Everything went well at the drs this morning. Caleb was very active again on the u/s. And he looked so big! I can’t wait to see what our little angel will look like! It is getting closer and so scary. Our childbirth class in next Sunday and I think it will really hit me after that.
The eye dr said my eyes look great, my vision is 20/25 but that pregnancy changes your vision so I have to go back after I have the baby and am done breastfeeding. And apperently seeing spots and having blurred vision are quite common at my stage in pregnancy. The most interesting thing I learned is that during pregnancy, especially after the 8th month, your cornea retains water, so kind of like my ankles have been swelling so much, so are my eyes, but you can’t see it unless you are an eye dr of course. But that that causes visual disturbances and that it will go away post baby! I found that to be quite interesting. I guess I just never thought about it, but it makes a lot of sense.
I am still thrilled that my face is not swelling yet, yet my ankles are huge, and well I guess my corneas are swollen and my fingers a little, but my rings still fit and wont get stuck if I try to take them off. So I am doing really well. The dr laughed at me this morning when I asked if I should be concerned about my enormous swollen ankles, he took a look and laughed and said, you can still see your ankle bone! You haven’t seen swollen yet! I said, YET!? I am really freaked out about the size of my ankles, to me they look so fat! I guess it is just that I can tell how bad it looks and other than my huge belly it’s the only other visible weight gain, and it is just water weight in my ankles, but still. I feel huge enough already and when I look down and see huge feet it makes me feel worse. But it’s not that bad I guess, I mean like I said despite my belly and swollen feet there’s no noticeable extra weight. I guess we are always more critical of ourselves than others are.
I can’t believe Cheryl is just days/minutes/hours away from having her baby. It could be anytime. I am so worried already, I cant imagine what it will be like when it is that close to happening. And from the way it sounds like she is feeling I dont doubt she’ll have that kid soon! I love reading about how other “moms-to-be” are doing. And it is strange to think that soon we will all be writing about our babies instead of our pregnancies. Time sure does go by quickly, then other days I think it will be months til I have Caleb in my arms. But today has been so positive that I’d like to think he’ll be here shortly. I cant wait to hold him and watch his Daddy play with him. I think I look forward to that more, giving Dean his son and just getting to watch them together.
