Work Shower this week

Let me start off with my doctor's appointment this week. I went in on Wednesday for my 33 weeks appointment. In the past 3 weeks I gained another 5 pounds, which puts me at 30 pounds total now. I go back again in 2 weeks, and then I will start going to the doctor every week until I have the baby. Lucas and I are doing well. I asked the doctor to poke and prod to figure out which way Lucas is laying. His head is up by my ribs and his butt is down below my belly button. His back is to my stomach. The doctor isn't concerned that he is still heads up. He said we won't care about that until I am 37 weeks. Then, if he hasn't turned yet, the doctor will manually try to turn him. But he has 3 weeks to flip. Now I know what has been poking my ribs when I laugh...a head!

Thursday the ladies at work had a shower for me. It was really nice. We had lunch and they had the most adorable rocking horse cake! Lucas got so much stuff, and a lot of things that we really needed! We got his bouncer (which Nilla absolutely LOVES), a bunch of cute clothes and blankets, bath-time stuff, some health stuff, feeding stuff, a Boon Frog Pod, a changing pad, and some homemade gifts. Nurse Helen knit a beautiful blanket, and another coworker painted a stool. I was really surprised and overwhelmed by everyone's generosity!
I also had childbirth class again this week. Garen is out of town, so my friend Shannon went with me. Shannon has 2 children (both were over 11 lbs!) so it was nice to have an experienced person with me. Of course, Garen missed the birth video! We also practiced breathing and relaxation positions. I'm planning on drugs, LOTS of drugs, especially after watching the video. Unfortunately, they won't give me drugs until I am dilated to 4 cm, which took the lady on the video almost 8 hours! So the breathing and relaxation techniques may actually be necessary even with the drugs. Shannon and I did a lot of hugging! It was really very funny. The girl-girl couples in the room outnumbered the guy-girl couples (4 ladies in the class have husbands in Iraq, & 1 isn't married).

As of today I am 34 weeks and 0 days pregnant (although I'm posting this late enough that I might as well add the 1 day!). Lucas should be over 5 pounds now. He is definitely getting bigger as some of his kicks are beginning to sting and hurt a bit. I'm feeling great. Getting up and down is a challenge, especially with my back. I'd say the sciatica has definitely taken a turn for the worse, but I only have 6 more weeks to get through. It's amazing how comforting having an end in sight is.