Almost 33 weeks...slowly getting there

Okay so the blog has been a little bit slow lately. Well it was finals week for me last week and I have a ton of stuff I am trying to get done at work! My last day at work is Jan 26th and I am in a bit of a rush trying to get my research to a point where they can take it out to the plant and use it if they need to.
Lyle's also been busy trying finish up the electrical in the basement and working of course. He's been taking care of most of the stuff for our business right now so that's been keeping him busy. He's also been doing a lot more of the house work and just in general helping me out. I am surprised he doesn't run the other way when he hears me whine "Lyle I dropped the (insert object here) can you get it for me?" or "Lyle I can't reach the (insert a different object here) can you come get it down for me?" The funniest thing he's helped me do was cut my toenails. I just couldn't quite reach them; he did a good job :-)

Just had my 32 week doctor's appt yesterday (although I am actually 33 weeks on Thurs.) Everything is going well. My blood pressure is low 110/70; which is great! Usually they get really worried about pre-eclampsia (sp?) and toxemia if your blood pressure starts to increase. Keegan's heartbeat is right at 140 bpm which is right in the center of the acceptable range. I've been having a few strange things come up. I've got a funny rash on my legs; which according to the doctor is a heat rash and I can't do anything about it. It will go away after I have Keegan and it isn't really bothering me; it just looks funny. I've also had a couple bad episodes of ankle swelling; which have been remedied by lifting my feet up (duh). Lastly I occasionally get very painful sharp pains in my lower belly which are supposedly round ligament pain from Keegan putting all of his weight on my belly :-) Don't get these too often though and doctor says you can't really do anything about it except for wear a maternity support belt to help. I now have three different versions of maternity support belts at home. I wouldn't want to do anything in moderation... One of them is two small now and one is darn uncomfortable, but the third one seems to be working out well :-)

Keegan has been staying very active. Sometimes I think he's trying to bust his way out through my belly. He's started waking me up a lot at night and has a new habit of kicking me in the ribs that I am not very fond of! Other than that it is still good to know that he is soooo active. I was leaning against Lyle the other night and Keegan whopped me a good one and Lyle jumped exclaiming "Keegan just kicked me!". I mumbled something to the effect of "Yeah, you should be on this end..."

I can definitely say that although the pregnancy experience has been interesting I am getting very tired of it. I am tired of not being able to bend over, of running out of breath after walking 1/2 a flight of stairs, and of all the little belly pains. Also tired of just being tired in general; sometimes I feel like I am taking laziness to a new art. At work I save up everything I need to do at the other end of the lab until I have to go to the bathroom because then I only have to walk that direction once. I am either becoming very efficient or very lazy...

We are mostly ready for Christmas. I am looking forward to taking all of next week off of work. I plan to clean out all of the closets, drawers, etc that I haven't tackled yet. I also plan to spend lots of time playing video games, sleeping, and playing with the cats and dog.

Other than that I am glad that my pregnancy has been going so well. Really I don't have anything to complain about. It's been great that everyone's so excited for us and great that both family, friends, and work have been so supportive and helpful! Just one miscellaneous fact; if Keegan was born today there is a 90% chance his lungs would be developed enough that he could support himself without intensive care. Keegan would also have over a 98% chance of survival; almost as high as a full-term infant. So that's great; although I really want him to stay put for at least another 4 weeks :-)