Week #34 - subtitle - I'm running out of creative subtitle ideas!

This week the baby is about 17.75 inches long, 4.75 pounds and about the size of a large cantaloupe.  The baby's lungs are continuing to mature in preparation for breathing in the outside world.  It is hard to believe that our little babe will be in a mere six weeks or so!  It's very exciting and scary at the same time.  I feel like there are so many things that need to be done before he or she arrives, but I just have to have faith that things will fall in to place

Workouts this week:

Monday: yoga
Tuesday: 3 mile walk with Ben
Wednesday: 3 mile walk with Ben and exercise on demand video
Thursday: rest
Friday: Exercise on demand video
Saturday: 3 mile walk with Ben
Sunday: 4 mile solo/run walk with 1 mile walk cooldown

Sunday was the first time that I've actually ran/jogged in a bit and it felt really good.  Ben and I met up with Tracey and her family at Flatwoods and I forgot how much I liked it out there.  It has been unseasonable warm in Florida (shocking!), so I just make sure that I keep my heart rate in check and drink plenty of water when exercising.

Things we accomplished this week:

Got the car seat installed!  Ben is officially in charge of putting together and installing all things related to baby.  On Sunday, he set out to put the car seat base in my car because we are supposed to "be ready" at any time now.  I was really surprised when he came back inside after about 3 minutes and said he was done!  It was a lot easier than he thought (yay!).  We are still going to have one of our firefighter/paramedic friends check out the base to make sure it was installed correctly (the hospital told us that 80% of car seats are installed incorrectly).  But it is REALLY strange to look in my back seat and see a car seat!  Yikes!

Here's a photo of his hard work:

Also, we found a pediatrician!  Woo!  I also did not know that the baby will need to be discharged by a pediatrician and my doctor will discharge me from the hospital.  We were given a list of pediatricians who visit Countryside hospital and I was able to schedule a couple of appointments for my last week of Winter Break.

We decided to go with North Pinellas Children's Medical Center in Westchase.  (Also, there is a Starbucks right out front of their building - that did not hurt matters at all).  There is a group of doctor's at the practice, so they do try to keep you with the same doctor, but that may not necessarily be the case every single time.  I also liked that they had a separate newborn waiting room so that babies do not have to be around other sick children.

I went back to work!  The It really hasn't been as bad as I thought it was going to be and everyone gives me a little extra special treatment because I am pregnant.  It really is amazing to me how interested perfect strangers are about my pregnancy.  Students that I don't even know ask me so many questions and are so excited about someone they hardly know.  I can't believe that someone would waste the time they have for themselves to ask questions about me...

Ben and I have both been putting in more hours than normal this week, so it makes things pretty hectic.  At least for me, the peak registration/busy period will only last through January 16th so there is an end in sight.  I do not know how people who have jobs that are physically demanding (i.e. nurses, police officers) are able to work while they are pregnant.  The tiredness alone is enough to make me want to put my head down on my desk at some moments.

Thanks is all for now - have a great week, y'all!