35/35

35 weeks and 35 days to go, approximately of course! This 8th month has gone by way too quickly, I can't believe I'll be entering my 9th month. Even harder to believe that we will have a little baby in our arms soon!

34 Week Belly

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And for your viewing pleasure - a bird's eye view of the 34w belly :o)

34 Weeks! Eeeek!

34 weeks pregnant, wow! I really can't believe we have gotten this far (though I'm still worried something tragic will happen to take it all away). The baby ticker says 42 days to go, and I admit I'm starting to freak out a little. I don't feel prepared- for labor & delivery, for the first few days, weeks, months and beyond. I know there is no way to be 100% prepared, but eeek!

I'm definitely getting bigger. My weight gain has been pretty good, but I've gained 3lbs in the last two weeks alone. That's not a good trend! I have been craving lots of sweet lately, so lots of baking has been done which obviously doesn't help the weight gain! Getting up and around is a bit trickier too. I also had to invest in some slip-on shoes since tying my sneaks has become a joke :o) Baby is getting bigger too, that's for sure. Her movements can get pretty uncomfortable sometimes, but I still watch my belly in awe!

Sleep is getting more difficult. I'm waking up a lot, mostly to pee, which is mystifying since I can go for long stretches of time during the day without hitting the bathroom, but wake up every 1.5 hours at night?? I also think maybe Baby is waking me up, then I realize my hip aches or something and I have to reposition myself, then fall asleep again, etc, etc, etc.

Food is getting tricky too. Either I'm eating something that doesn't agree with me or my stomach is very squished or it's the lack of sleep, but something is causing my tummy to not feel so well... It's been a game of trial and error with certain foods, though I think I figured out that fruit juices are just too acidic for me right now, and I feel sick a few hours afterwards. That's my hypothesis for today anyway.

Overall, I've been very lucky this pregnancy and have really loved being pregnant. I may be jinxing myself, but I don't care, it's true and I think I'll even miss it a bit when it's over, but I am so excited to welcome our beautiful little baby to this (very big, very scary, but wonderful) world!

32 Weeks!

I had my 32 week check-up last Friday, and Baby's heart rate was really high since she was dancing around so much. The mid-wife wanted to make sure that everything was normal, so I had to sit for a N0n-Stress Test for a longer observation. I was really nervous that something was wrong. Her heart rate would go into the high 180s, then when she calmed down it went back to her "normal" of 160ish, then she started boomeranging around again and it went back up then back down once she was done. All I kept thinking was "please let everything be okay," it would be just my luck to go in for a routine appointment and end up in L&D or something. Conclusion: one excited baby, probably due to the juice I drank about an hour earlier. Thankfully we were given the "all good" and sent on our way. Phew...

32 week belly!

Hiccups!

While I was lying in bed yesterday morning I noticed that my belly was moving in a rhythmic thump, thump- it was so cool! There has been only one other time where I *think* I felt baby hiccups, but this was for sure and I just laid in bed till they stopped :o) In fact, I waste so much of my day just watching my belly move! As much as I want to meet our little one, I will be sad when this special time is over...

What a Difference a Year Makes

March 1, 2009

I still think about Baby P often, and about how we would have a one-year-old now. I still miss Baby P too, and I'm sure I always will. No matter how many healthy children we have that will never change. A piece of my heart is gone forever.

Today, I am thankful for all we have now and the beautiful baby on the way. I am thankful that on this March 1st the happy in my life outweighs the sad, and I really can't ask for more than that...