33 weeks..

Seven more weeks left until our 40 week due date. 37 weeks is still considered full term, which could mean in a month, we could be delivering a full term baby. Am I ready? As my aunt said...are you ever ready? Our list of items which we "need" is becoming smaller and smaller. Or at least for the items we "think" we "need". All the small things, like getting the house REALLY cleaned and getting rid of things that we don't "need", are all on our list of things to do.

I have definitely been blessed with a pretty good pregnancy so far (knock on wood). I have continued to feel good, even normal. Unless, you count the fact that when I went for a 3 mile run yesterday, which is all uphill the way out (really it is!), I had to walk a few times on the way out, but I ran the whole way back. That extra weight and squishing of the lungs sure makes hills a lot more difficult! For run club tomorrow, I picked a location that is downhill at the beginning and then flat. I don't mind having to walk up the hill on the way back, but starting off walking is never fun!

I don't think I have gotten much bigger the past few weeks. But I guess when you see yourself everyday, it is harder to tell.



Random facts:
Days till due date: 49!
Days pregnant: 231
Baby's size: 4.25-more than 4.5lbs
Baby's length: 17-19 inches in length
Growth: Baby could grow another inch this week and will gain a third or even double her weight before being born.
Development: Baby now has her own immune system
Day's till next doctors appt: 6

32 weeks...

I am a little late with the 32 week post. Nothing of great interest this week and we have been busy with two birthday parties and a food review. Again, the weeks seem to come very quickly. Everyone says this last part of the pregnancy is the longest part. I am not sure when the "dragging" part of the weeks will come, because they sure have not yet! This time of the year usually goes fast, so I am pretty sure it will go even faster now.

This week I had my doctors appointment. Everything is still going well, measuring and weighing on track. If you can say that gaining a 1lb a week is on track! Better 1 than 2, I guess. Each week that I am bigger, it is hard to believe. Some days I feel small (haha) and some days I feel really big. But still for the most part, I wouldn't know that I am pregnant. I asked the doctor what she "thought" the baby might weigh, but she said she really has no idea because we will not do another ultrasound, unless my measurements become really off, one way or the other. She said she would guess a 7.5-8lb baby, but that was just a guess.

In our progress of getting things done, we moved the dog kennels to the garage and put the pack and play up in the computer room. Yes, we have something in almost every room for her, mainly because we have dogs and I don't plan on just putting her on the floor with the dogs. I'm sure some people think my dogs are devils and might eat her, I more worry that in their "fun" they would jump on her, or lick her so much that she would need a bath.

Here is to another fast week, 4 days till Thanksgiving and our 33rd week.






Random facts:
Days pregnant: 226
Days till due date: 54
Baby size: 19 inches and 4 lbs
Baby gains: about .5lbs a week from now until due date
She has toenails, fingernails and real hair, her skin is not see through and is plumping up

31 weeks..

Time continues to fly by! 31 weeks pregnant, sounds pretty scary! Things are coming together pretty well in our house. Her room is looking very nice, hope she likes pink (like her dad!). However, it still looks like a tornado has gone through the room. All of her clothes are washed and put away. However, the closet top and floor still have luggage pieces and some of Pedro's things along with the glider chair, that is currently home to Pedro's shorts. Hopefully he finds a new home for them soon, so I can finish putting her stuff in there. I try not to let the dogs play in the room, they get to go in, but mainly they just lay down on the floor while I am doing things.

Nothing else exciting this week. I have been busy with practice and lessons (my weekend has 6 scheduled right now). Running this week has taken place on the treadmill, although it has been nice out, I have not taken advantage of it because I have to be at the gym for lessons, so I figure I will just workout there.

Still have been feeling good. The only strange thing I get is that I get this pain in the middle of my back. Not sure what it is, but I definitely have been getting it more. And sometimes I have a "burning" pain in one of my ribs. I assume she just likes to push against a nerve causing some of the pain. During most of my pregnancy I have not wanted dessert. However, the last two weeks or so, that has changed back to my normal dessert loving self!

Here is a picture of one of the walls we did this week:


We also got a new rug, once I take a picture I will put it up.

Here are the belly pictures:


And no, I am not watching wrestling now, because I have a big belly like a sumo wrestler (as seen by the TV, that is Pedro's show)




Random info:
Day's pregnant:217
Day's till due date: 63
Baby length: 18 inches
Baby weight: the average is 3.25 lbs right now...no idea how big our girl is
Baby: Sleeping more and may gain 3-5 more lbs prior to delivering, which is her main job right now, plumping up!
Day's till next doctors appt: 6 days

30 weeks!

I am in the 30's! Our baby girl could arrive in 7-12 weeks (or earlier, but hopefully she decides to grow a bit more first). That is a wide range, but I am hoping to make sure that I have everything ready for her, just in case she makes an early arrival. Today was my last baby shower, this one was with family. I got a lot of good necessities, so now we have a good idea of what we still need or want. Tonight, I took all of our newborn to 3 month clothing out and organized them all to be washed. Then I took the summer/dresses/short sleeves 3-12 month stuff (not very much), 6-12 month winter long sleeves and hoodies (not too many), and 6-12 month long pants (a few pair), and put them in one storage bin, labeled with sizes and seasons, so if the season changes, or she grows into a bigger size, I have them labeled and easy to find. I have no idea how many times you change a baby's clothes in a day, but I am sure it is a lot, so you can never have too much stuff, and for different seasons, we have only a few outfits, or only a few as she grows. I have no idea how big she will be when she is born, so I am not sure what size she will be needing. I am not going to wash any of the bedding yet, because we are hopefully getting new windows soon and so they will be out in the open and will need to be washed again once we get those done.

I would say that I don't feel like I have grown that much in the past month, but some people think I look bigger? I guess, I don't know since I see myself everyday. My doctor appointment this week went well, I now start going every two weeks. I measured fine (she didn't give me a measurement) and my blood pressure was still low and my heart rate was a nice 58 bpm, good to see some benefit from all of the working out I do! The funny thing was that I had randomly weighed myself a few days before my appointment and then again the night before my appointment I had not gained any weight in the three weeks, until that morning I got on the scale and I had literally gained 2lbs that day. Whatever! I have not been as hungry lately and it seems if I eat a bigger meal, I get a stomachache. Must not be as much room. I think I need to eat smaller meals. I have been having some heartburn (not the severely painful kind, just an annoying kind), in the evenings and when I run.

The only other symptoms I have been experiencing is that this past week or so I have been a bit more tired than usual. Besides that, I still feel normal (besides the everyday bloody nose and dry lips). The other day at the mall I went to get a sample of the good candy they have and a lady said that "the pregnant lady needs to feed the baby" and I was a little confused why she was saying that, until I remembered I was pregnant! haha!. Yesterday, I ran 5 miles at a pretty fast pace, outside with run club and felt completely fine. I get a little sore in my lower abdomen in the afternoon after the run, it feels kind of like sore muscles, which I am sure are doing extra work to hold up the baby! But the pain goes away by the evening.

This week we have been pretty busy, organizing the baby's room, figuring out where some of Pedro's clothing will go and finding things for the room. Then we did two restaurant reviews and went to see two movies. Plus, I have had quite a few lessons and my own workouts (everyday), the baby shower, and practices. Been quite a busy week, that is the reason the post is a few days later than usual.

Alright here are a few pictures, I should have some more from the baby shower soon.

Here is some of the work we have done in the room:


This is a coat hanger and we put the monkey, bird and the leaves. The wall color is light pink on top and chocolate brown on the bottom, but it looks darker in the picture. This is how the rest of the room is painted around (half pink/brown).


The cake from the shower, Dena got it and it matches everything awesomely! Don't look at the ugly baby pictures of Pedro and I, I feel bad for our daughter since we are both kind of scary!



Here are the belly pictures (she still likes to lay sideways across my stomach, or mostly on my left side):




Random facts:
Day's till due date: 68 days!
Day's pregnant: 212!
Baby is now 3-4lbs and about 17 inches long.
Baby's new skills: Brain is developing grooves. She is learning to regulate her own body temperature, so she is starting to lose the fine hair that covers her body. Her bone marrow has taken over red blood cell production.
She will gain about .5lbs a week from here on out.
Day's till next doctor's appointment: 11 days