35 Weeks (Better Late Than Never!)

yes.  I really AM this tired...

How far along: 35 weeks
Gender: Girl!
Weight gain:  28 pounds 
Stretch marks:  Nope.
Belly button in or out: Still an innie.
Sleep: I'm up at least 4 times a night all on my own, either peeing or itching, or trying to get comfortable.  Add any kid wakings to this, and the sleeping is nicht so gut.  I try to squeeze naps in whenever I can!
Worst moment(s) this week: Standing inside of Target listening to a newborn baby cry and wanting to cry along with him (instead of going "awwwwww" like normal people do).  I think there's a general feeling in our house that this is really going to happen and that we're probably not as emotionally ready as we might want to be.  A newborn in about FOUR* weeks!  Whoa!
Best moment(s) this week: My shower was so fun! 
Miss anything: Sleeping well.  And non-painful hips.
Ultrasound count to date:  Friday's ultrasound was lucky #13! (Except not so lucky... see update below.)
Movement: I've gotten to where if I can be really still and feel her a couple of times a day, I'm good.  I know her space is running out, and I can't feel her move as well because her limbs don't move - and at this stage that's about the only thing that can usually move...
Cravings: I'm loving cantaloupe popsicles (the current version features a few strawberries thrown in)!  And lemonade.  And ice water.  And I can't decide of Greek or Mexican food sounds better to me at this point. 
Queasy or sick: A little worn on the edges from not sleeping (translation: sore throat is threatening), but doing good otherwise. 
Looking forward to: Finding out what position this baby is in - limbs and all - and making some decisions about how to get her here the safest way possible.**

* Really, it's more like 3.5 weeks.  Double whoa!

** Update on perinatology visit: This week was triple fun!  Baby looked good on the non-stress test, as she always does.  And my fluid levels are good.  I told the tech about the doc wanting to check the limb positioning before we make any decisions about delivery.  She did and went and got the doc, who - because of that piked up right foot near baby's head - was adamant about c-section.  She said that the doctor who will perform the c-section can make the incision a little larger to try and make it easier to get her out, but that regular delivery didn't seem feasible.  She looked at the schedule for May 7, 8, and 9 and told me it was the same doctor those three days.  Of course it's a doctor I've never met.  And of course M had many questions I didn't think of asking (but couldn't be there because of work).

After that, I saw the midwife who wanted to recheck my liver panels because I've been itching again the last few days.  And then did the Group B Strep test.  And checked my cervix (closed!).  And said I needed another Tdap vax.

Long story short, I got the definitive news I'm going to be sectioned AND I got swabbed, poked, poked, and poked.  (Side note: the Tdap stung pretty good for like a half hour and made me really really hope that's not how the Dtap vax feels for my kids.  Man, I hate vaccines.)  Despite all this, it was the first visit where I sort of felt like everyone finally knows me there, and that, despite the strangeness of everything, my care there really is pretty comprehensive rather than piecemeal.  That was kind of nice.

~Nichole