Baby Girl is the size of an acorn squash (or a butternut squash according to another website)! She is about 15-18 inches from head to feet and weighs between 2.5-3lbs! (I feel like she is on the heavier side because my belly feels so heavy! And boy is she strong!)
Baby is getting big and getting chubby :) She's running out of room in there!
How far along? 29 weeks!
Maternity clothes? This week has been all about tank tops, workout shorts, and yoga pants. I've been too hot (and lazy) to actually wear real clothes. When the heat index is 100 for 2-3 days, you don't really care about how you look.
Stretch marks? nope
Sleep: Sleep? What's sleep? The burning spot on my ribs/stomach (from muscles and nerves separating) got worse this week. I can't lie down at all and go to bed with an ice pack strapped to my stomach. For two nights now I've had to sleep propped up on the couch (which means really sore hips) but only get between 2-4 hours of actual sleep. I'm exhausted all the time, but can't sleep because I can't lie down the the pain is awful. Here's my post about not sleeping at all a few nights ago and just wanting a 24 hour grocery store for ice cream! It's 4am
Best moment this week: Picked up the glider and hung the curtains! It's so cute I love it!
Passed the glucose test!!! And the hour long one, didn't even have to do the 3 hour one. I kept waiting for the doctor to call. I was even ready to go back in and sit for 3 hours, but no call. Phew!
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| still have to hang pictures, but at least the curtains are done the glider is here! |
Miss Anything? Sleeping through the night and not having the burning pain under my right ribs.
Movement: She's a very strong little girl! She's kicked/punched me so hard a few times that it made me jump. She still loves rolling and stretching at night. She HATES when I lay on my side to sleep and stretches out so her feet push on one side on my stomach and her head/arms push on the opposite side.
Food cravings: Andrew's friend, Alec, works for Kellogg's and brought tons of graham crackers to their camping trip. Andrew brought them home which means that I eat lots of grahams, usually with frosting (which will change this week as Andrew starts the 30 day Arbonne cleanse).
LOVE red grapes
Exercise:
Only walking this week. Between my arm hurting from the Tdap vaccination I had on Monday and this awful burning spot, the thought of working out makes me cringe. So the girls and I have walked about 4 miles a day. I also spent Friday cleaning bathrooms, vacuuming, washing and polishing the floors. That's like working out, right?
Went for a long walk with my Pi Phi friend before it got super hot which was really great
Prenatal Yoga at Dragonfly Hot Yoga with my bestest preggo friend (thanks for being my workout buddy, Jessica! Can't wait for our babies to play together)
Anything making you queasy or sick: nope
Gender: Pretty little lady!
Labor Signs: nope
Symptoms: burning/numbing under my ribs (it is awful at night) and back pain
Belly Button in or out? still an innie, for now. I keep thinking "any day now it's going to just pop out," but I've been saying that for weeks now. My belly hasn't gotten that much bigger in the past weeks, so I'm sure the belly button will pop on the next growth spurt.
Wedding rings on or off? on
Happy or Moody most of the time: Both this week. I've been trying to keep myself busy with Arbonne and getting that up and going. It's been an adjustment with all of my friends starting up school and I'm not. Although I am so thankful that I'm not at school because my nerve pain has been awful this week and it's been too hot to deal with setting up a classroom and meetings with no A/C.
Looking forward to:
finishing up the crib skirt this weekend
Spending my birthday with Andrew and going to the Taste of Madison
Baby shower next weekend in Lacrosse!!!
Dear Little Lady,
I write to you on my 28th birthday. I wonder if you'll be nice to be tonight and actually let me sleep (although the burning nerve pain is not your fault). My mom celebrated her 28th birthday just a few weeks before I came into the world and now I'm celebrating 28 years just 2 months before you'll join us :)
We've had some ups and downs this week, namely me not sleeping and having sometimes excruciating nerve/muscle separation pain. I am thankful that I have the wonderful opportunity to stay at home with you and not be going back to work this week because I just don't think I could handle it. (To those working while pregnant or working while having small kids at home, I tip my hat to you.)
We did, however, pass the glucose test! I don't know why I was so worried that I wouldn't, but I'm usually just lucky/unlucky in that way. We now start our biweekly doctor's appointments, so we'll be back at the doctor's office next week. We will also go meet your doctor this week (or rather decide on a pediatrician).
Your big sisters are getting much more nervous and needy as you and I get bigger. They know that something is definitely up and is happening soon. I think they will be very good big sisters, but you will be a very big adjustment for them.
Your room is almost finished! The curtains are hung, the glider is finally here, and we finished the crib skirt yesterday. You still need a mattress, but minor details :) I just need to hang the artwork and it will be finished! I'm just happy that it's almost done and we can focus on other things to get ready before you arrive.
You are currently kicking and trying to move around, but you are definitely running out of room. My stomach moves a lot now when you do!
Love,
your mama
Pictures from my birthday at the Taste of Madison and the yummy food baby girl got to sample
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| plantain emanada |
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| pork dumplings |
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| homemade kit-kat from Bluephies! |
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| yummy :) |
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| Peruvian chicken |
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