36 Week Doctor Appointment

We had our doctor’s appointment yesterday and everything is going great. Sophia is very active and does a lot of rolling around with some sporadic kicks as well. I’m having the Braxton Hicks contractions, sometimes I feel them and sometimes I don’t notice them. She has plenty of amniotic fluid in there with her so she is nice and comfortable. She is starting to drop and I can definitely tell that! I think she’s moved down about 2 inches in the last week, she’s still head down but has rolled over to my left side facing the right side. Jason did his fatherly duty of checking her heart rate, which was a healthy 130 bpm. Looks like she’ll be nice and tucked in for another week at least!

I’m doing pretty good – considering I have a 6.5 pounder in a low-rider position. I have found that doing prenatal yoga and Pilates is helping. It’s funny how much harder it is now. I get completely exhausted doing the simplest 20 minute workout. I have also been trying to walk more often (Wrigley is a BIG fan of that). The weather is so nice – going on my morning walks, seeing Wrigley run around back and forth and rolling in the grass while I feel Sophia kick and roll within me, it’s an unbelievable experience. This is happiness.