30 Weeks!
On Tuesday I hit 30 weeks. I cannot believe how fast this is going!!
Size of baby: Average for this week - 15.7 in, 2.75 lb, size of a cabbage
Gender: Girl!
Movement: She has started hitting low, like shaking my nerves down my legs low.
Sleep: Decent.
Maternity Clothes: All maternity pants. Most maternity shirts. Still can wear most regular sundresses but I'm not in a hot place so that's not happening much. I have one pair of maternity shorts and I would really like at least one more because it has been warm but I can't find any that fit:(
Symptoms: Not only does my right hip still hurt at night if I'm sleeping on my right side too long but my right shoulder hurts too. I wake up almost every night in pain having to roll over. Still exhausted! I am anemic but my doctor says I'm not at a level that I should feel this exhausted so we're blaming it on chasing around a little one all day:)
Aversions: Nothing.
Cravings: I would really love a good, juicy cheeseburger…a really good one!
Best moment: There have been a lot of great moments over the last few weeks…seeing that our baby is growing and healthy, feeling her kick, etc. But to point out just one is that we have finalized our daughter's name: Namera Brin. I am so in love with it. Namera (rhymes with Sara) is the name I made up in 3rd grade. I wanted her middle name to be a family name like Lucas's but after going through probably 30 family names (maybe more!) none of them were working or we could agree on so I started putting together options that combined our names, BReanna and kevIN. Brin is what we agreed on and I am really happy with it.
Baby daddy: He talks about Namera more and is really trying to be involved in picking out things for her and her room. I love that he is getting into this.
Big Bro: Lucas has become a bit more lovey and attached the last week or so. I'm not sure if he senses something is changing or if this is just a phase he is going through but I will take his hugs all day long!
Me: I have only been away from my son for two nights in his 16 months of life. I never imagined I would be so attached or have such a hard time being away from my child but the anxiety is real. It is hitting me that Lucas can't be with us when we are in the hospital for Namera's birth and I have had a couple breakdowns over it. Kevin has been really helpful through this discussing our options. My mom will be staying with Lucas and my youngest sister will probably be around for some of the time too and I am completely comfortable with both of them and so is Lucas but I still feel guilty leaving him and then coming back with another baby. So Kevin is going to come home each night after the birth to put Lucas to bed, depending on how the nights in the hospital go he'll try and come home when Lucas wakes up and Lucas will definitely visit us in the hospital.
