Latest news from the doctor

Yesterday I had my 32 week appointment. I'm officially 8 months along now! I feel it too. Dr. Sankiat did an ultrasound and everything is still looking good! There was still no sign of the hematoma and tear, so it really is seeming to be healed! That is such a huge relief. The baby was measuring about 4 1/2 lbs which is slightly above average for this stage of pregnancy. He thinks this baby will be larger than Aidan who was a very respectable 7 lbs at 9 days early. That freaks me out a little bit, but this baby might be early too and be average. Both Gracyn and Aidan would have been over 8 lbs if they came around their due dates...so there's really no way to tell these things. I'm just glad that the baby is gaining weight and growing since my condition can cause growth restrictions in some cases. The baby did go back to laying transverse (sideways) so we still don't know what he's going to do in regards to that. I still have time for him to turn, so I'm not going to worry about that. I did a good deal of walking at the hopsital yesterday and felt like I'd been hit by a truck by time I got home. I went straight to lay down. I was able to get my hair cut at the hospital before we left. I know that probably sounds strange but hospitals are more like resorts here and they offer all kinds of services. Mine has a salon, bookstore, Starbucks, 7-11, giftshops, drugstore, florist and 3 restaurants. These places are full service. Anyway, getting my hair cut was so nice. I hadn't been able to do that in 5 months. I needed it so badly. If you know anything about pregnancy, it makes your hair fuller and I already under normal conditions have enough hair for a few people so it was so good to get mine thinned out. Who knows when I'll be able to do that again! So now the issues aren't really what I have permission to do ( no lifting, driving or strenous activity) but more of what I have the ability to do. This will still take time. It's hard becasue my mind is working faster than my body. My nesting instict is on turbo right now but my body can't back it up. I am the classic wall scrubber and can't scrub my walls. I see things around the house that I am itching to clean and can't. I still have baby clothes to sort and wash, hospital bags to pack, baby items to buy, equipment to set up and all that sort of thing. I need to be ready to go in the next month. It's overwhelming. I know it'll all work out and if everything isn't completely in order we will survive. It's just hard when you get these overwhelming urges to work on things and you can't. In the grand scheme of things it really will be ok. Maybe Jack will scrub the walls for me.