33 week update

I'm 8 months along now and had my 33 week doctor's appointment Tuesday. I gained another 2 lbs which puts me around 18 lbs gained. I'm measuring right on schedule. And, now for the REALLY GREAT NEWS - Skylyn flipped!!!!!!!!!! She is already gaining brownie points with me. How loving and sweet of her to keep me from having to definitely have a c-section. I know that possibility is always out there, but at least she is in the position to have a normal vaginal birth. (In all seriousness, thanks and glory to God.) I've had two pretty frustrating episodes of contractions again. She feels very very low already. I go back in another two weeks and my doctor said she is going to go ahead and start my pelvic exams. I'm at the point right now where my body is as big as it's ever gotten during one of my pregnancies. It feels like it's getting pushed to the limit. My upper back is hurting all the time and I'm cramping and getting intense lower abdominal pain already. I could very well go all the way to Dec. 1, but my feeling are that I won't. Sometimes my body feels like it's fighting this pregnancy so badly that I just hope to make it to Nov. 1. And, please, please, don't get me wrong. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE being pregnant!!!!!!!! I miss not having a baby in my belly for months and months after delivery. There is nothing more enriching and awe inspiring to me than to know that there is another living soul, a whole independent being living right inside my body. I am completely joyful to be able to experience this miracle. I just feel like my physical body is telling me it won't be too much longer until it's ready for this miracle to come out. I just want to make it at least 3 more weeks so that there wouldn't be as many complications and she can come home with me.