32 weeks

 

 

How Far Along? 32 weeks and 1 day.

Baby Size: Somewhere around 16-19 inches long and around 4lbs! (Okay, I have my own idea of how big she currently is. I believe she's about the size of the kitten we found at work. About 16-17 inches long and weighs about 3 - 3.5 lbs.

Total Weight Gain: Somewhere around 23lbs. (We'll find out the new numbers on Wednesday.)

Maternity Clothes: As you can tell from the above picture, I recycle a lot of my clothes. Not much fits... or at least fits well.

Stretch Marks: The hip area and my belly are still stretch mark free.  But since I've gotten tired of the smell of the other lotion, and I managed to acquire a few stretch marks on the last... we've decided to switch up and we're back to the Bio-Oil. Twice a day... we're not giving up the battle now!

Best moment this week: Uhm... I guess it would be getting a lot of things accomplished this week...

Miss Anything? Sleep, and not being sore all of the time. It's getting really, really hard to get up from a sitting/laying position.

Movement: We're rocking and rolling. She definitely belongs to me and Ben though - the girl likes her sleep. Her rolls are much bigger. This morning, Ben came in the bedroom to wake me up and run his Sunday School lesson by me. He started laughing when he rubbed my belly because she was curled up on my left side and had my entire belly lop-sided.

Food Cravings:  Ice Water, Iced Sweet Tea, Ice Cream (Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Frozen Yogurt is currently the fav.), Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies.

Anything making you queasy or sick: Not eating, being stressed, not enough sleep, and over-doing the whole physical activity thing.

Started to show yet? Yes, people keep asking me when I'm due! The best part is that now when I tell them they don't say "Oh, you've got a while." they say "You don't have long at all!" My favorite was Friday when I was helping unload a shipment and one of my customers asked that - and then said: "What the heck are you doing lifting those boxes?!" I told him I was working and he said: "Working?! Make somebody else do it. I'd tell them to kiss my butt." LOL

Gender: Girl! (We're going to double check this Wednesday - just in case! lol. I can't make myself open or wash any of her things from the last baby shower until I hear again. I know I have very clear ultrasound pictures that show she is a girl, but I told Ben that the moment I pop off a tag or wash any of it, that that will be the EXACT moment that she grows boy parts.

Belly Button in or out? Out. Ben thinks it's funny. I think it's slightly strange and sad. I had such a nice belly button... plus it's really weird seeing the inside of my belly button. Bright side: I know for sure that it's the cleanest and most moisturized that it's ever been!

Wedding Rings on or off? On, but they come off frequently. I've having a fair amount of swelling going on lately.

Weird Pregnancy Stuff? 

- Varicose and spider veins. I hate wearing shorts or skirts. It's bad enough with the swelling and super white legs. Luckily, I'm not one for wearing shorts/skirts.

- I eat about a spoonful of honey every night before bed. I heard that it helps regulate your blood sugar, helps with sleep, and leg cramps.

- My butt bone hurts. It feels like all of those joints swell and make moving quite difficult. It really makes me want to cry every time I realize I have to get up... especially from a laying down position. It should probably be embarrassing to admit that Ben has to help me up so much.

- The reflux is back!!!

- My brain lapses are getting worse. I just keep reminding myself that research says that it's a normal pregnancy thing - AND that it's worse for women carrying girls. Hopefully, she's getting all of the brain power she's taking from me... because Mommy's stupid now.

- Still waiting on this nesting thing to kick in. I'm doing stuff, but it's only because I know I need to do so.

- The acne on my back and chest is slightly clearing up.

- I believe that I'm going to have to bite the bullet and buy some new undergarments soon.

- Even though I've always been freaked out by sleeping on top of the covers... (You never know what could get your or be crawling on you!) I spend most of my nights sleeping on top of the covers. I'm always hot... day or night. I'm freezing my co-workers to death. Luckily, my husband isn't complaining too much.... though I did sort-of accidentally kick all of his covers because I was hot. He said he would remind me of all of this come November and I started griping about it being cold all of the time.

- The Braxton hicks are getting a little stronger - but still not bad - just uncomfortable since it gets so hard up under/around my ribs.

Looking forward to: The rest of this weekend. My next baby shower. My next doctors visit/ultrasound (Which is WEDNESDAY!!) Holding my baby.

Birth Date Guess? Okay, so this is new but Ben and I decided we would put in our official guesses.

My guess: The weekend of October 12th weighing in at 6lbs 8oz.

Ben's guess: October 28th weighing in at 7lbs 5oz.

Feel free to throw your guesses into the pot!

 

 

Now, if you'll excuse me... I believe I'm going to finish off my tub of Ice Cream. :)