3rd trimester yawns have arrived!

I officially feel like I did during my first trimester...exhausted!!! Today especially for some reason, it has hit me like a ton of bricks! It's been on and off for about a week now. I'm hoping that it will remain sporadic rather than consistent over the next 7.5 weeks. Other than being tired, I'm feeling pretty good. A little uncomfortable at times...mainly when I cross my legs or bend over...but nothing too bad. I knock on wood every time someone asks me how I am because this pregnancy has been pretty amazing to say the least. :) Gabe said to me today..."do you realize that now when someone asks when the baby is due, we can say NEXT MONTH now!?" Holy crap! We are both really excited and of course nervous all at once.

We had our 6th class last night out of 7 total and we learned baby and adult CPR and choking procedures...both really great to know now! Feeling like these should be an obvious mandatory for parents or anyone that's around young children.

We go to the doctor tomorrow for a check up...another ultrasound and some measurements...I'm eager to see how big this guy is getting since he feels like he is out of room in my belly already! Haha...I know he's got a lot more growing to do though before he gets here.

I have started a nightly vitamin E remedy recommended by a doula to help my cervix start to soften, I'm going to acupuncture more often now (every other week until 36 weeks and then every week til birth) to get my body prepped for labor, and we will start perineal massage at about 36 weeks (per our teacher and acupuncturist) to also prepare for labor. I honestly think there is a part of me still in shock that this is all happening and that this is MY body that will be in labor and give birth to a tiny human. It's all very surreal to me, which I'm sure is normal, but I wonder if I will actually be "present" throughout it all or if I will kind of watch it all from above as I seem to do during HUGE life events. LOL. I hope to be present and take it all in...this is making me realize I need to enhance my focus throughout the next 7.5 weeks while we wait for this little guy's arrival. :)