Week 32

They say that this week, my body may start prepping for delivery day by flexing its muscles — literally. I might feel my uterus bunching or hardening periodically, those are practice contractions, otherwise known as Braxton Hicks. These rehearsals are said to feel like a tightening sensation that begins at the top of your uterus then spreads downward, lasting from 15 to 30 seconds (though they can sometimes last two minutes or more). I haven't experienced this yet... but I have had some minor crampy contractions that last about 10-30 seconds.

Karson's starting to get ready for his big debut, tipping the scales at almost four pounds and topping out at just about 19 inches. In these last few weeks, it's all about practice, practice, practice as he hones the skills he'll need to survive and thrive outside the womb, from swallowing and breathing to kicking and sucking. Another change this week: As more and more fat accumulates under the baby's skin, he's becoming less transparent and more opaque.

I've definitely started feeling more squirming and tapping than huge kicks or jerks lately. Sometimes I think I can distinctly feel fingers or hands sort of grazing the outside wall of my uterus... it's pretty gentle and very strange.

I'm getting really nesty... but don't have much of anything to nest with yet! We're still working on finishing the baby's room... spackling and stuff so that we can paint! But we found flooring yesterday (or... JASON found flooring yesterday) on Craig's list! 1,000 square feet of laminate hard-wood flooring for free! No way!!! So we drove (an hour) to pick it up and brought it home! So, the baby's floor will be MUCH cheaper to finish than we expected! :) We'll start there and get a feel for installing the flooring and then when the baby's room is all set up & perfect, we'll (or more likely Jason) will work down the hallway and into the living room/dining room replacing the flooring out there as well! We're SO excited about that!

The flooring just has some spackle dust and drips on it that need to be scrubbed off, but with a little elbow grease, we'll be good to go!

What a great find! Daddy is quite the scavenger! :)