Baby Bump Update

How far along: 34 weeks!

32 weeks

33 weeks

34 weeks...boy I have grown in the last two weeks!

Size of baby: For the food comparison I have seen butternut squash and a cantaloupe but 31 weeks was a pineapple...I don't know how they come up with these foods.  He is about 4.5-5.5 lbs and 17-18 inches long.

My body: I have not been weighing myself as I know how stuck I can get on a number and that wouldn't be healthy for baby or me but I do get weighed each time I go to the doctor and I am in the perfectly healthy range.  So other than that I would like to keep track of some things my body is going through.  A couple weeks ago I told my husband that I didn't think my belly button would pop out because it seemed to be going more inny(sp?) but I was wrong.  It has moved it's way on out.  Just the top part of it sticks out and the rest is flush with my belly...very odd.  I feel like I'm retaining water in my calves...are cankles on my horizon?! My belly looks like a basketball.

Movement: At 29 weeks the doctor said Lucas was head down but we didn't know if that would stay.  At my appointment last week he was still head down which is why my ribs are bruised.  His positioning won't really matter, in my doctor's opinion until my appointment next week.  His little bum, which doesn't feel so little, is pushing against the right side of my ribs.  I almost wish that he would switch back and forth between my ribs because boy does that one side hurt but my doctor said this is normal especially since I have a small rib cage.  Sometimes I can feel his bum and I push back on it.  He gets back at me later though:)  I've always heard that moms can feel their baby's feet, or that's his elbow, or whatever... I never know what body part I'm feeling.  Maybe as he gets bigger I'll figure it out.

Sleep: See my symptoms below. Yeah, sleep is not so great.  I also get horrible stomach cramps when I try and get up too fast from laying down, like my stomach muscles are tearing.  In the last couple weeks I had two women who are about my mom's age tell me how much they loved being pregnant, oh it was just amazing.  Umm...I am so incredibly grateful and thankful for going through this but love it? Nope.

Maternity Clothes: I bought what I believe will be my last pieces.  I should be able to go the rest of the pregnancy with what I have.

Symptoms: My ribs are enflamed and bruised.  I get Charlie Horses in my calves while sleeping a couple nights a week.  My legs get very restless.  My back hurts.  Acid reflux! Ugh! Apparently there are different symptoms with this but mine is just a horrific burning in my throat so I looked up what the causes could be and have been trying to keep them out of my diet. Sounds fun doesn't it?:)

Cravings: Still loving my fruit! Especially a perfectly ripened pear...mmm!

Baby Daddy: I think he is more in a nesting mode than I am.  This guy moves around here like the Energizer Bunny.  Last week he was putting stuff in Lucas's room, looks at me and says "I cannot wait until he gets here." Love!  We live kind of in the boonies...not really but the two roads/highways you would have to take to get here are two lanes, no lights, and very, very winding.  One night we were driving home and I think it was the first completely dark night we were driving on one of the roads.  I was thinking how I didn't want my little sister to drive on it at night (she's visiting soon and my motherly instincts kicked in the day my middle sister was born).  Well, while I was thinking this Kevin says to me "I know that it's not likely we'll be here this long but I really don't want Lucas driving on this road." His fatherly instincts are really kicking in.

A couple notes/memories: We finished our birthing classes last week.  I have never seen a real birthing video before and after the first class I went back to the car and cried on my husband.  I'm deathly afraid of giving birth.  I honestly can't think about it.  I am supposed to have a birth plan put together in the next couple weeks but that just means I have to really think about the birth which puts me in panic mode.  I'm actually just going to be really open about my day.  I think I would love to have an unmedicated birth but I have no idea what a contraction feels like so I am not going to be upset if I decide to get an epidural.  I also know that a c-section is something that can happen and if it does and that is how we can have a healthy birth than so be it.  I also had another breakdown last week.  For almost 10.5 years it has been just Kevin and me.  Now we are going to have someone else...all. the. time.  Don't get me wrong, I have literally wanted to be a mom since I can remember and I am so excited.  It's just going to be different.  I guess I should add emotional and hormonal to my symptoms:)