My Thirty-Fourth Week of Pregnancy Update
Baby is the size of a: An average size cantaloupe! The whole recycling of fruits and vegetables as descriptors for our bean is seriously confusing. Regardless, according to my Baby Bump app that means bean is 17.75 inches and 4.75 pounds! Could be a little more or a little less.
Total weight gain: At my last appointment I had gained 27 pounds, and if I am on track for gaining one pound a week I should be right about 29-30 total. Bean and I love food!
Maternity clothes: Yes. I don't have nearly enough of these, to be honest. I'm always grappling with the desire to buy more because I know how much more comfortable I would be... But then I realize I have about a month left, and I wonder if it makes any sense at all. Either way, trust and believe that as SOON as I get home I change into sweats and free the girls. Just saying.
Stretch marks: Not that I can see. I have been lathering up quite generously with my cocoa butter balm. It smells and feels amazing! Especially because my tummy itches so much lately due to all the stretching!
Sleep: Sleep and I are like unrequited lovers. I love sleep. Sleep does not love me. Therefore, solid nights of sleep are few and far between. I guess this is good preparation for when baby is here!
Exercise: Aside from walking and stretching here and there, not so much. It is hard work carrying a human being.
Miss anything: Yes. I miss being able to eat food without feeling miserable after. I know a lot of women have a hard time in the first trimester with nausea. And I probably lucked out because my nausea wasn't too too bad. It was easily cured with ginger ale and saltines. However, the last few weeks, as my tummy has grown a TON, baby has pushed up a lot on my stomach and therefore makes it nearly impossible for my food to settle in a reasonable amount of time: Hence, acid reflux. At. All. Times. I am miserable.
Movement: Yes. It is quite lovely. Baby is very active, especially in the morning and at bedtime. So fun to be able to not only watch but FEEL too!
Food cravings: Lately not so much. Maybe because eating in general makes me a not-so-happy-camper. So the thought of food is mildly revolting.
Anything making you queasy or sick: Just my awesome new best friend acid reflux.
Gender:
Labor signs: None yet! Thankfully. And I am not totally certain whether or not I have had Braxton Hicks contractions. I don't think so, though... Something tells me I would know if I had.
Happy or moody most of the time: Happy. Affectionate. Sleepy. And not moody in the sense that I get snarky/grumpy but my moods do tend to follow my energy level a lot more. If I have a lot of energy I will feel really happy and awake and alert. If I am tired I feel sad and weepy. The joys, I tell you.
Looking forward to: Meeting our little love. Oh, and Christmas.