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Home Stretch?

So tomorrow I will be 32 weeks pregnant and I know it is supposed to feel like I'm in the home stretch, but another 8 weeks of this sounds awful. Stupid hot weather and disrupted sleep. We did get good news at my doctor's appointment yesterday - the baby is head down! This was not expected. My first child was breech and so we were kind of expecting this one to give me a hard time, too. I really don't want another c-section, but I would do it if I had to. At least this time I would know what to expect! My doctor is 100% on board for me to VBAC, though, so hopefully this baby stays head down. There is still enough room for her to flip back up, but let's hope she doesn't. 

School starts back up in 6 weeks and they tried to schedule me for clinicals the week I am due! When I got that email I was super stressed so I called my mom and she laughed. Of course they scheduled my clinicals for the week I'm due. WHEN ELSE WOULD THEY SCHEDULE THEM? I know they will be switched, but I am just waiting to hear back about my new dates. 

Also, nesting is still happening here. I have all the newborn clothes we will need and literally paid less than $50 for them. The local children's consignment shop is a goldmine! I also have quite a bit of size 3 months clothes, too. September is a difficult month to plan for a newborn because there is no way of knowing if it will be a hot September or a cool one. I'm hoping for a cool one because having a newborn in scorching weather makes me nervous. 

Anyways, back to studying my microbiology stuff!

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