34 weeks!

Week of August 30th

34 weeks! I need a tan!

How Far Along? 34 weeks

Due Date:  October 11th

Total weight gain/loss: 35+ Not sure exactly. But I know I gained a lot last week since I had DQ ummm EVERYDAY!

Maternity Clothes? yup and they are the best stuff ever. I've never felt so good wearing normal clothes!

Stretch Marks? Yup but I'm slowly coming to terms with it. does it really matter that I don't have a perfectly smooth belly??? No, what matters is that I'm growing a beautiful little baby! 

Sleep?  It has been a little rough. I want so badly to sleep on my stomach!!!! Last night was really bad bc I had gotten some bad news at work, AND I got my authorization to test for the NCLEX which was stressful and made my mind worry all night!

Best Moment of this Week?  My doctor appointment today for sure. I've been pretty emotional lately, feeling like I could cry at any given moment. My doctor is amazing and made me feel completely at ease about this pregnancy and how I want to go natural. However she did worry me a little about the fact that one of the doctors is pretty much completely opposed to everything I want. Lets just pray he's NOT on call that day!

Movement? I'm noticing the movement more and more but its more like readjusting by baby than real movements. A body part will protrude out for a few minutes then go back. I just wish I knew what they were.

Also I forgot to mention last week that I think I felt baby have the hiccups for the first time. It was an odd feeling, of an evenly spaced little bump... weird!

Food cravings? ICED TEA! on my birthday adam and I went and got MacAlisters and their sweet tea is probably the best thing EVER. Well Adam has ensured since then that I have a ample supply of sweet tea in the fridge. He makes a simple syrup and then adds the tea...my husband is AMAZING!

Food aversions? nope

Gender? I'm still indifferent. But the thought of having a girl scares the crap out of me. Not that having a baby girl, or toddler would be bad...its the teenage years that scare me. I was quite frankly a BITCH as a teenager and I don't want to go through with that! 

Labor Signs?  Contractions haven't been horrible this week. 

Getting more and more round!

Belly Button In or Out? Still in and I really don't think it's going to pop out, but the stretch marks continue to grow around it daily!!!

What I miss? sleep!

What I am looking forward to: The baby's room is ALMOST done! My goal for the weekend is to paint the trim in our room, and the walls (the walls may be a Poppa job) so then I don't have to worry about our room being so pathetic anymore. All of this while trying to study for the NCLEX. I seem to like to take on too much at once!

Size of the Baby:

Baby's now the size of a honeydew!
Baby can recognize and react to simple songs...time to start practicing your lullabies! In fact, baby will recognize frequently sung tunes after birth and probably find them soothing. Less cute news: She now urinates about one pint per day. Get the diapers ready!.

F.I.L.T.E.R.

Why is it ok for people to not have a filter with pregnant women???

In our normal everyday (not pregnancy) lives is it ok to go up to someone and say "wow you're HUGE??"  The answer is ummmm NO! So why is it that people feel compelled to think it's ok to say those things to a pregnant, emotional, already not feeling her best woman? I tell you it's mind boggling to me.

I am someone who has STRUGGLED with my weight since I was a wee one. Yes I'm tall (almost 6') but for real that doesn't mean that I don't have "fat days". All I heard in high school if I complained about my weight was Ohhh well you're tall. Like what does that have to do with the fact that at 15 I was a size 14??? It doesn't. I was fat, I needed to lose weight and people just saying "ohhh well you're tall" doesn't make me feel any better.  In fact my insecurities are only further compounded by the fact that all the tall attractive people of the world are models who weight like 130 lbs at my height, what an awesome comparison.

Anyways, being pregnant has only further added to my insecurities of being overweight. I was already 25 lbs heaver than I was on my wedding day when I got pregnant. The truth is that 15 of those were gained while in nursing school. I wasn't making good eating decisions and didn't have the time to work out. So adding an additional 30ish pounds has been hard on me.

To make matters worse I swear more and more people are coming up to me telling me I'm huge.  FOR REAL?????? Because I'm carrying a baby its ok for you to point out my flaws? I'm already an emotional mess and your just adding insult to injury!! I know I'm not thin and you pointing that out is rude, disrespectful and completely uncalled for.

I wish I was witty and could come up with some rude ass comment back, but instead I just either have to grin and bear it or try to jokingly say...wow that was rude.

So lets go back to the age old adage of...IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING NICE TO SAY THEN DON'T SAY ANYTHING AT ALL!

Just because I'm pregnant doesn't mean you can call me fat, chunky, or huge. I don't say those things to you so don't say them to me. If you think those things, FINE but keep them to yourself! I really don't appreciate your rudeness!

Perhaps I'm being too sensitive but thats who I am and I just had to get this off my chest.
So lets put the FILTER back on and stop being rude to all pregnant women out there!

8 months!

33 days 3 days
Had to wait for Adam to be in
town again

Week of August 23rd

How Far Along? 33 weeks

Due Date:  October 11th

Total weight gain/loss: 34 still!!! 

Maternity Clothes? yup and I got a few more...I think I've spent more $$ on clothes for this pregnancy than I have in the last 5 years on non preggo clothes...

Stretch Marks? Yup but I'm slowly coming to terms with it. does it really matter that I don't have a perfectly smooth belly??? No, what matters is that I'm growing a beautiful little baby! 

Sleep?  Yeah I've come to terms with the fact that this is non existent. I try, but I can't get more than 2 hours of sleep at a time. It's all good, because I'm sure that this is what mommyhood is going to be like, so its better that I have practice. The only thing I hate is that my back and neck hurt so bad from sleeping on my side. 25 years of sleeping on my stomach doesn't make sleeping on your side easy!

Best Moment of this Week?  Definitely GRADUATION!!!!! I'm officially done with nursing school, and Marian University!!! Graduation was Thursday and it was in a way bitter sweet, simply because I've made such great friendships that I'm sad won't be a part of my daily lives. But the no school part is AMAZING!!! Adam drove up from Washington IN just for the ceremony then had to drive back, but I'm glad he was able to be there!

We also celebrated my 26th birthday (man i feel old) which was awesome because all we really did was spend time together, we went to church, lunch and just really realized how much I miss my husband. These last 3 years have been really tough on us so it was nice to spend a whole day together! Also we had our first round of maternity pictures!

Movement? I'm noticing the movement more and more and I think I'm too the point that every moment baby has moves my WHOLE belly!!! This child is clearly growing which is awesome but some of the movements are a little painful

Food cravings? none really this week, but I have eaten a lot of DQ since my mom got me a DQ birthday cake. 

Food aversions? nope

Gender? I'm still indifferent. But the thought of having a girl scares the crap out of me. Not that having a baby girl, or toddler would be bad...its the teenage years that scare me. I was quite frankly a BITCH as a teenager and I don't want to go through with that! 

Labor Signs?  Contractions still happening daily at more frequent intervals but nothing regular. They are getting bad at work. but its all part of the job I guess. 

New camera makes stretch marks look horrible!

Belly Button In or Out? Still in and I really don't think it's going to pop out, but the stretch marks continue to grow around it daily!!!

What I miss? sleep!

What I am looking forward to: Finishing the nursery this week, I've been painting the trim (I HATE wood trim) and I just have a few little things to do. My aunt will be finishing the bed skirt and curtains hopefully this weekend! Then I am going to be moving on to our bedroom! Nesting much???

Size of the Baby:

Baby's now the size of a honeydew!
Things are heating up inside as well: Baby may grow up to a full inch this week alone, and his brain is developing like crazy. Pretty soon, he'll be able to coordinate breathing with sucking and swallowing. Also, his bones are hardening, and he's started to keep his eyes open when he's awake.