33 weeks 2 days

Apparently bubba weighs around 2kg now! No wonder I'm feeling so heavy now. 2kg of baby + placenta + fluid, etc all out in front. I'm feeling it too - getting up and down from the floor, a chair, the couch, bed, is all becoming so very, very difficult. I can't believe I still have another seven weeks of this.

The past week has mostly been good. It started off not so good, but has had a big turn around. A big part of that is that after having a bit of a talk with hubby about him needing to pull his weight more, etc, he actually is! He is getting up with the kids most mornings, allowing me to catch an extra half an hour to an hour sleep. It has made a huge amount of difference with how I'm feeling, emotionally and physically. I still get sore and tired from lugging this baby around, but I don't feel exhausted to the point of tears as often. It has helped me feel a bit better about how things will go when baby arrives - that he actually will help more. Fingers crossed he keeps it up - I need him to!

I went to yoga again on Sunday, and it was so lovely. I am really enjoying it, probably even more now that I so much closer to the birth. When she talks about things in relation to the birth, I can really picture it and find it useful because it is so much closer now.
The yoga instructor (who is also a doula) is running a couples workshop, not this weekend but next, which I have put us down for. It sounds really good - all about positions and natural pain relief, etc in labour, and what the partners can do to help, etc. I think hubby will get a lot out of it, and hopefully it will make a lot of difference for my birth with bubba bump. He'll be more clued in, I'll be more clued in, and hopefully the whole experience can be an awesome one!

And speaking of all that stuff, I had a midwife appointment yesterday. This time it was with my secondary midwife that I hadn't met yet. She seemed really lovely, and just as passionate about natural birth as Anna. We talked (well I talked haha) about my birth with the little man, and my birth with the little miss, how I came to want to birth through independent midwives and steer clear of the hospital if I can. It was a lovely chat (though I felt like I talked too much), and I think between her and Anna I will feel very safe and cared for.
She did all the usual checks, and everything is going well. I have to admit, in the lead up to the appointment, I did find myself stressing about my blood pressure. I think mine sits on the higher end of normal in pregnancy, and there is always the worry in the back of my mind that it will jump up and it will become a problem and I'll have to go the hospital. I'm more at peace with this idea than I was when I was pregnant with the little miss, but I'd still prefer to avoid it!
Bubba bump is happy and healthy in there - head down and wriggling away.

I have spent more time thinking and reading and watching things for this birth over the past week too. I'm finally getting into that mindset for the birth, slowly. There is still a lot more reading and mental preparation, but I'm feeling pretty good about things.

I finally had my belly pic for the week taken. Hubby took a photo for me on Monday, but the lighting was all wrong - it was too bright and there were too many shadows. We had another attempt this morning though and it turned out fine. So, here I am at 33 weeks 2 days.