34 Weeks

How Far Along: 34 Weeks / 6 left to go!

 

How big is baby:  Your baby now weighs about 4 3/4 pounds (about the size of a cantaloupe) and is almost 18 inches long.

*At OB appointment Thursday of this week (yesterday) the belly measurement was at 32. OB asked how big I was when born (which I think I was 6 something) and thought maybe he will be a small baby / or my long torso hides him.  I feel big, because I have never been pregnant, but when comparing to others I am tiny.

This week's big developments:   His fat layers — which will help regulate his body temperature once he's born — are filling him out, making him rounder. His skin is also smoother than ever. His central nervous system is maturing and his lungs are continuing to mature as well.

 

My Body:  By this week, fatigue has probably set in again, though maybe not with the same coma-like intensity of your first trimester. Your tiredness is perfectly understandable, given the physical strain you're under and the restless nights of frequent pee breaks and tossing and turning, while trying to get comfortable.
* I have been very tired, the snowy and dark weather has not been helping either.
*He is still head down, I am feeling tender on by pelvis where his head and shoulders are pressing making sitting and walking a bit more uncomfortable.

Stretch Marks:  Nothing new, not much growth this week.
Weight gain/loss: Happy that I have not gained any weight in the last two weeks :) I was really packing it on there for a while.
Maternity clothes: Got a nursing tank and some comfy active wear pants to wear now and after baby comes (fold over top).

Best moment this week: 
Movement:  He is active, especially when I lay on my right side (where his feet are) when I go to bed. I guess he doesn't like to be squished. It is fun when he really gets going, typically after I eat, because my belly dances. I think I will miss having him inside me.
Miss Anything: Wine currently.

Food cravings: I  have not had a good appetite lately, nothing sounds that great.

Symptoms: Irritability, Fatigue, lack of motivation to do much of anything. Poor Benz has not been on a walk in months :( Such a bad puppy mommy. I know why pregnant women waddle, because of the pressure going on down there. Which I have had this pressure from day one because he has always sat so low.

Sleep:  Some nights it is hard to fall asleep partly because my body is sore and partly because my to do list has been in my brain. Work has been a bit stressful which is probably why my to do list is being a bother.
Anything making you queasy or sick: No
Gender: Baby Boy

Looking forward to:  I keep looking at our ultrasound pictures, I am dying to see what our little guy is going to look like. I wish we could get another  ultrasound just to get another peek. I am getting more items in my hospital bag and diaper bag.  This weekend (Sunday) our Doula is coming to our house to talk about how to labor at home and to take some maternity pictures. I am hoping to get some good bare belly shots. Then on Tuesday we have a maternity photo shoot (outdoors) with https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kacie-K-Photography/349275561758607 

This weekend we are going to get the rest of the important stuff off our baby registry (breast pump, baby monitor, additional crib sheets etc) Black Friday we spent a certain amount and got a 20% coupon which is totally better then the 10% you get for the registry items.   We still need to figure out a chair / rocker for the nursery. I totally don't want to pay an arm and a leg and I am not sure exactly what I want, which is a problem. I guess I am just hoping I come across one. We also need a nice rug since it is wood floor.

Made some Danish Spritz :)

 

Getting Benz adjusted to life with baby by not letting him have free range of the back seat. He did super great! Here he is waiting for Nathan to come out of the store.