~ 38 Week Belly Bump ~
How far along? 38 weeks
Total weight gain: Somewhere between 25-30 pounds I believe
Maternity clothes? Scrubs to work and then mostly Daddy's t-shirts at night
Stretch marks?
Sleep: More and more difficult. Have had several nights of waking up after aspirating stomach acid despite a Zantac and several tums. Really wishing I would have gave in and asked for Protonix several months ago. Not sure why I was thinking I had to just tough it out. Also having to get up to go to the bathroom about 3 times a night now.
Best moment this week: The week started with quite a lot of excitement last Monday with some bleeding when I woke up, and then continued to get more exciting with a trip to L&D on Thursday evening. Monday's excitement lit the fire that I needed underneath me to get a lot of things checked off of the Pre-Baby To Do List and continued to be motivated by Thursday's happenings. It feels SO good to have everything almost completely ready. Roo and Kilah have literally been lifesavers this past week. Kilah stayed with us Tuesday-Sunday while she was on spring break and I absolutely loved every minute of it. Those 2 have helped us get so much done. I am 10 times more prepared for this baby than I was for LA...usually it seems like it's the opposite. When thinking our time was limited, I moved my hair appointment up from Friday to Wednesday (priorities, of course), Grandma and Kilah and I made lasagnas, porcupine meatballs, pizza meatballs and several loaves of banana bread for the freezer on Wednesday, and our pedicures that were scheduled for Friday evening got moved up to Friday morning as soon as Roo got out of class. It also felt good to check those necessities off of the list. :)
Miss anything? Sleeping without aspirating stomach acid.
Baby is the size of a: Pumpkin - and may have an inch of hair already according to baby development websites. Which reminds me how excited I am to see what this one has for hair - our last ultrasound did show that Babe had some hair! All this heartburn better be worth it!
Movement: Less - had to focus to get kick counts several times this week. I think Babe is fresh out of room.
Food cravings: Ice water. And somewhat frosted sugar cookies from The Cookie Company.
Anything making you queasy or sick: Mexican food
Gender: I am 60/40 thinking it is a girl, and Daddy is 80/20.
Name: Both are ready to go!
Labor Signs: See post about Thursday's happenings from this past week. We all thought we would have a baby by now! (But thankful to not have a 37 week baby).
Symptoms: Heartburn, lots of swelling of my lower legs/ankles/hands, fatigue, and having to go to the bathroom constantly.
Things People Say: Lots of comments about how I have dropped, or how tired/swollen I look.
Baby is the size of a: Pumpkin - and may have an inch of hair already according to baby development websites. Which reminds me how excited I am to see what this one has for hair - our last ultrasound did show that Babe had some hair! All this heartburn better be worth it!
Movement: Less - had to focus to get kick counts several times this week. I think Babe is fresh out of room.
Food cravings: Ice water. And somewhat frosted sugar cookies from The Cookie Company.
Anything making you queasy or sick: Mexican food
Gender: I am 60/40 thinking it is a girl, and Daddy is 80/20.
Name: Both are ready to go!
Labor Signs: See post about Thursday's happenings from this past week. We all thought we would have a baby by now! (But thankful to not have a 37 week baby).
Symptoms: Heartburn, lots of swelling of my lower legs/ankles/hands, fatigue, and having to go to the bathroom constantly.
Things People Say: Lots of comments about how I have dropped, or how tired/swollen I look.
Belly Button in or out? Slightly more out than in.
Wedding rings on or off? Just wearing the one band and it's pretty snug.
Wedding rings on or off? Just wearing the one band and it's pretty snug.
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy...and heavy.
Looking forward to: Being another week closer and to possibly having this sweet babe any day now. These past 4 days have been the longest 4 days of the entire pregnancy, and Daddy agrees. We have basically been sitting around waiting, hoping, and thinking that every night or every morning it could be the day. I finally had to convince myself to stop even thinking about it, because it was starting to make me crazy. A watched pot never boils, right? When we were walking the hallways Thursday night I really wasn't ready to have the baby because it really was only 37.5 weeks, but everyday closer to due date is making me feel much better. I haven't been anxious to necessarily get the show on the road, but it has just been hard to be patient after being told we would probably have the baby within 24 hours of Thursday evening. You wonder if every single contraction is the beginning of something and every night when I lay down I wonder if or when we will be waken with anything. I've been somewhat joking that at this point we will probably have the baby around Mother's Day. I'm anxious to go to our appointment tomorrow morning to see if anything has progressed, because I really don't feel like it has.
Looking forward to: Being another week closer and to possibly having this sweet babe any day now. These past 4 days have been the longest 4 days of the entire pregnancy, and Daddy agrees. We have basically been sitting around waiting, hoping, and thinking that every night or every morning it could be the day. I finally had to convince myself to stop even thinking about it, because it was starting to make me crazy. A watched pot never boils, right? When we were walking the hallways Thursday night I really wasn't ready to have the baby because it really was only 37.5 weeks, but everyday closer to due date is making me feel much better. I haven't been anxious to necessarily get the show on the road, but it has just been hard to be patient after being told we would probably have the baby within 24 hours of Thursday evening. You wonder if every single contraction is the beginning of something and every night when I lay down I wonder if or when we will be waken with anything. I've been somewhat joking that at this point we will probably have the baby around Mother's Day. I'm anxious to go to our appointment tomorrow morning to see if anything has progressed, because I really don't feel like it has.
Pretty bummed this week, though, because I had to miss the Baby "Sprinkle" that Jenny and Chrissie hosted for Kendra, Alyssa and I on Saturday. I woke up not feeling well at all and was still having lots of contractions. I just didn't feel like I wanted to go sit at a shower around people at that point. Thankfully, I started to feel better as the day went on but I hated having to miss it.
Love and Prayers in Week 39, Little One!
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