Pregnancy update: Week 33

 

Weight: 61.4kg (+1kg since last week, overall +14.4kg) heh, now i just hope i'll put on under 20kg for this whole pregnancy.

Symptoms: acne, shortness of breath, braxton hicks, pelvic girdle pain, backache

Summary of the week:

7/8: super active Atty today, stretching and kicking and moving a lot more than usual!

8/8: antenatal education series topic 2 on active labor and birth. got a little irritated and frustrated with King because he wasn't paying attention during the class and didn't even take any notes. later when i asked him questions like what number to call if i'm having contractions, or how to know when to go to the hospital (frequency and duration of contractions)... he couldn't remember anything at all! urgh!

9/8: Atty seems to have moved positions again, my tummy is lopsided and i felt jabs and kicks around the centre and towards the right side at times.

10/8: braxton hicks contractions lasting few minutes with some back pain and slight crampy pain

11/8: around midnight and early am had very frequent contractions accompanied with lower back pain and crampy pain. some contractions lasted up to 5mins! and i was having 2-3 contractions in 10minutes... and it kept on going all the way to 2+am (later i fell asleep so not sure if there were anymore) i was freaking out wondering whether i was going into labor! i had so many thoughts going through my head:
- Atty's not finished developing yet... she still doesn't have surfactant for her lungs.. she needs to wait for a few more weeks!
- I haven't packed my hospital bag at all! and i don't know what to pack omg...
- Haven't finished buying Atty's stuff!
- Car seat is not even installed in the car yet!
- We haven't even set up the place ready for Atty yet!
it was quite scary... but good thing it was a false alarm. but with all those worries i didn't sleep well. woke up at 7+am and also had some mild contractions... then none noticed in the day. later that night around 11+pm noticed mild contractions again.

12/8: frustrated and irritated with King again... we went all the way to Willunga, Mclaren Vale and Carrick Hill to take maternity photos again, but he was so unprepared that he didn't even figure out how to use the self-timer feature. so in the end we couldn't get any couple shots with the camera at all urgh! and prior to that i had reminded him to familiarize himself with the camera multiple times... but he did not do it at all!