Sunday, August 30, 2015

30 weeks

How I'm feeling: Good. I start 5 weeks of night float tonight. Working 5pm to 7am. This should be fun when I'm 30-ish weeks prego. Hopefully I get a little sleep here and there. At least then I will be done with night float for a long while when this new baby comes then. 
Fetal movement: lots, again mostly at night. This baby is pretty quiet during the day and then goes crazy at night time. 
Weight gain: 18lbs
Wearing wedding rings: yes, although I may be increasing my glove size for surgeries soon. The size I was wearing is feeling a little snug
What I'm most excited for today: snuggling with my two kids. I was cuddling with Violet in bed today and was thinking how fun it will be to add a baby into the mix. 
What I'm most afraid of: labor pains. They say you forget how bad it hurts, but I did not. I vividly remember and although the pain I had was short lived with Violet, thanks to a pretty quick labor and epidural, I am not looking forward to that pain again...
Cravings: Cereal, fruit loops, honey nut cheerios, it all sounds good to me
Anything make you sick: nope
Miss anything: bending over without a baby blocking me


My face in the picture below describes how I feel about still being pregnant. Although this pregnancy has gone incredibly fast and has been relatively easy, 40 weeks is far too long to be pregnant in my book.


 Left is from Violet, right is from this pregnancy

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

3rd trimester, onto the home stretch

How I'm feeling: Good. Hips aren't sore, back is doing ok. Not feeling too fat most days :). Just the usual tired thing. Life has been so incredibly busy lately though. I have the weekend off, so I will be sleeping in and napping and relaxing. It will be glorious. I feel so lucky that Vi sleeps in until 830 or 9. Gonna soak it up in case this baby is an early riser. 
Fetal movement: yep, most at night. I think that's just because I'm too busy to notice it during the day. 
Weight gain: 16lbs
Wearing wedding rings: yep, but getting a little snug
What I'm most excited for today: that I've made it to the 3rd trimester! Neonatal survival and outcomes are so much better now. Of course, I don't want to deliver anytime soon, but I know the baby has a much better chance just in case I did. 
What I'm most afraid of: I see way too many scary things that happen every day because of what I do, but one of the saddest is stillbirths. Most of the time, I just live in denial that these things can't happen to me, but seeing bad things like that, it does scare me quite a bit. 
Cravings: sweet, sweet, sweet. Cookie here. Ice cream there....
Anything make you sick: nope
Miss anything: Normal work outs. While I love prenatal yoga, when I go to the gym or try to run, my body quickly reminds me that I am not near as capable as I was back in February (side bar, man I have been prego forever it seems like lol)



First pic is from Violet, second is this pregnancy

Had some fun taking pics this time. Violet wanted to pose in some of them. I wish you could see the heels she chose to wear lol... A little blurry but still so cute of my first baby!


Tuesday, August 4, 2015

26 weeks and an expanding waist line

How I'm feeling: Good overall (yes, I am still tired most days). I was having all of this hip pain, but that seems to have passed for now. Fingers crossed! The other day I woke up with the worst leg cramp though and I was groaning and rolling around in bed. Scared the poop out of Scott, but he was a good sport and woke right up and massaged it for me. Thanks pregnancy!
Fetal movement: So much, when I pay attention. I find myself going the whole day, just so busy, and forgetting to notice if the baby has moved at all. So most of the time, its the end of the day when I'm feeling all the movement.
Weight gain: 13lbs
Wearing wedding rings: yep, but occasional hand swelling does make them snug sometimes
What I'm most excited for today: I had a co-resident ultrasound me the other day (don't worry, I didn't peak at gender). Looking at the profile of the baby, it got me so curious to know who this kiddo will look like. Will it blend in with Scott and Vi and be blonde haired and blue eyed? Or will it have dark hair/eyes like me? Who knows!!
What I'm most afraid of: Violet feeling forgotten or less loved because we have to split our attention between two kids. I know it will be good for her to not be the center of attention all the time, but I want her to remember how special she is to us!
Cravings: anything and everything sweet. Luckily I passed my gestational diabetes test, so bring on the sweets!
Anything make you sick: nope
Miss anything: Energy....

Red is from Violet and Blue is from No-name-baby