31 and 32 weeks

31 weeks -  Two weeks of sitting in training was EXHAUSTING.  Meeting new people (which I could care less about), listening to speakers, and having to sit in a chair all.  day.  long.  was annoying.  I also feel a little guilty for not being more passionate about meeting new people.  I'm normally excited about things like that.  I guess I just feel like I have other things in my life to focus on, and it's hard to get excited about meeting someone from China that I know I'm only going to work with on special projects.  I realize this will pass, and next year I'll be my normal self again.  So for now I just figured I'd go with it and do my best.

32 weeks - As the 32nd week progressed, I began to feel slower and much bigger.  I keep anticipating that when my doctor measures me she'll say I'm measuring large - surely, right?!?  Nope - right on track.  Hahah!  I guess I better get used to the simultaneous punch to the bladder and kick to the ribs! We did have a small "scare" (really, that's too harsh of a word) at 32 weeks.  One evening when I got home from work I noticed I was having significantly more Braxton Hicks contractions than normal.  We were heading to dinner with some friends that night so I decided that focusing on them was just making it worse and that surely after being distracted by dinner they would go away.  Not the case.  I was still having them during dinner, and when we got home I decided to text a friend that had gone into preterm labor previously and ask her about how she knew.  Unfortunately, she confirmed that it was b/c her BH were becoming more frequent and closer together.  After chatting with her I decided to call my doctor.  She said that as long as I wasn't having more than 6 in an hour (I was at 5 at this point) that I was okay and to take a bath, drink lots of water and try to go to sleep (it was 10pm at this point).  So I did just as she said and the next morning they slowed down to a more normal pace.  Morale of the story - even though I was drinking more water than I thought necessary, I needed to up the water intake even more! So I pretty much drink water nonstop now.