Sunday Survey-Week 29

How far along? 29 weeks

Baby is the size of? Acorn Squash

Average size: 15.2 inches, 2.54 lbs

Maternity clothes? Shirts are getting a little too short to wear non-maternity. Last night I found a pair of jeans that STILL BUTTON!!

Stretch Marks? None

Sleep: The last three nights I slept between 10-12 hours.

Best moment this week: Seeing lots of my relatives and Danielle’s birthday party.  

Miss anything? After last night’s events, I was missing margaritas and hard cider.

Movement: He’s a strong boy.

Food cravings: None this week.

Anything make you queasy or sick? When E is super active, sometimes that makes me a little queasy.

Gender: Boy

This week’s fetal heart rate: 138

Labor signs: None

Symptoms: Exhaustion, I didn’t know that I could pee more frequently, but I guess I can.

Belly button in or out? In

Wedding rings on or off? On

Emotions: Most stable and nice.

Looking forward to: The weather cooling down at night so we can sleep with the windows open.  

Survey Sunday-There's an Eggplant in my Belly!

How far along? 28 weeks

Baby is the size of? Eggplant

Average size: 14.80 inches, 2.22 lb

Maternity clothes? Bought a couple more tops on sale. Shirts are becoming “belly shirts” and it’s not attractive!

Stretch Marks? Nope

Sleep: Alright this week. It fluctuates.

Best moment this week: Coming home to a huge bouquet of flowers for our 5 year anniversary.  

Miss anything? Energy.

Movement: As ever, he is nuts.

Food cravings: Tea, surprisingly.

Anything make you queasy or sick? Nope

Gender: Boy

This week’s fetal heart rate: 148

Labor signs: None

Symptoms: Exhaustion, my first ever Charlie horse (soooooo painful!!!)

Belly button in or out? In

Wedding rings on or off? On.

Emotions: It was a rough week.

Looking forward to: the “Bringing Home Baby” class we’re taking this week.

 

Hello 3rd Trimester

How far along? 27 weeks

Baby is the size of? A rutabaga

Average size: 14.41 inches, 1.93 lb

Maternity clothes? Considering purchasing a pair of maternity work pants.

Stretch Marks? None

Sleep: Having painful back/hip/legs in the middle of the night.

Best moment this week: My parents bringing the rest of the nursery items.

Miss anything? Bending over.

Movement: He’s strong and crazy!

Food cravings: Nothing this week.

Anything make you queasy or sick? I’ve been feeling a bit nauseous but not from anything in particular.

Gender: Boy

This week’s fetal heart rate: 150

Labor signs: None

Symptoms: Exhaustion, moodiness, cramps, etc etc etc

Belly button in or out? In

Wedding rings on or off? On, but my hands feel swollen lately.

Emotions: Super moody, irritable.

Looking forward to: Just making it through this week.

What is a rutabaga you ask? 

Sunday Survey-Maternity Picture Teaser

How far along? 26 weeks

Baby is the size of? A head of lettuce

Average size: 14.02 inches (measured from head to toe) 1.68 lb

Maternity clothes? Some days

Stretch Marks? None

Sleep: Baby moves in the morning. I’m still sleeping at least 9 hours a night.

Best moment this week: Getting the nursery painting done.

Miss anything? Being able to reach my toes.

Movement: So much!

Food cravings: A little bit for ice cream but nothing too moving.

Anything make you queasy or sick? No

Gender: Boy

This week’s fetal heart rate: 154

Labor signs: None

Symptoms: Exhaustion, frequent urination, still pretty itchy, and occasional heart burn.

Belly button in or out? In

Wedding rings on or off? On

Emotions: a little snappy but somewhat steady.

Looking forward to: My parents coming this 

weekend and bringing a lot of baby stuff (crib, clothes, etc), and officially being in the 3^rd trimester the middle of this week).

Twigs for the Nest

I've been wanting to blog about my Wednesday but I've been so exhausted! It's rough being an incubator!

Wednesday we painted the nursery. Before I get in trouble for painting, the room was ventilated. Our nursery is forest themed so for the main color, we used a light green. Being the ambitions first time parents that we are, we decided to do an ACCENT WALL! With tape, we created squares on the wall and painted 4 different colors in the squares.

You may not be able to tell but the lighter color is a cloud blue and the "skin" color is more of a light brown. Though, Ben did hold up the swatch to his arm and he is darker than that color. I may paint the brown's a darker brown, but I don't know if I have that motivation. I can't wait to have the room all set up!

Later that night, we also had our first labor class. It was a really good experience (though I'm not sure Ben would say the same), but I can't wait until the next class. I've been doing tons of research and it's amazing how much I learned in this class.

Stayed tuned for my next post.  Raleigh Starnes from Without a Compass has finished out maternity pics!

Survey Sunday!

How far along? 25 weeks

Baby is the size of? Whole Cauliflower

Average size: 13.62 inches (measured from head to toe) 1.46 lb

Maternity clothes? I wore a shirt this week and felt nice and comfy!

Stretch Marks? None yet.

Sleep: It’s starting to get harder to sleep comfortably. And baby is very strong so I feel him whenever he’s awake.

Best moment this week: Having our friends here and meeting their baby!

Miss anything? Hard Cider, haha. I attempted to make an apple pop concoction but it needs some tweaking.

Movement: Doctor Waring is surprised at how much we can feel and see him from the outside because my placenta is in the front. This kid is wiggly!

Food cravings: Uhhh, nothing in particular. But the apple pop was very satisfying.

Anything make you queasy or sick? Had a queasy moment last night out of the blue.

Gender: Boy

This week’s fetal heart rate: 140

Labor signs: None

Symptoms: So sleepy! So very very sleepy.

Belly button in or out? In

Wedding rings on or off? On

Emotions: Moody, intolerant, grumpy.

Looking forward to: Getting the nursery painted.

Dirty Dash on 7-14. The Dirty 'Staches.

Survey Sunday!

How far along? 24 weeks

Baby is the size of? Cantaloup

Average size: 11.81 inches (measured from head to toe) 1.32 lb

Maternity clothes? I don’t think I wore anything maternity this week.

Stretch Marks? Nope but skin is getting tight!

Sleep: During the week, I didn’t sleep very well. But this weekend I slept about 11 hours each night.

Best moment this week: Taking maternity pictures!

Miss anything? Not struggling when painting my toes.

Movement: Plenty of movement. He’s a crazy kid!

Food cravings: None but I did discover golden Oreo cookies and cream ice cream!

Anything make you queasy or sick? Nope

Gender: Boy

This week’s fetal heart rate: 148

Labor signs: None

Symptoms: itchy scalp, frequent bathroom trips, ever expanding belly, and EXHAUSTION!

Belly button in or out? In

Wedding rings on or off? On

Emotions: Sort of intolerant and easily agitated.

Looking forward to: Our friends Matt and Tanisha visiting! We haven’t seen them in years!