week 39

How far along? 39 weeks

Size of baby? My app still says thesize of a watermelon

Heartbeat? 156 BPM. She said she sounded superhappy in there which didn’t make me happy! She needs to be less happy in there!

Total weight gain/loss? +22 UGH!

Maternity clothes? Duh! Hopefully I won’tneed anything else before this time is up! I’m already excited about cleaningout my closet and purging  those clothes!

Stretch marks? I have one on BOTHhips now. UGH! It’s like 2 purple dots. Hopefully they go away when this isover!

Sleep? Still getting up every 2-3 hours to use therestroom and it still hurts to move, but at least I’m sleeping soundly when Iam asleep.

Best moment this week? Scheduling an officialinduction date. Now I at least know that May 3^rd will be my verylast day pregnant and May 2^nd will be my very last work day!

Movement? She moves a lot at nightbut stays pretty still during the day unless something disturbs her like meyelling at my 8^th graders.

Food cravings? Nothing new. Justfruit. The milk one has mostly passed. And I want water all the time!

Gender predictions? GIRL- Emilia Grace

What I miss: Havingenergy in the afternoons. I’m pretty wiped when I get home.

What I'm looking forward to: Friday!!!!!!!!

How are you feeling? Really tired butexcited because I know in 3 days she’ll be here and we’ll start a whole newjourney!

38 weeks- hopefully LESS than 2 to go!

I'll post a picture later

How far along? 38 weeks

Size of baby? My app still says the size of a watermelon

Heartbeat? 156 BPM. Apparently I said 300BPM last week. It was 130. Not sure why it says 300. That would be crazy!

Total weight gain/loss? Forgot to weigh yesterday. I’ll weight later today and update.

Maternity clothes? I hope I’m done buying new maternity clothes until the end!

Stretch marks? I have one on BOTH hips now. UGH!

Sleep? Still getting up every 2-3 hours to use the restroom and it still hurts to move, but at least I’m sleeping soundly when I am asleep.

Best moment this week? Ending the 5^th six weeks so that I’m now ready for a sub to take over at any time.

Movement? She moves more at night now, but is pretty still during the day except a few sharp jabs.

Food cravings? Nothing new. Just fruit. The milk one has mostly passed.

Gender predictions? GIRL- Emilia Grace

What I miss: Having more patience. Right now I’m at the end of my rope at work.

What I'm looking forward to: The end!!

How are you feeling? I just have to keep telling myself that it’s almost over. I know it could be way worse so I try to be grateful.

week 37

How far along? 37 weeks

Size of baby? My app says the size of a watermelon. I guess it’s a watermelon 36 and 37 weeks.

Heartbeat? It was 300 BPM again

Total weight gain/loss? +18. I had less sweets this week

Maternity clothes? Hopefully I’m done buying anything else. I bought a few more things for maternity pics but surely I can make what I have work for the last few weeks.

Stretch marks? Just the one on my hip

Sleep? Still getting up every 2-2 2/1 hours and it still hurts to move but at least I’m sleeping

Best moment this week? The doctor said she’s head down so we’re not talking about planned c-sections anymore!

Movement? She’s not moving as much, but it hurts a little more when she does now.

Food cravings? Fruite. I’ve really wanted some fruit this weekend.

Gender predictions? GIRL- Emilia Grace

What I miss: Being able to stay up past 8:00

What I'm looking forward to: The end!!

How are you feeling? Too exhausted to write more than one sentence answers!

36 weeks- 4 more left!

I'll switch this pic out for one of me standing as soon as they're emailed to me. 

How far along? 36 weeks

Size of baby? My app says the size of a watermelon- I sure feel like there’s a watermelon in there!!!

Heartbeat? I finally remembered to ask- 130 BPM

Total weight gain/loss? +20. Ugh!! Was it stupid of me to hope it would cap out at 15??   

Maternity clothes? I keep trying not to buy things, but I really need some short sleeve shirts to make in the next couple weeks.

Stretch marks? There’s a really small one on my right hip but it’s there and I know it.

Sleep? I sleep fine minus the 3-4 trips to the bathroom, but after 3 hours I feel like I must not have slept at all. I think I could sleep for days and still be tired!! 

Best moment this week? I had my last family shower and got most of what I need for when she gets here. I also got some things hung on the walls so the nursery is just about completely finished. It’s cute too!

Movement? I had a bruise last week from some of her movements!

Food cravings? Not really.   

Gender predictions? GIRL- Emilia Grace

What I miss: Not hurting in every part of my body!! I feel like someone has run over me with a tractor most of the time. Getting up to use the restroom at night takes every ounce of energy I have because it feels like bones are broken when I move them!

What I'm looking forward to: Being off this Friday and getting a hair cut!!! Lots of people promised me luscious locks while I was pregnant and that NEVER happened. It grows MUCH faster, but it’s too heavy and just hangs there. Plus the baby hairs that grew never laid down. It’s a bad situation up there!  

How are you feeling? I can’t really complain about sickness. I’m just exhausted and feel like someone has beat me to a pulp! And I’m pretty much uncomfortable ALL the time. I very thankful that the end is in sight!

35 weeks

How far along? 35 weeks

Size of baby? My app says the size of a large cantaloupe

Heartbeat? I’ll make sure to ask this week at the doctor’s apt.

Total weight gain/loss? I forgot to weigh myself this week. I’ll weigh and post tomorrow.  

Maternity clothes? I wish maternity clothes made you look better, but unfortunately most things just make me look like a huge blimp! Only a few more weeks I guess.

Stretch marks? There’s a really small one on my right hip but it’s there and I know it.

Sleep? I wake up every 3-4 hours and most of the time I’m uncomfortable. My legs get achy and turning over is painful. So needless to say sleep isn’t super awesome right now. But naps are helpful! 

Best moment this week? I had my school shower. I got lots of very cute clothes! J

Movement? She pretty much moves constantly until someone else wants to feel and then she stops. I hope this doesn’t mean she’s a mama’s girl who won’t want others to hold her!

Food cravings? I’ve really like sweet stuff this week! That’s probably why I “forgot” to weigh myself this morning! LOL  

Gender predictions? GIRL- Emilia Grace

What I miss: Wearing cute clothes/shoes and sleeping peacefully!

What I'm looking forward to: There are a lot of things going on this week. We have 2 of our classes this week which I’m half looking forward to and half dreading! We have a doctor’s apt on Thursday and my last shower on Saturday.  

How are you feeling? Thankfully my cough and congestion is pretty much gone, but it’s still not awesome. I think I’ve reached the completely uncomfortable stage.