Week 35

May 19-25, 2014

How far along: 35 weeks  

Total weight gain: 4lbs since my last appointment (a 4lb weight gain) and the nurse and midwife are happy with the gain.

Maternity clothes: Maternity clothes all the time (even maternity tops are letting my belly peak out) but once in a while I can squeeze into a sundress or skirt.  It is crazy to me that when I first started wearing maternity clothes for extra comfort and because I wanted to wear them since I was pregnant, the tops were long and loose and now they are form right with my body and look different with the big baby belly.

Stretch marks: Lathering every night with coco nut oil and belly butter (especially since we spent the weekend in the sun).

Sleep: Well my once a week 2 hour wake up is slowly turning into a couple of nights.  At least I have television shows to watch on Amazon, Hulu, and Netflix.  Since I am still struggling to find time to nap, I would really like to sleep throughout the night.

Best moments this week: Hhmmm nothing special or different happened in pregnancy land, but we had a great Memorial weekend especially celebrating our Wally dog’s birthday.

Miss anything: Nothing missed this week.

Food cravings: Fruit!  I have one bite of fruit and I have to have more.

Pregnancy symptoms: This week I have had a hard time remembering that I have a big belly- I keep running my baby belly into corners, chairs, and even my students.  This week I have officially started nesting- I got the urge to vacuum my car (yes in my driveway with my Dyson vacuum cleaner) so I can put our baby’s car seat in the car.

Gender: Boy!

Labor signs:  The normal BH contractions, and especially the contractions that make my belly look lopsided almost alien like.  At my midwife appointment the baby’s head is down, and my cervix is dilated at a 0 or -1 (the midwife was happy with this information).  The baby’s head down but laying on his side so the midwife suggested going on my hands and knees and dancing with my booty to a song (in yoga land this is cat and cow poses).  Lets just say I made will smile and laugh with my pregnant booty dancing.

Belly button in or out: Belly button is out, usually flush with my stomach, but once in a while slightly sticks out.

Wedding rings on or off: Wedding rings on, but still thinking about taking them off in June when the due date is closer.

Happy or moody: I am happy and blessed about being pregnant and helping our baby boy grow.  On the other hand I am very cranky and have almost no patience after lunch at school.  my students have so much energy (yeah for school for being almost over) and forget how to behave that I get frustrate at them-but luckily most of them are trying their best to be helpful to make sure the baby is safe-they are too cute.

Looking forward to: This Saturday is my work baby shower and opening night for Crabs baseball.  After this baby shower I will order our glider for the baby’s room and we will have all of our big pieces of furniture.