35 weeks!

Not much to report for this past week. I have been sleeping pretty good. I just wake up a lot because my hips feel like they are on fire if I lay on one side for too long.

I keep thinking that I will have the baby before my due date. Like mid October. Frank decided to burst my bubble by telling the doctor that I of course the doctor says most first time moms go full term or past their due date. I just have a feeling, I don’t know. Might be my nerves. I don’t think I am nervous about the actual child birth but I am nervous about when it is going to happen. Im sure that I am driving Frank crazy because I basically am refusing to go anywhere within the month of October, even though we are not due until the 29th. I just want to play it safe. I don’t want to be in Sacramento or on a boat or something when this happens. It is bad enough that I cannot leave work until I literally go into labor. Really hoping that it happens at night and not while I am working! That is a huge concern of mine.

Anyway, that’s it for now, super busy at work….

Another belly shot, I cant really feel the weight of the baby now!

34 weeks! (A day late)

I completely skipped a week obviously and I am again a day late for this week. I have no excuse other than being pregnant and lazy, but at least I can still get away with that for now!

So if you say I only have up to 6 weeks left then it sounds good until you realize that that is over a month! I just cannot see my belly growing any larger, it’s crazy big already! I am noticing that he is getting more active every day. I hope he sleeps goodafter he is born because he will be tired from partying it up inside the womb haha

We are just gathering the last big of things that we need for the nursery. I want to do more but I just don’t know what is practical until I start using everything in there. I want to put up some shelves but I don’t think we would need them for anything. What we do need is storage space for toys and things for the future because I know they are coming and when they do, I have to be prepared with storage solutions so that my house isn’t a crazy pig sty!

Last weekend Frank treated me to a lovely maternity photo shoot! I had my make up professionally done and he took the photos in his studio and outside at a nearby park. I am sooo glad that we did them and he did such a great job! I will post them here. Everyone really likes them and it will be nice to have to look back on this time.

Tomorrow (Thursday) is our 34 week ultrasound! Yay! I am really looking forward to seeing our little guy! He is going to be so big! Especially because the last time we saw him was 10 weeks ago. We thought we had a pretty good look at his face last time but I am hoping this time he will show us he cute little face again! Even though it is pretty close to the time when we will meet him in person I am still super happy to have another ultrasound that most women don’t get. They like to do this last one on IVF patients and I don’t mind at all!

That is pretty much it for my updates…it is getting to the point of time in which I told Frank that I don’t want to be going on any trips or making any big plans because I want to be close to home and the hospital should the baby decide to come a bit early.  I am also trying to get a plan together for work because I want to make sure I have things in order for my maternity leave.Its kinda hard not knowing exactly when the baby will come even though the doctor said most women hit their due date or go past it. I have a weird feeling that this baby might come sooner. My friend that works with me had her son at 36 weeks and she had a regular pregnancy without complications so you just never know. Luckily she had her son on a Saturday night. I am so worried about being at work when I decide to go into labor or something but I bet that wont happen, it is just a fear that I have because I am stuck working up until the day that I have the baby!

Here is another baby belly photo…huge!

 

32 weeks! (a day late)

Getting so close! Last week went by in a flash! Just like this week is already…obviously because I am a date late posting! Last week was a short one for me, I took Friday off and Frank and I went up to spend two nights at a lodge in the mountains. It has been so smoky here because of the Yosemite fire that it was really nice to get some fresh air! The whole trip was very relaxing and we even got to visit our adopted grandparents that live about an hour away from the lodge. It ended up being a great and probably last “before baby” outing.

It is so weird to think that we will have a child. We will not be alone any longer in our house. For many many years haha. Its such a huge step in my life personally because I never thought I would have kids. I just thought I was too independent for kids. I think Frank helped to change my perspective.  I have seen what an amazing dad he has been to his son (who is now 21) and how positively he has affected his life. I realized that I wanted to have that impact on a child also. That I wanted to share all of the things that I loved growing up and the traditions that my family has passed to me. If I never had a child, how would I do any of that. That is when it clicked. There is no way that I will realize how much my life is going to change until it actually happens. I am just going to be as lazy as I can until then because it will be full speed ahead once this little guy is here and I will give it all I got!

I have a regular 2 week check up tomorrow and then at 34 weeks we get to have an ultrasound, I am so excited to see the little guy one more time before we get to meet him for real! Will be so cool to see a mostly full grown baby inside of me.

I still cannot complain about the pregnancy. Things have changed for sure in the past week or so but not to the point that I would whine about it. I have noticed a little swelling and discomfort starting in my feet if I am on them for too long. I am very out of breath trying to walk and my back has actually started to bother me again which is weird because I was just saying how I used to have pretty bad back pain but during the pregnancy I have not had any really at all until now. It is to be expected at this point with the baby gaining weight like crazy! Other than that, I feel good. I might have started the whole nesting phase because I am constantly worried about having things ready in case the baby comes early. We have the room pretty well set except for wall decorations.  We have almost everything that was on my list to purchase except wash cloths, towels and a baby bath. Hoping to check those off this weekend.

Ok back to work…here is the ever growing belly!