Weekly Update - 33 Weeks

from babycenter.com

How your baby's growing: This week your baby weighs a little over 4 pounds (heft a pineapple) and has passed the 17-inch mark. She's rapidly losing that wrinkled, alien look and her skeleton is hardening. The bones in her skull aren't fused together, which allows them to move and slightly overlap, thus making it easier for her to fit through the birth canal. (The pressure on the head during birth is so intense that many babies are born with a conehead-like appearance.) These bones don't entirely fuse until early adulthood, so they can grow as her brain and other tissue expands during infancy and childhood.

How am I feeling: Hard to get up after sitting down. Sleeping is painful. But otherwise pretty good. Oh yeah, and the colostrum has arrived!

Doctor Appointment

Had a doctor appointment today. Blood pressure good, measurement 33cm, heartbeat good. I did get another blood draw today. Apparently they lost the order for my anemia test last time so they had to do it now. No biggie.

So I go again in two weeks and then after that it is once a week! Time is definitely flying. I'm trying to enjoy all the belly-baby movements. While I can't wait to see her, this being my last pregnancy I will definitely miss feeling her wiggle in my tummy.

Oh and for future reference... don't ever make an appointment at 3pm on the day before Thanksgiving... traffic getting there was nuts!

Belly Picture - 32 Weeks

32 Weeks!

Weekly Update - 32 Weeks

from babycenter.com

How your baby's growing: By now, your baby weighs 3.75 pounds (pick up a large jicama) and is about 16.7 inches long, taking up a lot of space in your uterus. You're gaining about a pound a week and roughly half of that goes right to your baby. In fact, she'll gain a third to half of her birth weight during the next 7 weeks as she fattens up for survival outside the womb. She now has toenails, fingernails, and real hair (or at least respectable peach fuzz). Her skin is becoming soft and smooth as she plumps up in preparation for birth.

How am I feeling: Fine really. Hard to breath sometimes, or rather just a lot of shortness of breath. A little heartburn now and then but not to bad really. Sleeping is still a pain, but I don't expect that to change really until after she's born... when we really won't be sleeping! :)

Belly Picture - 31 Weeks

31 Weeks

Weekly Update - 31 Weeks

How your baby's growing: This week, your baby measures over 16 inches long. She weighs about 3.3 pounds (try carrying four navel oranges) and is heading into a growth spurt. She can turn her head from side to side, and her arms, legs, and body are beginning to plump out as needed fat accumulates underneath her skin. She's probably moving a lot, too, so you may have trouble sleeping because your baby's kicks and somersaults keep you up. Take comfort: All this moving is a sign that your baby is active and healthy.

How am I feeling: My only complaint is sleeping. I lay on one side for awhile and am fine and then after awhile my hip and butt hurt so bad it wakes me up. So I try and roll over which is not only a process but hurts in itself. Once on the other side it takes awhile for the pain to subside and I'm fine and go back to sleep... few hours later I do it all over again. After a few rounds of this both sides hurt and I have to get up for awhile.

Moya moves a lot, day and night, but it doesn't really bother me or keep me awake. I like knowing she's there.

Heartburn is starting to creep up but honestly it hasn't been that bad really. Not like how I had with Belle. And a few Tums seems to take care of it.

Doctor Appointment

Went in for a routine appointment today. Baby's heart rate is at 154, uterus measuring 32.5cm. All seems to be going well.

I asked her about the thigh pain and as I suspected she said it was just normal ligament stretching. She said the flip side is that normally means a quicker labor. So... more discomfort now means less later I guess? :)

I also asked about relief from my confused bowels (either everything moves to fast or two slow). She said I can take tums for the to fast and Citricil for the too slow. :)

Next appointment is on the 26th.