Well baby girl weighs around 4 3/4 pound and measures in at around 18 inches long (according to babycenter.com)
How far along: finishing up my 34th week of pregnancy... only 5 more weeks to go! YAY!!!
Baby's Size: about the size of a butternut squash
Total Weight Gain: I gained 3 pounds at my last appointment which brings in the total to about 23 pounds. Which is pretty much right on track with what I gained with Kohlton's pregnancy.
Stretch marks: Well apparently I've had lots more than I could see. haha!!! I basically can't see below my belly button and learned that there are some hiding below that point. haha.... Oh the joys of pregnancy.
Sleep: Much much more difficult. You can only sleep on your left and right side and by the morning (between 3:30-5:30) my sides are so incredibly sore that I can't sleep anymore. I also find in the middle of the night that I'm up for about an hour or two because I can't shut my mind off. lol!!
Best Moment this week: I had my doctor's appointment on the 4th and my best friend and her family decided to come up and see us. They came up Friday night and we all went swimming in their hotel pool and had pizza. The kids had so much fun!! Even Kohlton with the glove on his hand that he had to wear. It took Kohlton a little while to finally get into the pool (they had a kiddy pool there) but once he did it was super hard to get him out. lol. Then on Saturday, Heather and I went out and got pedicures since well I can't really see my feet or even reach them very well. lol... Heather's husband did a great job of watching all 3 tired kids while we got our toes done :)
Miss Anything: At this point I'm missing a regular, healthy diet. Since I have Gestational Diabetes with this pregnancy again like I did with Kohlton's there is so much more that I can't eat. When I was pregnant with Kohlton the only thing I couldn't eat was cereal but this little girl is making it much more difficult. I can't have cereal, bread, pizza, pretty much any kinds of grains what so ever, and even fruit spikes my blood sugars. So in 5 ish weeks I will be eating tons of grains and fruit especially apples and bananas.
Movement: Always!! Sometimes it can get pretty painful too since she is running out of room. :)
Cravings: Cookie Dough! The best part about this is that my father in law and I were watching TV on Sunday and they were making cookie dough with applesauce instead of eggs so it can be eaten plain. So within the hour we had made a trip to get some supplies and made it. So so good. (yes its not something I should be eating with my GD). lol I also crave pretty much everything I can't have: fruit, alcohol, deep dish pizza, Mexican, and a buffet of some kind or another :)
Sick: Nope not really. The only time I feel sick is when my blood sugar is to high and I need to do some exercise and/or drink some water.
Labor Pains: Lots and Lots of Braxton Hick contractions! I've learned that if I do to much during the day then I get even more.
Symptoms? I'm getting some acid reflex due to the baby growing and squishing everything inside, my feet are also getting swollen much quicker, and I find myself with lots of fatigue and I'm exhausted all the time. My sides are also falling asleep during the night making it difficult to sleep. ( I never had any of this with Kohlton's pregnancy so its all new and not cool for me)
Wedding ring on or off? Its on when I go out into public for the most part but when I'm at home I tend to take it off just because I'm washing my hands so much.
Happy or Moody: I've been a little of each...
Looking forward to: Making our final preparations and baby girl getting here.
These last few weeks summaries:
I had my appointment on the 4th and everything looks great. I measured in at 35 weeks, so a week bigger but her heartbeat was great at around 150. The doctor had also given me two extra weeks to figure out my blood sugars and I was only over a few during those two weeks so that made her really happy. There was no talk of putting me on any kind of medications at this point which made me really happy. But because my Gestational Diabetes is so much harder/more complicated that what it was with Kohlton's pregnancy, she is having me go to the hospital twice a week for Non Stress Tests.
My first one is tomorrow (Tuesday the 11th). I'll be going in on Tuesdays and Fridays for the rest of my pregnancy. ( I set it up on Tuesdays and Fridays so that Chris can watch Kohlton on Tuesdays and I then only have to find a sitter for Fridays.) Also to make sure she isn't getting too big they have set up an ultrasound for the 18th of this month. I'm super super excited to see her again and hoping to find out if she has hair or not so I can find some more bows or headbands :) This week we also got our bags somewhat packed for that day,registered at the hospital, got the crib mostly ready, started organizing our room to make room for her, and got all of her clothes washed/dried/put away! It felt so good to get a few things off our checklist taken care of. But I still have a few more things to accomplish before she gets here:
1. Install our car seat (which we won't do until the very last minute)
2. Have a last date night with Chris because I know there won't be many of those in the future
3. figure out who is going to watch Kohlton when that time comes
4. Put some music onto my phone just for something to do during labor
5. figure out what she is going to come home in :)
6. make a few freezer meals
Not a ton to get done and all doable in the next 5 weeks.
Kohlton:
Kohtlon's hand is healing wonderfully according to me of course. We have been using just a band aid and then Friday night we took it off to let it air out a little and haven't put it back on. He has his 2 week post surgery check up on Thursday. Hopefully the doctor thinks everything is healing well as well. The surgery didn't slow him down a single bit. He is still super full of energy. We are also almost done with his ear infection medication as well. We gave it to him the first day, he took a nap, and woke up a completely different kid. We have also started potty training just a little bit. We'll hopefully hit it hard this week and the next because we don't have much going on. He does a decent job of telling us but sometimes he is just wanting to play on the potty rather than actually go on the potty. That's a boy for you, I guess. He has also graduated from taking a nearly 3 hour nap everyday to only taking about an hour to an hour and a half hour nap. I'm just hoping when baby girl comes that I can get her to sleep at the same time but I think that may be wishful thinking.
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