32 weeks 1 day

A jicama. WTF is a jicama?

Still not sure what it is, but apparently that's what it looks like.

the goober is approximately 3.75 lbs and 16.5 inches long...taking up more space in there every day. He'll gain about 1/3 to 1/2 of his birth weight in the next 7 weeks, getting all fat and sassy and ready to be born. He's got hair and fingernails and toenails and is pretty much just concentrating on putting on weight.

My blood pressure is looking good and very consistent throughout last week, so that is good. Dr. George told me to lay down for about 20 mins every two hours to help with the water retention and the swelling, so I am now under doctor's orders to nap at work. He said it'll help me feel a lot better and also make sure that I can stay working as long as possible.

I am feeling pretty good most of the time, just tired and out of breath pretty much constantly.

5-8 weeks to go!

31 weeks, 1 day

4 navel oranges. so he's rounded, but very lumpy.

He's about 16 inches long and weighs about 3.3 pounds. He's putting on weight and filling out quickly at this stage and moving around like crazy.

I had a good appointment yesterday, my blood pressure was a bit high so Dr George asked me to monitor it for the next week and keep a log (I borrowed a home BP cuff from a friend at work) and it was much lower today, so I must have just been stressed out or something yesterday! I have another appointment next week to go over the results from this home monitoring.

We also talked about the whole procedure of what to do when the show gets on the road (call the clinic or the hospital if it's after hours, they will page him. Both numbers are now in my cell phone. I may also have a secret weapon....he's Matt's neighbor, so I possibly have access to his actual phone number if I need it. I shouldn't need it. They do this stuff a lot.) and went over my (incredibly vague) birth plan a little bit. He said that most birth plan checklists seem to come from the 50s...they don't do a lot of the stuff that used to be done as routine; i.e. take the baby to another room for newborn procedures, episiotomies, etc. It seems like St. John's is very flexible and definitely wants each mom to have her own experience and not overly control everything, so that sounds just great.

Another belly pic from Dillon -



6-9 weeks left!

30 weeks, 1 day

This week the goober is a head of cabbage.

He weighs approximately 3 lbs and is almost 16 inches long. His eyes are continuing to develop, but will not be very good until....well, considering his genes, he'll have good eyesight when hell freezes over.

It seems like he's probably getting more cramped in there, it seems like every movement I feel now is a big one. The other morning he had jammed his foot up almost against my ribs, Nate and I could both feel a hard little lump where his heel was poking through. I think I've started having the Braxton-Hicks contractions as well; I don't feel anything happening unless I happen to touch my stomach and it's super hard in there. It's very odd. I'd imagine as they get stronger I'll start to feel them more.

We've started the baby classes at the hospital; the first one was pretty fun! I even know a couple of people in the class, which is nice. The next one is all about pain management options and the hospital tour - it's definitely the one I'm most looking forward to.

My glucose tolerance test came back normal, so I do not have gestational diabetes, hooray!

A picture from our trip to dillon the other month that I really like....




10 (or 7, or somewhere in between) weeks to go...

29 weeks

he's a squash this week!

the goober is about 2.5 lbs and a little over 15 inches and I'm pretty sure he's a soccer player. Or perhaps into karate. he's very busy in there, whatever it is he's doing. Maybe he's knitting! I hope he doesn't bring the needles out with him.

I noticed the first stretch marks on my stomach yesterday, whaaaaaaaa. The good news is they are very faint and not very long; I'm going to cling to the hope that they'll fade away immediately after delivery.

Nate and I have been busy rearranging the house - we had been living with our friend Jim for this past year or so and he just moved out on Wednesday...we got to set up our (AWESOME) new couch and coffee table and lovely shag rug and are going to work on hanging up some artwork and moving the office into its new, bigger room tonight. I got most of our closet moved last night and just need to transfer my bathroom goodies to the new bathroom and that'll pretty much be my contribution to the move...it's pretty hard to contribute when most of the items being moved are large and so am I...*snort*.

I think I may be a little slap happy today.

11 weeks to go! Although technically I'll be full term at 37 weeks, so it could be as little as 8 weeks. Yikes!