34 Weeks

Pregnancy: 34 weeks

Weight Gain: ?, my appointment is Monday 

Sleep: I still sleep pretty good, I usually wake up once during the night to go to the bathroom, but I feel exhausted all of the time...I'm ready for some energy and to feel rested, maybe next year?

Cravings: popsicles, ice cream, tomatoes, any sort of ethnic food (Mexican, Chinese, Japanese, etc.)

Feeling: I can't complain. I feel pretty good, albeit exhausted most of the time.

Health: I'm still holding strong, my BP is still good (really good at home, and ok at the doc), I don't really have any swelling yet, so far so good.

Movement: He is still a wild man.  I love watching my belly move but he seriously hurts me sometimes.

Belly: HUGE! I'll find out Monday how much big it is...I'll probably be measuring 40 weeks by then. :)

Symptoms: Acid reflux still and my sciatic nerve pain too. 

What I'm Looking Forward To: Picking out a name and moving Caden into his new room and getting the nursery ready, we're using Caden's bedding and things, but have new furniture.

Next Appointment: ?

I Thought This Was Summer??

This was probably Caden's thoughts since he started "school" on June 15th.  He is going on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 9-1 to Children's Morning Out (CMO) at the Presbyterian Church in Newton.  This is going to be a big adjustment because Caden has never really stayed with anyone besides family.

                                                            Backpack on and ready to go!

The first day was ok...he was a little unsure when I first put him down but he saw some school buses and firetrucks to play with and then he was fine.  I said bye quickly and left.  His first day he did pretty good, they said he started to cry around lunch time, which is his usual nap time so it didn't really surprise me.  His teacher said they took a walk outside and then he was just fine.  As long as he can be outside everything is fine. :)  I hope that eventually he will get used to napping a little later.  Jason went with me to pick him up and he was playing on the playground and he did not want to leave, in fact he screamed and pitched a fit.

I'm going where?

Let's go!

His second day the drop off was not so good.  He started crying hysterically, I guess he knew I was leaving, whereas the day before he didn't realize that I was going to be gone.  I tried to get him to play with some things, and the teacher was like you are just going to have to go and he will be fine.  So I did, and I cried the whole way home.  It was water day so I figured that once they got to go play in the water he would be really excited and he would forget that I was gone. :(  Poor baby, it really broke my heart. 

How has he turned into such a boy?  Makes a mama sad. :(

33 Weeks

Pregnancy:  33 weeks (Thursday)

Weight Gain: 20 lbs

Sleep:  I still sleep pretty good, I usually wake up once during the night to go to the bathroom, but I feel exhausted all of the time...I'm ready for some energy and to feel rested, maybe next year?

Cravings:  watermelon, chocolate milk over ice, tomato sandwiches, popsicles, hot dogs

Feeling:  I can't complain.  I feel pretty good, albeit exhausted most of the time.

Health:  I'm still holding strong, my BP is still good (really good at home, and ok at the doc), I don't really have any swelling yet, so far so good.

Movement: Constant and pretty painful at times.  He keeps flipping from transverse to head down position and when he does it seriously feels like he's coming out of my side.

Belly: HUGE!  Like seriously...it is crazy, at my appointment last week, it was measuring 37 weeks, but baby was balled in his ball again, making me measure crazy big!  I had another growth ultrasound at 32 weeks and he was measuring 4 pounds 6 ounces....55% percentile.  I'm sure I'll be having another next month to get an estimate of how big he will be.  Maybe he could be a tad bit smaller than Caden, 8.5 pounds would be lovely...fingers crossed! :)

Symptoms: My acid reflux is out of control, I am still having sciatic nerve pain sometimes, and I have been having some serious hot flashes....maybe its the upper 90 temps we've been having though. :)

What I'm Looking Forward To:  Picking out a name and moving Caden into his new room and getting the nursery ready, we're using Caden's bedding and things, but have new furniture.

Next Appointment:  June 21