39 weeks

39 WEEKS (12.05.12)

- Far along: 39 weeks

- Size of the bean: weight of a mini watermelon
- Symptoms: Braxton Hicks (more of them), exhaustion; not a symptom, but this boy MOVES!
- Cravings: nothing specific
- Aversions: none
- Sleep: I sleep, but don’t really rest well
- Maternity clothes: all tops, most bottoms
- Weight gained: 27 per the doc’s scale
- Best moment of the week: Divine Design (see below)
- Gender: boy
- Looking forward to: kissing his sweet cheeks!

Folks, we are down to the wire!!! Holy moly. So many things this week.

I’m tired…exhausted, actually. I cry just about every day simply because I don’t think I can go on. Apparently, it’s hard work growing a baby. I think my body is ready to quit. I know it won’t but that’s how I feel sometimes. I really can’t complain and am so very blessed to have had an uncomplicated pregnancy. So I won’t anymore. I have to remember that this will soon be a memory and to savor each and every little movement he makes while inside of me. I know I’ll miss that!

A highlight of the week: Divine Design. This is a women’s Bible study I’ve half-attended this semester with a friend from work. Most of us are around my age and have kids in the 5-and-under range or are expectant moms. The first part of the morning is spent doing domestic things (e.g. menu planning, pickling cucumbers, folding fitted sheets) and the rest is spent in study and prayer. Due to work schedules and doctor’s appointments, I’ve only made it to about half of the meetings. This week was the last one before Christmas break and it was so fun. We had a brunch, learned to make Christmas (or any other occasion) bows and reflected on the semester with praises of answered prayer. At the end, they pulled me and two other expectant mothers into the center of the room and prayed over us. It was such a meaningful experience and of course, many tears were shed. The prayers lifted were some that have been on my heart the last few weeks and I knew it was God ordained. To top it off, I wasn’t even supposed to be there. Our census at work has dropped again and I was put on call. So I truly believe God wanted me to be there and I’m glad I was able to go!

Coming up this week: an anniversary and my last day of work!

39 weeks and a Christmas tree! :)

38 weeks

38 WEEKS (11.28.12)


- Far along: 38 weeks
- Size of the bean: length of a leek
- Symptoms: Braxton Hicks still
- Cravings: nothing specific
- Aversions: none
- Sleep: tossing and turning as usual
- Maternity clothes: all tops, most bottoms
- Weight gained: 24 per the doc’s scale
- Best moment of the week: Thanksgiving and one last Aggie game
- Gender: boy
- Looking forward to: His birthday

Well, we are two weeks away from what could be baby boy’s birthday! It’s crazy to think that it went by so quickly. The showers are finished, the nursery is about as ready as I think it can be at this point. Then again, I’ve never done this before so it might not be ready at all. I figure we’ll figure it out when he gets here :)

It was my year to work Thanksgiving, which means we didn’t travel. Unfortunately, we wouldn’t have done so anyway as I don’t think my OB would have enjoyed me being four hours away (nor could my bum take that long of a car ride). So I worked and Brad hung everything on the nursery walls. I really need to take pictures but have yet to do so.

I decided last minute to go to the last Aggie game. And when I say last minute, I mean that I texted Leah about 15 minutes before they left town and caught a ride with them. It was a fun game and I’m glad I went. Football season always makes things go by quickly because it takes up half of our fall weekends and this year was no different. And can we just say, “Johnny Football”? My word, that kid. We’re all curious to see where this team will go in the next few years!

That’s about all for this week…

 

38 weeks

Ready for our little Christmas joy!

37 weeks

37 WEEKS (11.21.12)


- Far along: 37 weeks
- Size of the bean: length of a Swiss chard
- Symptoms: seem to be having more Braxton Hicks
- Cravings: nothing specific
- Aversions: none
- Sleep: I sleep, but I don’t generally wake up rested
- Maternity clothes: all tops, most bottoms
- Weight gained: didn’t weigh this week
- Best moment of the week:
- Gender: boy
- Looking forward to: next OB appointment

 

37 weeks!

35 and 36 week updates (catching up again)

35 WEEKS (11.7.12)


- Far along: 35 weeks
- Size of the bean: weight of a honeydew melon
- Symptoms: just general discomfort
- Cravings: nothing specific
- Aversions: none
- Sleep: tossing and turning as usual
- Maternity clothes: all tops, some bottoms
- Weight gained: 22? haven’t weighed since the appointment
- Best moment of the week: Marshall and work showers
- Gender: boy
- Looking forward to: His birthday!


36 WEEKS (11.14.12)
- Far along: 36 weeks
- Size of the bean: Crenshaw melon (?)
- Symptoms: just general discomfort
- Cravings: nothing specific
- Aversions: none
- Sleep: tossing and turning as usual
- Maternity clothes: all tops, some bottoms
- Weight gained: 23 per the doc’s scale
- Best moment of the week: reaching the ‘less than a month’ mark!
- Gender: boy
- Looking forward to: His birthday!

I went to the doctor today and will continue to go weekly until our sweet boy arrives. There’s not a whole lot to report except that his head is down in the pelvic canal and I haven’t dilated at all yet. That’s not completely uncommon but I do have friends that were well on their way at this point. We’ll just have to see what the next visit reveals. I’m feeling okay. My sciatic nerve pain is pretty much gone so he must have moved enough to relieve that. Every once in a while I can feel it but only if I make a strange twist or turn. AMEN!

We’re still working on getting the nursery put together…Mom is coming next week to help me organize and then Brad will hang all the goodies on the walls. It’s getting so close and we are getting really excited (and nervous)!

35 weeks -- headed to a shower