29 week Bump-Date

February 22, 2014

 

I am beginning to think this picture thing is going to be a bi-monthly thing...sorry

 

Pregnancy Highlights

 

How Far Along:
29 Weeks and 2 days!

Size of baby:
According to The Bump, Baby GIRL is the size of an Acorn Squash!

Maternity Clothes:
Same as before, my old shirts are mostly all pretty tight, so I am loving the new maternity long sleeve knits that I bought for our maternity pictures. We had to reschedule them because of rain, but I am so freaking excited because we get to do them next weekend!

Gender:
It’s a GIRL! See previous post about Gender Reveal. Squee!

Movement:
Same as before…She is moving around like crazy! The last few days, the movements have become less of a swift kick or punch but I will be laying down and I can actually feel her squirming around. It is the weirdest thing. To all of you ladies that have not felt this…the best way I can describe it is like a worm or something wiggling under a sheet. WEIRD.

Sleep:
Pretty good actually…again I had another night where I didn’t really wake up at all! Which I guess is good in a way because that means I am well rested, but on the other hand I should be getting up to pee… but my back hurts so bad when I lay down at night. I want that to go away!

What I miss:
Same as before, Laying on my stomach…a lot. Having a glass of a wine. I miss those things.

Cravings:
Nothing super crazy as of late. Just normal food, my appetite has gone down except for the other day when I ate my weight and Harlow’s in taco casserole. Tim had left me more than my fair share for lunch and I proceeded to wolf THE WHOLE THING down. Totally normal.

Symptoms:
My bones really started to hurt starting last week. They just ache…I feel like my whole frame is being jarred…oh wait…it is. Besides that, just the kicking of this little one..and the squirms, and having to go pee every 30 seconds.

Favorite Moment This Week:
Well, we have been searching like crazy to find a dresser for this little one, because I basically want to get the perfect nursery done before she gets here! We have the room painted (thanks babe!), and I feel like everything else is just waiting on the furniture. We have scoured second hand stores, Craigslist, actual furniture stores to no avail! I feel like its not asking too much to be able to find a dresser and a chair that isn’t ridiculously expensive! I don’t even mind if it is a project dresser and we have to do some maintenance on it! I just wanted everything done by now and I am feeling defeated. The good news is though, in our attempts to find a dresser for the little bebe, I finally found her white shag rug that will go in the middle of her room, and the most perfect lamp! It is the small victories. I still have a few more places I want to check out for a dresser, but if any of y’all know someone or have one…we are interested!! We want it to be short enough to be able to double as a changing table…but seem to be having the worst luck! And the chair we have been looking, just not as actively. We found a really nice chair at Babies R’ Us, and if we don’t find what we are looking for somewhere else, we might just have to make the splurge! Anyway, these were good (yet small) victories, but some of my most favorite moments putting her room together. Also, our first baby shower is coming up next weekend, and our maternity picture reschedule! Squee!

Worst Moment This Week:
The glucose test! I survived, but talk about a stress ball of nerves I was! We got there at 8am, and they immediately called me in to take my blood! We walk in and I just stand there awkwardly in the middle of the room because I am too freaked out to sit in the chair and have my arm displayed all vulnerable like. He tells me, “ Uhh miss, you can take a seat over there…?” Almost like a question…I wanted to scream no…actually I want to run like hell out of here… but I obeyed and took a seat. Then he is asking me for my last name and I can’t even say it and I just burst into tears. Tim came over and tried to console me, but there was no consoling at that point. I let the flood gates open and the tears just started to roll. They eventually did the stabbing, and of course, never as bad as I picture it in my head. I couldn’t believe that I had 2 more pokes of this crap. So after they drained me of about 2 vials Tim happily told me…um thanks babe, I could have done without THAT knowledge, I went back to the waiting room. They explained that they had to run my blood over to another lab to make sure that I really was fasting. Can’t I just reassure you, that no I have not had anything to eat in the last 12 hours, and I’m THISCLOSE to going crazy on someone out of Hangri-ness? Apparently not. So after the 45 minutes of sitting in the waiting room, they came out and exclaimed that I had passed, (no shit) and gave me an orange sugary drink (it tasted like super sugary Orange Crush) and told me I Had to down this in 5 minutes. It wasn’t a big deal, and wasn’t so bad, so I downed that, and then had to wait another hour to make sure that my levels don’t get dangerously high when im processing the glucose. After the hour, I went in for another blood draw, again…I basically started to hyperventilate like there wasn’t enough air in that room, but Tim said I did good because I didn’t shed a tear that time! Bless his heart, things are looking up! Then I was told to go and wait in the waiting room again…because I had to wait one more hour for the final blood draw. After an hour of reading the books I had brought along they called my name again, and did the final draw! This one hurt! I guess after having 3 blood draws out of the same arm your arm starts to get sore after awhile…who knew!? But I was so FREAKING relieved that the worst was over! Believe you me, I am terrified to get the results back…I do NOT want Gestational Diabetes because I have heard that you have to prick your finger on the daily. Can we just talk about how many tears I would shed if I had to do this awful chore? For some reason, pricking my finger is even worse than an actual blood draw. Maybe its because having my finger just out there in the open seems vulnerable...who knows!!! But it is an actual scary thing for me! After we were done, Tim had to go to work and I went home. I called out for the rest of the day because I was exhausted and I think I just was so stressed out about the whole situation and just needed the afternoon to relax.