She's a kicker!

As I sit here typing this I can feel Alexa trying to kick her way out. I'm leaning up against the desk and I feel her pushing my belly away from it. She's got personality already! Earlier today I was reading a magazine and I had the magazine propped up on my belly and watched it start moving. I pulled it off my tummy and my whole tummy was moving. She's quite active in there and I love every minute of it. As much as I can't wait to see her beautiful face and to hold her in my arms I am loving every minute of her moving around inside of me. I know that someday I'll yearn for that feeling and I will never again take it for granted like I did when I was pregnant with Nathan. Today was my 30 week appointment. I met with Bernadette whom I haven't seen in awhile. I think the last time I saw her she was confirming this pregnancy for me and congratulating me. She seemed a bit rushed today though which made me feel a little unwanted I guess. Hormonal mostly but still felt rushed. I was running a bit late for the appointment so I was expecting my blood pressure to be a bit high, and it was. I don't remember the exact number but something like 140/84. The nurse sent me in for a urine check and then sent me back to the waiting room. After about a minute or worrying she came out and told me there was no protein in my urine and that all looked good. Soon she came back again and escorted me to Bernadette's room. Bern came in with a blood pressure cuff and I knew they wanted to retake it. We had minor chit chat. We talked about me needing to reschedule my colposcopy. I asked if there was anything I could do to help lower my blood pressure. Answer being no, not really. Then we chatted about my amniotic fluid level. I told her about the tech at the 3D ultrasound and how he was kinda aggravated by how low my fluid was and then how he corrected himself saying that there were pockets of fluid there just not where he needed them to be. Bern reassured me that that was fine and completely normal. Then she showed me the book about baby's growth for the week. She's in there growing like a weed. Then up on the table for a blood pressure recheck and to check Alexa's heart rate. Bern felt around a bit on my tummy and guessed that she was head down with her back towards my left side. She was right on. She put the doppler to my tummy and right away we heard her heartbeat. I must say I was impressed. We listened for a minute which had me worried because with Becca it's always a 1,2,3 kind of thing. But she assured me everything was fine and then she measured my uterus. Seems that it's running a bit big. I measured 34 or 35 weeks today when I'm only 30 weeks 2 days. I'm sure that's just the pudginess I got going on. Did I mention that I jumped up 5 pounds? Sure hope it's not indicating a big baby. We need her to fit into all of the adorable newborn clothes we've bought for her. Before I knew it the appointment was over and I was walking out. I stopped at K-Mart to hit up a good sale Cindy had told me about and left there with 2 new onesies and a white summer hat. Oh yea and popsicles for the kids and a bag of Mambos for me. Yes, definitely an impulse pregnancy buy! Then I headed over to BRU to pick up a few of the last things I need before we bring this little miss home with us. I got some Little Tummy's Gripe Water, Little Tummy's Gas Drops, and a bottle of Infant Tylenol. I'm feeling rather prepared. I think I've only got to pick up a few crib sheets and that's it. The rest can wait or I don't really need. Now I need to put a little bit of focus on finishing up her room so I can post some pictures. I think the fatigue is starting to kick in again because I'm finding it harder and harder to find the energy and motivation to get anything done. Let's hope I get a major nesting phase in real soon!!