Hi Lovelies, Technically, I am on Week 35 as of today, but I wanted to recap the last two weeks before I dive into the final FIVE weeks.
I have been thinking about my pregnancy and this post a lot. They say that half the battle is attitude, so I have been trying to bring the humor to carrying around a large cantaloupe in my belly. I mean aren't you sick of hearing me moan and groan?
First, I have to brag. In the last two weeks, not only did we make it out to a Halloween party, I made it trick-o-treating with my Niece and Nephew, I attended two Birthday Happy Hours, and a girls dinner. I am still walking Huck daily to the park, doing a weekly grocery shopping AND carrying the groceries home two blocks- AFTER a full day at work. I pretty much think that gives me rock star pregnancy status!! I'll admit that at all other times I am on the couch or in bed, but whateve.
Second, as you can tell from above, my energy levels are actually a lot higher than they have been almost all pregnancy. In fact, so far, the first 17 weeks of pregnancy were the WORST.
Third, it's amazing how often I have to answer the question, 'how are you doing?' Pretty much anything beyond, 'I am doing pretty good,' would be TMI. You don't really want to know anything about all the normal crazy-ass pregnancy things that are happening. Just in case you didn't know, almost anything beyond bleeding and cramping that happens to your body during pregnancy is normal. Each time I have a new symptom, I look it up, and surprise surprise, it's normal.
Like waking up with your arm asleep, normal. At this point in pregnancy your circulation is compromised. A nightly bloody nose, normal. I AM carrying around 50% more blood in my body. And those are just the symptoms that I feel comfortable posting.
As for my favorite new activity, SWIMMING! I have a month pass to the gym next door, and if I could, I would spend all day doing laps in the pool. I can almost forget that I am pregnant while I am swimming! I highly recommend it.
As for the Baby Berry, she's already giving me a run for my money. I've grown to find her daily hiccups comforting. Pretty much each day they come from a different direction in my belly, so I know she likes variety. Based on her hiccups, I also know that there is no chance that she is in the right position. She's also figured out how to get up under my ribs. It's usually during a meeting at work- her timing is perfection.
During the last two weeks Baby Berry and Mr. Spice have developed a new game that they like to play. Mr. Spice (gently-ish) shakes my belly and yells EARTHQUAKE!! Two minutes later Baby Berry starts kickin up a storm. I am completely convinced that it is all a conspiracy against me, and I can already tell that this little girl and her Daddy are going to get in a lot of trouble together!!
As for sleep, I am actually doing pretty well. I will say that there is no such thing as tossing and turning when you are pregnant. It's too hard to turn over.
And when I do wake up and turn over, 99% of the time it puts just that added pressure on my bladder so I have to pee. The crazy part- when I get up, I realize that Baby Berry is cuddled up on the side I was sleeping on and is sticking out a good 1 to 2-inches farther on that side. It is wild to see my big belly bulge in a different direction every night. If I wasn't in such a fog at 2am, I'd take a picture for you.
Finally, in the last few days she's experienced a HUGE growth spurt. I can tell she wants more room and I am always hungry! On the good side, it means that she's growing and kicking and doing all the crazy things she's supposed to be doing. I am also well on my way to developing kanckles and sausage fingers. I've had to put my engagement ring away- boo.
So on keeping it light, let's cross our fingers that I can make it another five weeks!! I only have 8 more working days until maternity leave, which is just crazy pants.
I have been thinking about my pregnancy and this post a lot. They say that half the battle is attitude, so I have been trying to bring the humor to carrying around a large cantaloupe in my belly. I mean aren't you sick of hearing me moan and groan?
First, I have to brag. In the last two weeks, not only did we make it out to a Halloween party, I made it trick-o-treating with my Niece and Nephew, I attended two Birthday Happy Hours, and a girls dinner. I am still walking Huck daily to the park, doing a weekly grocery shopping AND carrying the groceries home two blocks- AFTER a full day at work. I pretty much think that gives me rock star pregnancy status!! I'll admit that at all other times I am on the couch or in bed, but whateve.
Second, as you can tell from above, my energy levels are actually a lot higher than they have been almost all pregnancy. In fact, so far, the first 17 weeks of pregnancy were the WORST.
Third, it's amazing how often I have to answer the question, 'how are you doing?' Pretty much anything beyond, 'I am doing pretty good,' would be TMI. You don't really want to know anything about all the normal crazy-ass pregnancy things that are happening. Just in case you didn't know, almost anything beyond bleeding and cramping that happens to your body during pregnancy is normal. Each time I have a new symptom, I look it up, and surprise surprise, it's normal.
Like waking up with your arm asleep, normal. At this point in pregnancy your circulation is compromised. A nightly bloody nose, normal. I AM carrying around 50% more blood in my body. And those are just the symptoms that I feel comfortable posting.
As for my favorite new activity, SWIMMING! I have a month pass to the gym next door, and if I could, I would spend all day doing laps in the pool. I can almost forget that I am pregnant while I am swimming! I highly recommend it.
As for the Baby Berry, she's already giving me a run for my money. I've grown to find her daily hiccups comforting. Pretty much each day they come from a different direction in my belly, so I know she likes variety. Based on her hiccups, I also know that there is no chance that she is in the right position. She's also figured out how to get up under my ribs. It's usually during a meeting at work- her timing is perfection.
During the last two weeks Baby Berry and Mr. Spice have developed a new game that they like to play. Mr. Spice (gently-ish) shakes my belly and yells EARTHQUAKE!! Two minutes later Baby Berry starts kickin up a storm. I am completely convinced that it is all a conspiracy against me, and I can already tell that this little girl and her Daddy are going to get in a lot of trouble together!!
As for sleep, I am actually doing pretty well. I will say that there is no such thing as tossing and turning when you are pregnant. It's too hard to turn over.
And when I do wake up and turn over, 99% of the time it puts just that added pressure on my bladder so I have to pee. The crazy part- when I get up, I realize that Baby Berry is cuddled up on the side I was sleeping on and is sticking out a good 1 to 2-inches farther on that side. It is wild to see my big belly bulge in a different direction every night. If I wasn't in such a fog at 2am, I'd take a picture for you.
Finally, in the last few days she's experienced a HUGE growth spurt. I can tell she wants more room and I am always hungry! On the good side, it means that she's growing and kicking and doing all the crazy things she's supposed to be doing. I am also well on my way to developing kanckles and sausage fingers. I've had to put my engagement ring away- boo.
So on keeping it light, let's cross our fingers that I can make it another five weeks!! I only have 8 more working days until maternity leave, which is just crazy pants.
Apparently I deleted all my pictures from Week 33 and Halloween- I'll admit I wasn't looking too cute in those pics. Here I am last night:
Hello BELLY!!!
Ok, enough, I have to go eat.
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8 comments:
I've said this before {because it's true!}... you look FABULOUS! It's hard to believe that you just have 5 weeks left... so exciting! Sending my best wishes that they go as smoothly + comfortably as possible. ♥
PS: Love Mr. S's "Earthquake" game... too cute!
You look great! I remember starting to get annoyed with the constant "how are you feeling" questions towards the end. I started answering with a quick, "good, how are you feeling" which sort of threw people off. Then I'd feel bad because I know people are just trying to be nice, but OHMYGOSH after fifty times a day it gets old! :)
You look amazing! I love earthquake, cracking up over here.
Are you in the homestretch already? The time has flown by so quickly! You look great!
Hi, I noticed you mentioned once again that the baby isn't yet head down. I don't know how committed you are to a vaginal birth vs cesarean (some women don't really care one way or the other) but I can tell you from experience that if the baby isn't into a good position by now, it only gets harder and harder as time nears closer to your due date to get the baby to turn. I started acupuncture and chiropractic (Webster technique) at 32 weeks and the baby got into position by 36 weeks. I am only offering this advice in case you were super committed to a vaginal birth---no judgment either way! Of course, there is always a chance the baby will turn on her own but I personally felt like if I was to require a cesarean, I wanted to at least feel like I did everything I could to avoid it---that way I could be at peace with it. I ended up avoiding a surgical birth and also actually enjoyed the treatments so it was a win/win. Hope this helps and doesn't come off as too nudgy.
Looking great as always! Thats awesome that you have so much energy. I am barely making it to 1pm these days without feeling like I could just shut it down for the day. We are almost there though! :)
Earthquake is SO cute!! And, like everyone says, you are looking fab! I can't believe you're already at 35 weeks!
aw, the earthquake game and hiccups are so cute. and what a fantastic shirt you're wearing--you look wonderful!
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