SORRY

I know! I am such a hypocrite. I get so mad when people refuse to update their blogs and here I am, doing the same thing. We just spent the week in California and I have no pictures from it. I know, I suck again. But Shantele DOES, so when she uploads them, I will steal some. I have a draft post for our Mexico trip and other recent happenings, but no pictures yet. So, I will get on that this weekend.

In the meantime, here is an update on baby:
I am almost 34 weeks. WHOA. Don't ask me where the time went. Sean had a mini-freak-out moment today with the impending due date. So, at my 28-week appointment I found out that my iron levels are even lower than they were with Oliver (which was pretty bad). So low, that my doc was pretty concerned. I was prescribed a diet high in iron with an additional supplementation of 1000 mg of iron DAILY. He said to do this for a month and we would re-check at my 32 week appointment. Well, my levels hadn't changed a bit. Yeah, really lame. So, guess what I have to do now? IV iron infusion--yeah, that's how low my levels are. It has to be done once a week (possibly two times a week--I'll be tested weekly to make sure my levels are increasing AND being maintained) until the baby is born. In a stupid hospital.

Other pregnant things: I have gained about 22 pounds thus far. Good you say? That's about where I was with Oliver at this time and I proceeded to gain an additional 20-ish pounds up until I had him. I am not entirely optimistic. No stretch-marks (thank you genetics, because I do NOT have the patience to rub crap all of my stomach every day, not that I'm entirely convinced that that does anything to prevent them...). She was head-down at my last appointment and measuring, still, 3 weeks ahead. We're still going for a VBAC, which yes, I'm a little worried about.

There's the update. Oh, so the funniest thing about this pregnancy is when people ask how far along I am and I respond, they say I'm really tiny for being that far along. I guess that's a good thing? Except that I'm actually measuring ahead, haha. at my 32 week appointment I was measuring 36 cm. Here's a picture--you can be the judge:

33 weeks, 4 days

(don't mind my freaky face, please).