33 weeks

Looking at the scale has been a bit discouraging lately.  It's hard to step on that thing and not die a little inside.  My 33rd week has definitely brought me back to how I was feeling during my first trimester, I feel like my body is going through another drastic change...and It's so discouraging because I thought I already passed that phase.

I read that from now until the end of my pregnancy Brandon will gain about another 4-5 pounds and grow another 3-4 inches!  My body is in full on overdrive to try to grow this baby over the next month. I can't believe it... doesn't that just sound so exhausting?  The human body is one amazing machine I tell ya!

My belly is staring to get in the way more, it gets too uncomfortable sitting down for too long because I feel like I can only take short breathes at a time.  With him getting bigger there's not a lot of space for the important stuff like...my lungs, bladder, and intestines...so it kinda makes breathing a little harder, peeing more frequent, and back ups in my pipes (if you know what I mean).  My insides have fully surrendered to Brandon and it totally sucks sometimes!

From how he's been moving I believe that Brandon is still breech.  He still loves to rest his head on the right side of my belly button and stomp on my bladder like they're grapes!  I feel him move sideways sometimes, but he just hasn't figured it all out just yet.  It's funny cause I told my mother in-law that he was breech and she just said "Oh, Josh was like that too!  They tried turing him, but he was too stubborn, and I ended up having c-section!"  OH, GREAT!!!!   Please, Brandon DO NOT take after your Dad!!!  

I'm starting to get my sciatic back pains again...I mainly feel it when I wake up from laying on my back for too long.  Ps not to worry...I'm not lying flat on my back, I'm propped up with a few pillows, but I think that since he's a lot bigger now, he tends to sit on it which causes the pain.  You'd think that I'd learn to not sleep on my back for too long, but with my heartburn that's the only comfortable way I can sleep... I can't win either way! lol! 

I can't stop itching!!  Now that my skin is starting to stretch even more, itchiness is one of the side effects!  I'm trying so hard not to itch it cause my mom scared the crap out of me by saying "If you scratch it you will get stretch marks!"  So, I just rub or pat on it! Ahhh!!      

My sleep pattern has been so off lately.  I usually read a few pages before I turn in for the night, but lately it's more like chapters...add that with my 3-4 potty breaks a night, I feel like I get zero sleep!  But the crazy thing is that when I wake up in the morning I'm not all that tired!  I'm thinking that it's my body trying to get me ready for what's to come, but when we went to our first birthing class on Saturday. Our teacher had mentioned that our body during this gestation tend to change it's sleeping pattern to match the babies!  Which makes sense to why when I wake up in the middle of the night it's usually followed by a few jabs, kicks, and a few body rolls from him. NUTS!

Brandon so far:

Size:  17 inches about the size of a pineapple

Weight:  4.25 pounds!

According to thebump he's keeping his eyes open while awake.  He's also starting to coordinate breathing with sucking and swallowing.

33 weeks and 6 days