Week #33

Check-Up
Last week was my 32-week checkup. A short and sweet appointment with some good news. Not only had I passed the 3hr glucose screening test but the thyroid screening from my 28-week appt came back all normal across the board finally so I didn't have to get blood drawn again. Hooray!
Everything else checked out well. My heart rate is perfect, and belly is measuring normal (although it certainly feels like I'm way larger than average!). And lastly, Minion's heart rate clocked in the 120's. That's one of the differences from the girls, they both had heart rates right around 140.

Getting to Go Time
Being the 3rd time, we know how long 40 weeks really is. So we knew not to get too crazy planning and preparing too early on. But now that we've got 7 weeks left, it's "go time." We are nearly settled on names - we have the boy name set but  are still going back and forth between 3 girl names.
We're gradually clearing out the sitting area of our bedroom to begin setting up the Minion nursery. We'll wait until after the holidays to move the girls into the same room, but we've been browsing online for loft beds for the girls.
In another few weeks, or whenever the nesting instinct kicks in, we'll begin hauling up all the baby equipment and cleaning/setting it up. And then of course, my favorite part, unpacking the baby clothes into the drawers.

We have a very busy October ahead of us so I don't think we'll experience the long drawn out waiting like we did for Addison (when I was unemployed) or Eden (when it was boring time of year - late Feb/early March). Before we know it we'll have a little Minion!