36 weeks
Tuesday
November 27th, 2012
How
far along? 36 weeks and 4 day.
Total weight gain: 31 pounds. I am measuring at 36 weeks so I’m right on.
Maternity clothes? Still same as always. I doubt I will buy anymore maternity
clothes either since I have such little time left.
Stretch Marks? No new ones, just those two red ones I
found the other week.
Sleep: I never get a full nights rest. I’m constantly waking up either
from being uncomfortable or needing to use the restroom. It’s insane how much I
use the restroom; sometimes it can get up to 5 or 6 times a night! I have such
a hard time getting uncomfortable too. I used to love cuddling with Ian at
night and now I just want my space to at least attempt to be comfortable.
Best moment this week? The other day Ian didn’t have to work so we got to spend some
time together as a family, which doesn’t happen very often. We went to Dixie rock first, Brody’s favorite place, and did some
exploring. Ian and Brody also did some “rock climbing”, Bro was pretty nervous
at first but ended up loving it! After that we went to Café Rio, one of our
favorite restaurants and then went to munchies after for some frozen yogurt.
One time at our doctor’s appointment they took forever, and we weren’t able to
see the doctor because he was at the hospital so to make up for it they gave us
a Café Rio gift card, we were excited to
use it. And Brody’s club teacher gave him a coupon for munchies that he has
been bagging us to use.
Miss anything? Lately I have been
missing being able to be crafty, and my sewing machine my mom and I had. There
are SOO many cute things I want to make for our little girl but we just don’t have
the money, it makes me so sad :(
Movement: Yes, she not active all the time
but she gets very crazy when she does move. She still moves the most in the
evening, her little legs and arms poke out quiet a bit which is fun to feel and
see.
Food cravings: We have been having a lot of orange Julius’s, and I love them!! I
think its because it’s the next best thing to shaved ice. The last few weeks I
have also been craving pop!! And not just any kind, it has to be 7up or sprit,
the cheap kinds wont cut it either. I know its horrible to crave pop but I want
it so bad!!
Food aversions: None really, I can even do ground beef to a certain degree. Ian
and I had whooper juniors the other night and I loved it!! It was the first hamburger
I’ve had in months, I honestly could have eatin 3 or 4 of them!!
Boy or girl: Girl :)
Labor signs: Lots of Braxton hick contractions. I am dilated to a 2 and am 70%
thinned. I have also lost my mucus plug.
Symptoms: Here’s the list haha, Acid reflex as always if I don’t
take my medicine soon enough, although If I do take it I’m fine lately. Total
and complete lack of energy, I literally have no energy for anything. Ian said that he has noticed me
lately getting a lot more tired a lot easier. It was my turn for sharing time
the last two weeks, last week I told a story at the very beginning, by the end
of the story I was out of breath and needing to fan myself…what the heck!! I
get so extremely hot as well, I mean like sweating hot which is weird given
that its almost December. Lots of either Braxton hick contractions or actual contractions,
not quiet sure what they are. Whatever they are they are getting more intense
though. My back aches like crazy, in fact my whole body aches, everything on me
is sore! But my back is definitely the worse. My belly button has been hurting
like crazy too, which I was told today would probably turn into a hernia after
I give birth. I mentioned the pain I have been having on my right side of the top of
my stomach and my doctor said it is a nerve that the baby is like bothering or
something, and man does it hurt! Its my worst symptom of all, it burns so bad
it feels like muscles are ripping.
Belly Button in or out? Out, very very out.
Wedding ring on or off? Off. It was getting pretty hard to take off so I have been
keeping it off. Im scared to death to get it stuck. I don’t want it to be
bothering me during labor and not be able to get it off.
Looking forward to: Having this baby! In a way I will miss being pregnant, but Im
ready to be comfortable in my own body again and have our little girl with us. I’m
content with the time I have left but still excited for the approach of my due
date. I am also looking forward to moving. A couple in our ward has a basement
apartment they rent out and the people that are in it right now are moving out
at the end of December. It doesn’t quiet have the extra storage we are looking
for but it is really nice! And it has an awesome backyard complete with a super
cool swing set in a sand pit and play house for Brody. It’s also right next
door to our really good friends, so I’m pretty excited about it. It’s not a
100% thing but we are definitely leaning towards it.
Fun facts: Since I have been so bad about doing my weekly updates lately Ill
do some catching up here. On the 13th we had an appointment, I was
told that they would be checking to see if I was dilated but they held of till
the week after to do it. I was having a lot of discharge so they gave me an
ultrasound to make sure my amniotic fluid was ok. Everything ended up being
fine and it was a lot of fun to see our little girl, she looked huge compared
to the last time we saw her! My cervix was also completely closed so no worries
of going into labor. Since Brody was so big I asked how big she was, at 34 ½ weeks
she already weighed 6 pounds 11 ounces, which put her in the 87th percentile!!
We were also told to expect her to put on half a pound per week so to expect
another 9+ pound baby. I know this shouldn’t have been a surprise to me but I
was hoping to not have another enormous baby. My next appointment was on
Wednesday the 21st, this time they did check me and I was dilated to
a 2 but not thinned out at all. I also got the whopping cough shot at that
visit. For some reason the exam made me almost faint, as soon as I sat up I got
extremely hot and sweaty and my ears started to loose their hearing. Everything
got muffled and started to sound like a far off noise. Luckily I laid down on
my side in time for it to go away. The doctor said it’s not uncommon at all at
this point in pregnancy, that lying on your back can easily do that. The next day which just happened to be Thanksgiving (nov 22nd), I lost my mucus plug in the afternoon. We also
had an appointment today, which I was checked at again. I am still at a 2 but
am now 70% thinned. We also learned today that the babies head is down. Onto some
other fun facts, for the past month or so I haven’t been able to eat as much at
a time, and it just keeps getting worse, I can hardly eat a full meal
sometimes. I have to do small snacks throughout the day. Also Ian and I did
Brody’s Christmas shopping last Saturday, as we were walking to our car a car
drove by us and the girl had a huge smile on her face. They must have parked
while we were getting things into the car because all of a sudden we heard
someone say excuse me to us. She again had a huge smile on her face and said “You
look so cute pregnant!” It couldn’t have been better timing because just
earlier that day I was feeling down about how big my belly is getting. Also our little girl
has the hiccups like crazy, I swear like multiple times a day. And one more, our doctor said I am officialy full term :)