Week 33 and birth plans

How far along? 33 weeks, 6 days

Total weight gain/measurements: 33 lbs as of Tuesday. Not terrible. I was impressed that I didn't gain a ton in the past two weeks. 

Maternity clothes: I did buy more maternity shirts. I got some cute tanks at Old Navy. :) 

Sleep: I did not sleep well last night. It is so arduous to turn over now. My knee still hurts from falling, so I have to get in bed funny and then when I try to turn over and change positions, it takes like 5 minutes. Once I'm situated, I can fall asleep pretty quickly, but getting situated takes FOREVER. 

Best moment this week: My church shower was this past weekend! There were waffles! And my favorite ladies! It was such a blessing to be surrounded by such good friends who have prayed for Mike and Evelyn and me before Evelyn even existed. 

Miss anything? Hot baths! I don't know how this came up at my shower but I realized that I REALLY miss hot baths. Like steaming hot. So hot, you could probably eat me for dinner. Ugh. Someday I will return to you, bath tub. For now, I hate lukewarm water so I am just avoiding you. 

Movement: She was sleeping at our appointment yesterday and Hope (one of the midwives) was feeling around to make sure she was still head down (she is!). Well, Evelyn did NOT like that at all. When we did the doppler her heart was racing and then after the doppler, she was kicking and thrashing around so I knew how upset she was. Girlfriend, I get it. It wasn't comfortable for mommy either. I'm pretty sure she's using my bladder as a pillow, which is super inconvenient. 

Food cravings:  Breakfast food! Water. That's not food, but I am drinking a ridiculous amount of water. So much so that I asked Hope if I should be concerned. She said no, so we'll just go with it. 

Anything making you queasy or sick? I had random nausea last night?? I hadn't even eaten recently. Pregnancy is weird. 

Gender: Baby girl. 

Labour signs: I keep saying I want her to come early, but I am not at all prepared for another life! Ahhhh. I keep thinking I will get it all together, but it's still not happening. I'm a mess. 

Symptoms: My toes swell up like fat little sausages. I pee ALL THE TIME (bladder pillow). I am the size of a house. You can see Evelyn moving from the outside! I have super pregnancy brain. 

Belly button in or out? Flat like a pancake. 

Wedding rings on or off? I think my engagement ring might have to come off soon. It's a little smaller than my wedding ring, I guess. 

Happy or moody most of the time: I'm having crazy mood swings. Today I was furiously angry, then I texted Mike telling him how angry I was and then that made me want to cry. He's really excited I'm going to mom and dad's tonight and is hoping I can hold off on my daily cry until I'm there hahaha. 

Looking forward to: I'm not really sure. I guess I'm looking forward to mom and dad getting home from vacation next week even though they haven't even left yet LOL. OH! I have free tickets to NRH20 this Saturday! So I will hopefully get to go to that with Mike or someone, if he can't go. 

I've been given a task by my midwife to come up with a birth plan. Instead of coming up with them, I've just been reading everyone else's on the internet. It's hard to make a birth plan for a birth center, because a lot of the stuff that is on "birth plan generators" is for hospital births and they don't really apply. Did any of you have a birth plan? What kind of things did you put on yours? Bonus points for natural births, out of hospital births, and/or even having one. 

PS: this is not the time to tell me about how you wrote this elaborate birth plan and it didn't work out. I'm not an idiot. I know that things happen and I need to be open to whatever. Just humor me.