Welcome to thirty-four weeks pregnant. It’s been an amazing journey so far, and we’re
getting so much closer to the end of the line.
Only six more weeks!
Am I excited to be done?
Well, in some ways I guess I could say I am. What with all the achiness and not being able
to do everything I want to. Also, I can’t
wait to see our little boy, and be able to hold him in our arms; that I’m very
excited for.
But I also enjoy being pregnant. I love watching my belly grow, and feeling
him kick. Watching him deform my belly
is now daily entertainment, and Mason feeling him kick while we cuddle is just
another added bonus.
Anyways, these past two weeks have been pretty amazing. I had one of my baby showers, and we got a
lot of adorable baby clothes. I feel
especially lucky because we got some cute homemade things. I’ll be sure to post pictures of these
things. The first is a handmade quilt. It is completely handmade without a sewing
machine, and the stitches are perfect.
You would not be able to tell that she didn’t use a sewing machine. Next, we got a cute handmade outfit. She made little booties, a sweater, and a
perfect hat. I did not expect anything
handmade, so this was a great surprise.
After that, Mason and I got started moving the bedroom
around so we can fit the baby stuff in here.
It turns out that it didn’t exactly come out right though, so this
weekend we will be finishing it. Besides
that, we got the crib up! The sheet is
on and everything is ready. I am so
thankful to Mason for putting it together.
It was pretty entertaining trying to figure it out. You see, it was the crib my mom used for my
little sister and I. Therefore, there
were no directions. We ended up asking
my mom for some help, but for the most part we figured it out on our own.
Well, that’s it for the random parts of these two weeks; now
for my symptoms.
Everything has pretty much been the same besides feeling achier
in the ribs and in my back. I’ve still been
really out of breath. I haven’t found a
way to help with this. No matter which way
I lay, I still feel out of breath. I’m
not out of breath all the time though, just when he’s especially high.
I’ve also been having some heartburn. It hasn’t been that bad though. Going along with this, I sometimes feel like
my food is still stuck in my chest. It doesn’t
seem to want to settle. I think I’ve
been having a little bit of an increase in my appetite too. I still can’t eat too much at once because of
not having a lot of room, but I’ve been having more cravings. One of which is chocolate milk, so this pay we
will be getting chocolate syrup.
My morning sickness has been so much better. I haven’t gotten sick in over three
weeks. I still get nauseated, but not
nearly as bad as it used to be. This is
a great change for me. I didn’t like
being sick all the time, but I had gotten pretty used to it. I would never complain about morning sickness
because it’s a part of pregnancy. I’ve
had the best pregnancy, and being sick hasn’t ruined it at all.
Getting around has been another big symptom now. It’s hard for me to bend down and pick up
things. I have to be reclined when I sit
instead of sitting straight up. Sitting
straight up makes my ribs ache quite a bit.
My balance is pretty horrible right now.
I have to hold onto the rail going up the steps just to be safe. I also still get leg cramps in my right leg
most of the time while I’m walking. This
causes me to have to walk really slowly because it is very uncomfortable, but
it goes away quickly.
Finally, I still do not have any energy. I get tired after cleaning houses, and I go to
bed early almost every night. I haven’t
had any trouble sleeping though which is good.
The only problem I have is getting out of bed in the morning. It takes effort now to lift myself up out of
bed.
Anyways, that’s it for my symptoms. Let me know what your symptoms are in a
comment down below.
Last but not least is my doctor’s appointment. As you know I had a doctor’s appointment on
Monday. This one was a little bit more
eventful than the last one.
First of all, Mason got to go this time because he got
rained out. We were both really happy
about this.
So Jason is perfectly healthy, and his heartbeat was
normal. I gained four pounds this time,
making my total weight gain twenty pounds.
I wasn’t very surprised about this weight gain because I had been
feeling really huge. All of the weight
that I gain goes to my belly (isn’t that a sign that you’re having a boy?). I haven’t gained weight anywhere else, which I’m
happy about, but I’m not too happy yet. I’m
thinking that I’m going to end up gaining everywhere when I’m just about to
have him. I’ve heard that happens to
some people.
As for the exciting part of the doctor’s appointment: my
doctor was measuring my belly like usual, and I asked her how much she thought
he weighed. My mom had asked me to ask
her because she was curious, and Mason and I were too. She then told me that he was measuring big,
and that she wants to order an ultrasound to check his growth. She also said that her guess would be six
pounds, but that she’s not very good at guessing weights, and that we’ll know
for sure at the ultrasound.
I personally think he’ll be between 4 ½ and 5 pounds. My mom thinks 5 ½, and Mason thinks 4 ½. We’ve kind of made a guessing game out of
this on what his weight will be. So take
a guess in the comments below, and I’ll let you know on Monday what he
weighed.
Anyways it turns out that next time I went it would have
been the last time I waited two weeks for my appointment. After my appointment at 36 weeks I would have
started going every week. Instead I’ll
be having my regular appointment after my ultrasound which means I’ll be going
to every week appointments early. This
happened when I went to two week appointments.
I was just about to switch to two week appointments, and then she wanted
to have my gestational diabetes check early.
Mason and I both find it weird that that’s how it worked out.
Now we’re expecting a bigger baby, but my OB said that the
ultrasound might show that he’s right on track.
Mason thinks Jason might have been sticking out his butt when she
measured me, but we’ll find out on Monday.
Also, Mason will get to go to this ultrasound, which is
amazing. We’re both extremely excited to
be able to see him again before he’s born.
My mom will also be going to the ultrasound. It’s supposed to be about a half hour long,
and we have a great technician that always gives us a good look. It’s funny because I was thinking that I
wanted Mason to get to go to another appointment before Jason got here because
he hasn’t heard his heartbeat in a long time.
Now he’ll get to go to another one, and get to see Jason again.
So I think that’s about it.
I’ll be posting my belly picture and a few other pictures today. I’m going to give you an update on Monday or
Tuesday on how my appointment went. Now
every week I’ll give you an update on my appointments if only just to let you
know that he’s healthy. They may be
short, but I’ll add in any random things that I can. I’m still deciding whether I’ll go to weekly
pregnancy updates or not, so we’ll see.
Just keep a look out. Thanks for
reading, and have a great day. As for
those that are pregnant and reading this, I hope everything is going great, and
that your baby is healthy.
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