32 Weeks and Counting

Another doctor appointment down. My little one is locked and loaded in the head down position and will hopefully stay that way. My weight was up 2 lbs. I asked my doctor if she thought I would get much bigger than this and her answer sadly, was "yeesss." I was hoping I would just stabilize and stay this size for the next 8 weeks, but she seemed to think that was a little unrealistic. Too bad... my back is hurting, every limb on my body is swollen, and I can't imagine being much bigger than I am now. My belly button is on it's way out...there's some skin in there that is seeing the light of day for the first time in almost 25 years. The baby's heartbeat was great, about 150 bpm. My blood pressure was up a little higher than it usually is, but Dr. Appel wasn't worried about it right now since it wasn't above normal. She lifted up my shirt to get the heartbeat and saw this lump by my belly button. She said "that's all baby!" Then when she was feeling to see where the head was, she said she was just kicking away. She must be running out of room because her kicks are getting quite forceful. Jason saw my whole belly do "The Wave" the other night and he's been determined to catch it again, but she tends to start winding down towards the end of the day. Kara took some pictures of me and Jason last weekend, and they turned out great!