I am 32 weeks pregnant so only 8 more weeks to go! My symptoms are pretty well the same but I am finding it harder to bend over if I ever have to pick something up off the ground or bending over to do up my shoes or even shave my legs in the shower. I find when I bend over my belly gets tight so I am trying to avoid it when possible. I think I may have already mentioned this symptom in a previous post but I found that it has become a bit more of a problem lately. I also have more frequent back pain but I found that doing pelvic tilts helps my back pain. Other than that, I am still feeling great.
I created a birth plan this past week with Mitch. I used a template off "The Bump" website and just checked off the things I wanted in the birth plan. There were several things that I was unsure about so I put a "*" beside it so I would remember to ask my midwife about it at our appointment. The birth plan template is geared towards people having a regular hospital birth with a OB but I think it is still great to think about all of the items on the template because it has stuff on there that I know I hadn't thought about yet so it was a good chance for Mitch and I to discuss these things. I will be doing a whole separate post strictly about our birth plan so I will discuss our birth plan in more detail in that post.
My midwife was at a birth today and my secondary midwife was on holidays so I met with another midwife in the practice. I was a bit disappointed because I wanted to discuss my birth plan in detail at today's appointment but there was no point in discussing it because she most likely won't be the one delivering our baby. However, she was able to answer a lot of the questions I had surrounding different items on the birth plan template so I think I will do a good copy of our birth plan and then discuss it at my next midwife appointment in 2 weeks.
At today's midwife appointment she checked my blood pressure which was normal and the baby's heart rate was 150 bpm and my fundal height is measuring 32 which is perfect. It seems like everything is right on track...However she did say that it appears the baby is not head down anymore. At my 30 week appointment it appeared that the baby was already head down. She said that they really start to pay attention to the baby's position starting at 34 weeks so hopefully he is head down at my next appointment. I am going to look up more exercises and natural ways I can encourage the baby to flip back over.
I am also going to start taking Red Raspberry Leaf tea today now that I am 32 weeks. For those of you that are not familiar with it, the tea is suppose to strengthen your uterine muscles to help have more effective contractions and a shorter, easier labour. I plan to have only 1 cup per day until I am full term just so I decrease my chances of pre-term labour. Once I am full term at 36 weeks, I am planning to increase it to 2-3 cups per day. I don't really know anyone personally who has tried taking Red Raspberry Leaf Tea. Therefore, if you have used it during your pregnancy or know of someone that has, I am interested in hearing your thoughts on it.
New purchases this week...well we got a bunch of sleepers, receiving blankets, burp clothes, and a couple hats and shoes from a friend of ours which was super generous. I guess it's not really a "purchase" but it's still a lot of new items that we needed so I thought I would mention it. In terms of clothes at this point we have pretty much enough clothes from newborn to 6 months. All I really need for clothes are some sweaters for 0-3 months that can be worn over the short sleeved onsies. My sister actually had a great suggestion too. She said to get a bunch of plain white onsies and wear them underneath the short sleeved onsies that way you can still see the the cute patterns or sayings on the onsies. I thought that this was a great idea so I plan to pick some of those up too! I also need a winter snow suit that is 3-6 months.
We also bought a video baby monitor and a 3 in 1 exersaucer. The exersaucer goes from an activity mat, to an exersaucer, and then it turns into an activity table. I really liked the fact that it was 3 in 1 because I was definitely planning on buying both an activity mat and an exersaucer so this saved us a lot of money.
I think that is all for my 32 week blog post but we are planning to paint the nursery this weekend coming up and hopefully set up some of the furniture so if we do get that done this weekend, I will definitely update you on that in my post next week. I am also starting a new book so I am planning to do a post on the books I read and/or am reading so keep your eyes open for that.
Thanks for reading and sharing in our journey...
My baby bump measurement: 38.0 inches
32 week weigh in: N/A
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