34 weeks pregnant!

I seriously cannot believe how far along I am! It just seems so crazy to think that she will be here within 5 weeks!

Baby Growth: This week, baby girl weighs almost 5 lbs and is almost 18 inches long.  She's really starting to pack on the fat and her skin is getting smoother and smoother. The biggest thing that she works on from here on out is lung development.

My Symptoms:  Exhaustion has definitely set in! I'm starting to feel like baby girl is so far up into my chest that it makes it difficult to breathe! I'm ready for her to drop so this will be alleviated a little. I have been having Braxton Hicks contractions but they are still inconsistent. They do seem to be getting more intense when they come but they still come randomly. I had a really bad one Saturday night, the worst they have been yet so I can only imagine how fun real contractions will be! :)


Weight:  I've gained a total of 30 pounds so far and go to the Doctor tomorrow so hopefully didn't pack on too much from all that Thanksgiving food!


Belly Pictures:  We were finally able to get another chalkboard photo in this week! Looking so huge at this point!

Here, also, are some pictures from our maternity shoot we did with my sis and bro in law over Thanksgiving. I was surprisingly happy with them for as bad as I feel I look!

Gender: Girl!!!!


Maternity Clothes: Definitely all I can wear now besides my tshirts and yoga pants!


Movement: I am starting to notice her movements not being as strong as they had been. She definitely still moves all the time but I can tell a major difference in how intense the movement is now. This is to be expected though, since she doesn't have much room to move around any more!


Sleep:  This is finally starting to get to be uncomfortable. I toss and turn all night and wake up because my hips or back or hurting and I just can't seem to find a sleep position that is comfortable. I'm also super stuffy when I sleep and so I can barely breathe, so Merlin gets to be blessed with my snoring, haha!


What I Miss: A good night's sleep and having clothes to wear!


What I'm Looking Forward To: I have officially chosen my last day of work to be Decemeber 20th and I'm really looking forward to being able to be off work and relax Christmas week, unless she decides to come before that!

Cravings: I've been craving holiday treats that my mom always bakes! Monkey bread, martha washingtons, Christmas cookies, icebox cake, mmmmmm I can't wait!


Best Moment of the Week: Thanksgiving and being able to spend time with the entire family! It was so nice being able to see everyone and catch up! I also thoroghly enjoyed the Thanksgiving meal and didn't even feel guily after eating all of it and then some this year! :)


Questions or Concerns: Just wondering how much baby girl is estimated to weigh. I know she should be almost 5 pounds, but I want to know if that's what she most likely is or more/less. I'll ask at my appointment tomorrow.


Goals for the Week:  Get our Christmas cards out! Also finish her nursery. Her monogram came in this week along with a few other small things I needed to complete the nursery. So, I want to get everything hung on the walls and finalized this weekend! Can't wait to see the finished product!

33 weeks pregnant

So....once again, I'm a slacker and totally missed a post last week! I'll try to get ya'll caught up on what's been going on since then!

Baby Growth:  Baby Kynslie is over 4 lbs at this point and is over 17 inches long.  She is growing like crazy this week and may grow up to an inch in length just this week alone! Her bones are starting to harden this week and she is also starting to keep her eyes open during the times that she is awake.

My Symptoms:  I've started to really feel big pregnant this week. It's getting harder to do simple daily things like get up and down off the couch or floor, put my shoes on, and shave my legs. I seem to forget how big I've gotten because I still feel like I can slide in small places and then end of hitting something or someone wtih my belly. haha. My back has really started hurting during the night and when I first wake up in the morning. I've also been having Braxton Hicks contractions on and off. I get them alot when I turn sides during the night (which is constantly). Once I turn, my stomach just turns into a huge, tight knot. My midwife says this is a good thing, though, because my body is getting ready for the real deal and most likely will have contractions on its own without having to induce (fingers crossed!)


Weight:  Up to a total of 30 pounds now, yuck!

Belly Pictures:

 

Here's the big ole belly!

 

Gender: All girl!

Maternity Clothes: I'm definitely in all maternity clothes now. For work, I've basically been in my work tshirts (thank goodness I ordered some mediums to cover this belly!) and jeans. I have a few scrub pants that still fit comfortably but those are becoming limited because when I sit down, they cut into the belly.

Movement:  She's still moving alot. The midwife said that this will probably slow down over the next few weeks as shes getting bigger and having less room to spread out in there. She loves to poke her little feet out on my right side and it really takes my breath away most of the time. She likes to karate kick pretty hard and can be pretty painful! She's starting to move more up to my ribs but not to the point where its hurting....yet!

Sleep:  This is beginning to get a lot more uncomfortable. I feel pretty good when I first lay down but as the night goes on, I wake up a million times to turn sides because my hip and back will be hurting. And it hurts badly to flip this big belly over, which normally leads to a contraction, ughhh!

What I Miss:  Being comfortable and having energy to do simple things and having clothes to wear that don't make me look totally frumpy

 

What I'm Looking Forward To: Thanksgiving!!! Excited to be able to see and spend time with all of my fam and also eat too much of a yummy meal and actually not feel guilty about it for once, haha! We are also doing more maternity pics with our fave photogs for our Christmas cards, so I'm excited about those too!

 

Cravings: Still the sweets. I can't seem to get enough anymore!

 

Best Moment of the Week:  Since I missed last week, I'll include that moment first, which was my shower! So many of my wonderful friends put in so much effort to make the shower so pretty and perfect for Kynslie and we are so blessed to be given so many gifts again to start her life! Here's all my lovely hostesses minus one, who was home with a sick, tiny baby.

 

 

 

 

 

This week- My birthday! It was probably the first year in many that I spent it doing absolutely nothing but sitting on the couch and watching tv with my sis, but I wouldn't have had it any other way! It was so nice to be able to relax! My parents cooked a wonderful birthday meal for me Thursday night and my mom bought me a prenatal massage. I got the massage on Saturday and it was A-MAZING!!!! I would highly recommend this to anyone who is pregnant because I was so relaxed and felt awesome afterward!

Questions or Concerns:  Nothing I can think of. Ive been going to appointments every 2 weeks now so I seem to get all my questions answered pretty quickly! 


Goals for the Week: Finish organzing Kynslies room with all the gifts we have been given! We bought a toy chest for her nursery and I defintiley want to get that put together and in her room by this week! Nursery is almost complete, yay!

31 weeks pregnant!

Baby Growth: This week, Kynslie is measuring in at about 16 inches long and about 3.3 lbs (about the size of a pineapple!), and she is heading into a growth spurt. She can now turn her head from side to side.  She’s still going through major brain and nerve development. Her irises now react to light, and all five of her senses are in working order (although she won’t use his sense of smell until she is born)

 

My Symptoms: This week, I've just been tiring out alot easier. I feel like she has really popped out so much more within the last week. My tummy has finally gotten to that majorly firm and tight point and when she pokes and stretches out, it can be painful in some points.  It's also hard to get in a good, deep breath lately. I seem to huff and puff when I'm doing simple things or just walking distances.


Weight:So excited that I only gained 1 pound the last week and a half! Woohoo! So total is up to 26 pounds, uughhhh

Belly Pictures:

 

And here is the big ole belly at 31 weeks!

 

 

Gender: Sweet little girl


Maternity Clothes: Pretty much all maternity except for tshirts and dresses, which I'm still just wearing mediums and larges in. Most of my scrub tops are getting too tight or mostly too short to cover this growing belly! So glad the formal events I had to go are over now because it was so hard finding something that looked decent to wear!

Movement: She is still moving all the time! She is getting where she will practically wrap around my side, it must be with her feet, but it hits something that really hurts so I try to push her back the other direction!


Sleep: Still sleeping good except for turning from side to side all during the night. But once I wake up to turn, I can always go right back to sleep so it's not been bothering me too much. My hips will start hurting if I lay on one side for too long and then it can be a little painful to flip.


What I Miss: Easily being able to get up and down from the floor or the couch. I feel like an old, obese woman!


What I’m Looking Forward To: My shower this weekend!!!! I can't wait to have so many of my favorite people in the same room at the same time! I know all the hostesses have worked very hard getting everything together so I can't wait to see how it all turns out!


Cravings: Not really anything specific.


Best Moment of the Week: Going to the doctor Friday and hearing my UTI had cleared up! Yay! I did decide to take the medicine so I was glad that it worked!


Questions or Concerns: Talked with our midwife Friday about when we could induce if Kynslie doens't come on her own before 39 weeks and she informed me that her and Dr. Sharon will both be out of town the weekend before Christmas and until the Wednesday after. It freaked me out a bit because I am terrified of going into labor when they are not here! There is another Doctor on call obviously but I would be devastated not having my midwife or doctor that I am comfortable with to deliver her! So, she said she would start checking me at 36 weeks and working my membranes each week, if possible, to get her to maybe come on her own a little early. But if that doesn't work, then I just pray she waits until the Thursday after Christmas to make her appearance!


Goals for the Week: Finish organizing her nursery, especially after the shower this weekend, I'll probably need to re-organize a few times! But I don't mind because I love spending time in her nursery right now! :)