Also, does anyone know what happened to My Prairie Abode? Her blog was a favorite of mine and she's since made it private and I'm, like, genuinely worried that something happened but reallllllllly hope that's not the case. Hopefully it's just my previously-infertile-paranoia. Hope she and the baby are doing super well...
Erm, anyway...
How far along: 34 weeks 6 days (5 weeks to go as of tomorrow... OMFG.)
Size of baby: Average = ~4.2-5.8 lbs, 17-20" long, or the size of a cantaloupe or butternut squash! Our 20 week ultrasound had placed him/her in the 97th percentile for size (!!!!) buuuut our 32 week ultrasound's guesstimate was in the 65-75th percentile range. Yes please!
Physical symptoms: Dizzy spells, but less than last week- but that's because I've been camping out in the A/C all week. Back pain, especially while standing for more than 30 seconds. VERY emotional. Braxton Hicks contractions up the wazoo since Friday night. Definitely waddling. Oh, and, for the epic TMI portion of this week, I have hemorrhoids now andddd my nipples started leaking Saturday night. Which spawned the most epic emotional breakdown of my entire life. I just wasn't ready for it to happen yet. Poor, poor E, dealing with all of these tears.... Oh and I can like barely breathe no matter what position I'm in, which is super fun.
Weight gain/loss: Eeek I'm actually not sure. On Friday I was still up 26lbs but I haven't weighed myself since then, so.... let's just go with that.
Maternity clothes: While I've been home during the week I'm mostly in PJs all day, haha. Sexy. But when I make my limited public appearances, it's the same old story- mostly maternity shirts, a denim maternity skirt, elastic waist skirts still fit. Maternity dresses or old non-maternity empire waist maxi dresses. Maternity/nursing bras and like sort of sports bra type things.
Stretch marks: None yet!
Sleep: A little bit better! I've been getting crazy exhausted so as long as I lay down in my "window of opportunity" then I'm out. But i have a little bit of restless legs beforehard or even just while sitting sometimes. I also wake up pretty often, occasionally to pee, but I have generally been able to fall back asleep after. If I miss my window, though, it's all over for hours and hours.
Best moment since last week: Our Doctor appt on Friday went well... and Shabbos was nice.... we went to friends for the friday night meal and another friend was visiting from Israel and he stayed with us for Shabbos and 3 of his friends came to us for lunch on Saturday. He made a lot of the food for it, actually, all I did was make pesto salmon and salad. Which was great. I actually peaced out from lunch for like 30+ minutes and took a nap. Haha. Shabbos meals last for hoursss.
Movement: S/he has been a litttttle bit quieter, but still gets the hiccups a lot. And I can usually tell exactly where s/he is in my belly... today the right side was really squishy and the left side was really hard/full
Cravings/aversions: I haven't had super strong ones, but little cravings here and there for Parmesan, root beer, Shirley temples, and soft serve.
Back to hating on meat, chicken still grosses me out.
Back to hating on meat, chicken still grosses me out.
Gender: Confirmed!! But we're keeping it a secret...
Labor signs: Lotsss of Braxton Hicks contractions...
Belly button: Shallow innie, but the top is kiiiinda starting to poke out a little after I eat or take a deep breath.
What I miss: I'd still love love love like an extra 2 feet worth of internal body space.
And alcoholic beverages.
What I am looking forward to: Getting this kid out of me. No, but really.
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