37 Weeks

How far along: 37 w 5 d

Stretch marks: mmm…

Sleep: No… anxiety and anticipation are at an all time high these days..

Best Moment: Only a few more weeks! & Baby still hasn’t hit the 10 lb mark yet so my natural delivery is still an option!

Worst Moment: Just very tired.

Miss anything: Sleep would be nice.

Movement: Yep… Baby wants out!

Cravings: Chocolate banana milkshakes.. Line em’ up!

Anything making you queasy: Meat

Showing: Yea…

Labor signs: Yep.

Belly button in/out: Out.

Things you're looking forward to: Appointment next week after our ultrasound to see what kind of delivery we’re looking at!

Maternity Photos

I was allowed off of bed rest for a few hours to take our maternity photos this past week. We are so happy with the way that they turned out! My logic: I'm only going to be (semi) ok with being this huge a few times in my life, I might as well document it in beautiful photos so I can look back when I gain and extra pound or two after Thanksgiving and realize that it could be worse, haha. Plus I can show them to little man one day to show him how he turned me into a webble wobble. A very big thank you to our amazing doula, Lindsey Monroe, for taking these photos for us.

36 Weeks (Not so) Patiently waiting...

How far along: 36 w 5 d

Stretch marks: |||||

Sleep: Nope..

Best Moment: Went back to work this week.. everyone in the office is just as bad as Adam though.. not allowed to leave my desk. UGH! However… We did get to take our maternity pictures this week! Our amazing doula, Lindsey, did our pictures and will be doing Baby H’s birth and newborn photography as well. We CANNOT wait to see how these turned out!

Worst Moment: Tired, hungry, these contractions are not fun, constantly worrying when I’m going to go back into labor.. Walking around Graue Mill for our pictures was a little rough.. but I was determined to get through it. Pain is temporary… pictures are forever, right?!

Miss anything: not carrying around an estimated 8 lb baby…

Movement: Yep

Cravings: Still caving those chocolate banana shakes..

Anything making you queasy: Meat

Showing: Yea…

Labor signs: Yep. Still having contractions.

Belly button in/out: Out.

Things you're looking forward to: We have another appointment with our OB at 38 weeks to see if Baby is small enough for a natural delivery or is too big (10 lbs or more), which will result in the dreaded C-section. Fingers crossed for 9 lbs 15 oz!

35 Weeks.. When D-Day almost came early

Never a dull moment in this Mama's life. While cleaning this week, I lost feeling in my legs for a few seconds while walking, which resulted in me falling straight on my back.. Freaking out I called the hospital because I already had my weekly ultrasound scheduled. They told me to come in early for the ultrasound just to check. Well, we went to the appointment and everything with the baby seemed fine.. Sigh of relief. However, the OB came in and said that I had to go to the L&D unit to be monitored for a little bit to make sure everything stays fine. Well this “little bit” turned into an overnight stay in the hospital when I got hooked up to the fetal monitors and the doctors saw I was having contractions every two minutes… Then of course I started feeling these contractions which was not so great. The contractions themselves weren’t so bad.. it was the fact that with every contraction Baby would push up under my ribs. I was 90% sure he was going to break one. They gave me a bunch of fluids to try and stop the contractions.. which didn’t work. Finally the doctor said that she wanted to give me medication to stop the contractions before I started dilating. I begrudgedly accepted because while I would love to not be pregnant anymore.. 35 weeks was a little too soon for me. All I kept thinking about was how his bed wasn’t set up yet. I know.. totally rational thought process. Well.. after a long afternoon and even longer night, we were released in the morning, with orders to take it easy. Of course for Adam this meant laying in bed until I went into labor. HA! I couldn’t sit still that long if I was chained to the bed. We’ll see how long this lasts…

How far along: 35 w 4 d

Stretch marks: …..

Sleep: Not so much

Best Moment: This week was pretty crappy..

Worst Moment: staying in the hospital overnight, worrying if Baby was going to come early, thinking about who I could recruit to set up a bed for him.. the list is endless. 

Miss anything: Not being on bed rest

Movement: Yep.. He’s not happy about not being allowed out

Cravings: After being NPO for almost 24 hrs.. EVERYTHING!

Anything making you queasy: Meat

Showing: Yea…

Labor signs: Yep.. 4-5 contractions an hour..

Belly button in/out: Out.

Things you're looking forward to: staring at the ceiling?? 

34 Weeks | Chocolate banana milkshakes galore

How far along: 34 w 6 d

Stretch marks: Let’s just not talk about it

Sleep: Nope..

Best Moment: Knowing that I only have a few more weeks of carrying around this bowling ball inside of me.

Worst Moment: Getting very tired.. the lack of sleep, plus being huge is really taking its toll on me at this point

Miss anything: Functioning like a normal human being

Movement: Yep

Cravings: Chocolate banana milkshakes are the bomb-diggity these days…

Anything making you queasy: Meat

Showing: Yea…

Labor signs: Nope

Belly button in/out: Out.

Things you're looking forward to: Washing all of Baby H’s new clothes and putting them away because I’m crossing my fingers Little Man makes his appearance early & I want to be ready!

33 Weeks

This week consisted of hitting up the baby stores to finish purchasing all of the things that we still needed for Baby H. For such a little person, he certainly needs a lot of things.. and they're not cheap. We picked up our stroller, baby tub, and a bunch of other things that were on our registry that we didn't receive at the shower. I will post my registry must-haves in a separate post for those Mamas-to-be that are looking for some advice. But some of my favorite things that we got this week are:

Baby Jogger City Select stroller in black/silver (with the bassinet attachment and car seat adapter)  

4Moms Infant Tub

Graco DuoDiner LX High Chair

Baby Einstein Baby Neptune Ocean Adventure Gym

How far along: 33 w 6 d

Stretch marks: I’m going to start answering to “Mama Tigress” from now on

Sleep: barely

Best Moment: going to the store to finish purchasing all of the items that we still needed for Baby H

Worst Moment: Spending a ton of friggen money on items that we still needed for Baby H. For such a tiny person (well.. relatively speaking.. there seems to be nothing tiny about this baby) he sure needs a lot of things! Expensive things! Yikes!

Miss anything: Being able to see my feet again would be nice..

Movement: Yep

Cravings: Fruit.. lots and lots of strawberries.

Anything making you queasy: Meat, still.. wondering if my inner carnivore will ever return…

Showing: Yea…

Labor signs: Nope

Belly button in/out: Out.

Things you're looking forward to: Rearranging our room to fit the bassinet and all of Baby H’s new things