Pregnancy Update - Week 32 (and a whole lot of hormones)

I feel like having a little pity party for myself today. I didn't fall asleep until after 2am last night, so I am sure this is all due to being extremely tired and those darn pregnancy hormones. Being pregnant is hard. Your body doesn't feel good, you can't move the way you are used to moving, and people get tired of hearing you complain and stop listening. And I don't blame them. I even took my own belly picture today because I have asked several times for Rob to take one but it never gets done. So all you get in this belly picture is a belly - the most important part anyway. Tate is downstairs right now with Rob, the way he prefers it. If Rob isn't around, I am a good buddy. If Rob is around, Tate doesn't want to have much to do with me. This has been going on for a couple months now. At the beginning it bothered me but I got over it, mostly. Today it bugs me, only because the feeling of not wanting me around is only contributing to my pitiful mood. Tate should have been getting ready for bed by now. But I am not going to go downstairs and be the bad guy by ruining all the fun and making him get ready for bed.

I went to the doctor's today. All is well with Baby Girl (still no name yet). Her heart rate is great and she moves constantly. I only gained a 1/2 pound (yipee!) the last two weeks, so that was some great news. I still have the vericose vein issue and it looks like I may be getting some more. Pregnancy does the weirdest things. In an effort to preserve details that my otherwise foggy memory would forget, I am going to list the differences between this pregnancy and my pregnancy with Tate . . .

~Pregnancy with Tate: bleeding gums, stretch marks on my breasts, almost constant heartburn from the beginning (up near my throat), morning sickness through week 12 or 13 (and usually only once or twice a day for a short amount of time).

~Pregnancy with Baby Girl: vericose veins, stretch marks on my stomach, morning sickness through week 21 (usually sick all day long), several cold sores, heartburn (up near my throat) starting around week 30.

Well, here's hoping that I get a decent night's sleep tonight so I can stop feeling so sorry for myself and stop feeling sad.