting me a bunch of gift cards, which would still be good, but it would be nice to get some actual stuff so I have less to shop for.

I haven't had any bouts of swelling and my plantar fasciitis has improved since I got the hard soled slippers. It still flares up when I overdo activity, such as spending many hours on my feet shopping, but it is much better. The little guy is starting to feel heavy now but he isn't overly active. He's buzzing around right now which he loves to do when I have a lazy morning. But since I've been very busy the past month and the available free space in there is shrinking I've expected him to quiet down.

And the belly finally popped a couple weeks ago. It does depend some on what I'm wearing but since I take my photos in the same cut of T-shirt you can really see the difference now. Here is a bit of a progression over the past little while so you can see the change. Sorry some of the photos are a bit dark. I don't have tons of light in the front of my town house and with all the errand running I've been doing I haven't always gotten the photos done early enough in the day.

30 Weeks