38 Weeks Bumpdate!

How Far Long? 38 Weeks, 3 Days

Size of Baby?About the size of a swiss chard

Total Weight Gain? Around 35 lbs

Maternity Clothes? Maternity...and those are starting to get tight! 

Sleep? Very uncomfortable at night, up 2 or 3 times to pee and my back HURTS so bad when I roll over.

Food Cravings? Doritos, Sweets, Turkey/Cheese rollups, Mexican food.

Stretch Marks? Yes.Ugh.

Gender? GIRL! 

What I'm Looking Forward To: Not waddling, swelling, back pain, or feeling like I'm 90!

Highlight Of The Week: Late last week I got to see baby girl at a growth scan ultrasound! She's happy as a clam in there!

Milestones: Full Term Now!!!

Belly button in or out: Out!

Symptoms: Severe back pain, swelling, peeing alot, hard to breathe, waddling, super tired but with spurts of nesting energy. 

38 Week Comparison With Jack:

36 Weeks!!!!

36 WEEKS BUMP UPDATE! 

(This pic was technically at the end of 35 weeks, but close enough)

It's getting close now!! Starting to feel anxious and nervous and ready all at the same time. I have a severe urge to nest but just do not have the energy or physical ability to get everything done and cleaned that I want to, while taking care of a 2 year old as well. Kind of sucks and makes me freak out, but I'm trying to except the fact that I'm just not going to get everything done I might want to. The next couple weeks are going to be crazy, i'm trying to take it easy as much as I can, but I sort of have a feeling she might come early! 

 

How Far Long? 36 Weeks, 2 Days

Size of Baby? Size of a honeydew! 

Total Weight Gain? About 30 lbs

Maternity Clothes?  All maternity

Sleep? Very uncomfortable at night and wake up multiple times

 

Food Cravings? Pop, sweets, grapefruit

Stretch Marks? Yes.

Gender? GIRL! 

What I'm Looking Forward To: Getting my body back to normal- with Jack I was not this uncomfortable and achy, but this time around I feel yucky all the time. 

Highlight Of The Week: I've got a lot done in the nursery- clothes washed, baby gear is out, babies bag is packed, starting to stock up on other household things I'll need!

Milestones: Baby is considered "early term" by the end of the week.

Symptoms: Very hard to breathe- she pushes on my ribs all the time. Back hurts super bad all the time, and I am finding it really hard to roll over or get out of bed, hard to walk/bend down, feet and ankles are swollen. Braxton hicks- lots of tightness!

Belly button in or out: Out!

35 WEEK COMPARISON WITH JACK

(Jack on the left- baby girl on right)

 

 36 Weeks with Jack

 

31/32 Week Bump Update!

31 Weeks

32 Weeks

How Far Long? 32 Weeks, 3 Days

Size of Baby? Size of a head of cabbage! 

Total Weight Gain? About 27 lbs (Thanks a lot holiday food!!!)

Maternity Clothes? Mostly maternity

Sleep? Very uncomfortable at night- she is super active right when I lay down which also makes it hard to settle down.

Food Cravings? Pop, sweets, grapefruit

Stretch Marks? Yes.

Gender? GIRL! 

What I'm Looking Forward To: Getting the nursery painted! Picked out a really pretty light coral color and am going to put gold sparkles in it. :o)

Highlight Of The Week: Unrelated to baby, but getting our house ready for Christmas! :)

Milestones: Babies all five senses are now in working order! 

Symptoms:  Very bad vericose veins that are making my legs swell up and hurt and thus have to wear support stockings/leggins which SUCK. Hard to eat sometimes because my stomach is so squished. Calf/foot cramps- had those with Jack. Starting to get tired again like in 1st trimester. Hip and thigh pain is pretty bad at times too. Hard to eat and breathe sometimes as she's getting bigger and pushing on my diaphragm more! Had some bad braxton hicks contractions yesterday that lasted all day/ every time I was standing or walking.

Belly button in or out: Out! 

32 Week Comparison With Jack

And for fun... this was almost exactly 3 years ago! Nine Weeks along with Jack!  Crazy how small I was!

30 Weeks!!!

  30 WEEKS

How Far Long? 30 Weeks tomorrow

Size of Baby? Size of a head of cabbage- and about 3 lbs!

 

Total Weight Gain? About 20 lbs

Maternity Clothes? Mostly maternity

Sleep? Very uncomfortable at night, hips hurt and it's hard to roll over! Getting up to pee at least once usually, and sometimes get restless leg.

Food Cravings? Pop, sweets, grapefruit

Stretch Marks? Yes. :o(

Gender? GIRL! 

What I'm Looking Forward To: Getting the nursery done

Highlight Of The Week: My family threw me a wonderful baby shower and thanks to my hubby and his dad, we got the crib put together! Room is getting closer to being ready!

Milestones: She's now strong enough to grasp a finger!

Symptoms:  Very bad vericose veins that are making my legs swell up and hurt and thus have to wear support stockings/leggins which SUCK. Hard to eat sometimes because my stomach is so squished. Calf/foot cramps- had those with Jack. Starting to get tired again like in 1st trimester. Hip and thigh pain is pretty bad at times too. Almost to the end though!! 

Belly button in or out: Out! Just in time for Thanksgiving. Turkey's Done! haha!  

 

30 Week Comparison with Jack

 

27 Week Bump Update

27 WEEKS

This was at almost 26 weeks

How Far Long? 27 weeks, Day1

Size of Baby? Size of a cucumber

Total Weight Gain? Not sure exactly- probably around 14 lbs

Maternity Clothes? Both

Sleep? Very uncomfortable at night- but the last two nights I've used some essential oils to help relax me and its helped.

Food Cravings? Pop, chocolate chips and peanut butter, fruit. Exactly the same as last pregnancy.

Stretch Marks? Yes- can't tell if there's any new ones though 

Gender? GIRL- although the last ultrasound was only 75% sure it was so I'm getting another one tomorrow to make sure. :o)  

What I'm Looking Forward To: Getting the nursery ready and a baby shower for little girl and the 3D ultrasound tomorrow!!! 

Highlight Of The Week: I've got the closet in the nursery cleaned out and a dresser in the nursery, and the crib is ready to set up!

Milestones: Baby is sleeping and waking at regular intervals and her brain is very active now.

Symptoms:  Hard to breathe at times, very bad vericose veins that are making my legs swell up and hurt. Boo.

Belly button in or out: Out! Just in time for Thanksgiving. Turkey's Done! haha!  

 

 

27 Weeks Comparison with Jack

 

 

Jack at 27 Months

• You weigh 31 lbs
• Size 2T or 3T clothes
• Size 9 shoes!!!
• You go pee in the potty very well if you have your underwear on but are not really close to being fully potty trained yet
• You talk ALL the time now and talk in sentences and most of the people close to you can understand you, although mommy knows what you say best. :)
• You love to snuggle in our bed and watch cartoons now- just like mommy!
• You like going to daycare now, but sometimes you still say "stay home!"
• You love to play with play dough now
• Cheeseburgers are your favorite food
• You seem to be excited about the new baby, and insist that you have one in your belly
• The binky is still a comfort, but I'm not too worried about it
• You still love your brown polka dot blankey and take it everywhere 
• You take one nap a day, anywhere from 2-3 hours long
• Swinging is a favorite activity of yours, especially now that we have a swingset in the backyard!
• You still love golf and can hit it pretty far now!

We just love you to pieces little man! I cannot imagine life without you and can barely remember what it was like before you! 

23 Week Update

 

 23 WEEKS!!!

 

 

How Far Long? 23 weeks, Day 2

Size of Baby? Size of a grapefruit

Total Weight Gain? Not sure exactly- probably around 12 or 13 pounds

Maternity Clothes? Mostly maternity

Sleep? Sleeping fairly good but starting to get uncomfortable at times. Definitely need the body pillow now! 

Food Cravings? Pop, chocolate chips and peanut butter, fruit. Exactly the same as last pregnancy.

Stretch Marks? Yes

Gender? GIRL!!

What I'm Looking Forward To: Getting the nursery ready and a baby shower for little girl! :)

Highlight Of The Week: Baby girl is moving around like crazy now! Jacob felt her kick this week.

Milestones: Her face is fully formed now- just needs a little extra fat to fill it out! She's listening to mom's voice and heartbeat, and loud sounds like cars honking or dogs barking! (Which I'm sure she hears alot with Jack and Duke around!)

Symptoms:  Hard to breathe at times, heavy feeling in stomach, vericose veins.

Belly button in or out: Almost out- haha!

23 Week Comparison: