34 Weeks!

Your Baby:

Your baby kind of looks like he's coated in a layer of cream cheese these days. The thick, white substance that protects his skin from pruning in the amniotic fluid is called vernix. When he's born you'll probably see some vernix lingering in his "hard-to-reach" places like under his arms, behind his ears and around his "privates". Other news from the womb this week:

The soft fur, lanugo, that covered your baby's body for much of his stay in the womb is now almost completely gone. Your baby begins to develop his own immune system, instead of relying solely on antibodies received through the placenta. This will come in handy when some grubby relative manhandles the baby without washing his hands first.

This week, your baby measures about 17¾ inches, almost as long as an American Girl Doll (!) and weighs almost 5 pounds, as heavy as a bag of sugar, minus the cup you put in your decaf this morning.

Baby Belly:

 I look as exhausted as I feel. :/

Mommy at 34 Weeks:

I am so very tired. No matter how much sleep I get, I can always use some more. I am having heartburn with everything that I eat now, and pretty much every hour of the day, just from baby boy's size. Getting out of bed and off of the couch are a lot harder these days, but I manage. :/ I am pretty emotional. :( I am highly sensitive, and get overwhelmed easily. So if I haven't been there for you emotionally lately, my apologies. I just don't have much to give at this point.

The tasks left to do, which aren't that many, seem daunting. I have no motivation to get anything done. I would rather go for a walk with Dan, or watch a good movie, or just lay in bed.  I am really enjoying my days off, I love being home, even with the lack of accomplishments. Working. Now that is another story all together. It is miserable these days. I can't move as fast as I used too, which doesn't work that well with 4 screaming babies. The babies crying makes me want to lose it. My tolerance, and patience has gone out the window. That goes for all the families I have to take of as well. Figures that in a service industry such as nursing, everyone I am to take care of, ends up being so needy. ;) For some reason, they keep giving me really really crappy assignments at work. I'm not sure why seeing as I am the only one on nights pregnant, let alone almost 8 1/2 months pregnant. I feel defeated from the moment I come in, and just count the hours until I can leave. It is a sad state of affairs.  Pregnancy does some wild things to your emotions.
Isaac is doing wonderfully. I am so very thankful for that. I would take feeling a hundred times more miserable if it meant that he was happy and healthy. I am going in every week to the doctors. I have had 3 nonstress tests so far, and baby boy has passed all with flying colors. As soon as they strap the monitors on my belly, he starts moving like crazy. He doesn't like being strapped down. It took the tech 5 minutes to get the heartrate monitor where it needed to be because wherever she put it, he would shift to the other side. :) I love it. I have a video, but blogger is the worst and has NEVER let me upload any video EVER.

We had a shower at Dan's work last Wednesday, the 7th. It was wonderful! It was great to be able to meet more of the people that Dan works with, AND they had Blue Bell. :) We received some wonderful gifts for little Isaac and are so very thankful for everyone's generosity. I have my "Houston" shower this Saturday that my dear, dear friend Bonnie is throwing for me. God has given me such a blessing in Bonnie. I am so very thankful for her love and support over the years. <3 <3 <3

More to come later...