You Make Me Live

Apr 02 2010

37 weeks

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How far along? 37-1/2 weeks
Total weight gain: lost a few pounds…up 30lbs now
Sleep: what’s that?
Best moments this week: 1) I’ve discovered yoga and LOVE it! There is a class at my church once a week that I’ve been to twice and Donny and I did the P90X yoga over the weekend…great workout and apparently great prep for labor! 2) Donny and I have been squeezing in as many date nights (even at home) as possible before our lives our changed forever. 3) great dinner at Terry’s Turf Club last night when some of our besties :)
Food cravings: eggplant – we cannot get enough of it!
Gender: BOY!!
What I miss: I’m sticking with shoes…and not being too self-conscious to show off my ankles
What I am looking forward to: seeing what our baby looks like! Big question…will he be a ginger???
Milestones: Full-term!! 2 cm dilated, 90% effaced (could be days, could still be weeks…)

From BabyCenter:

Your baby is now considered “full term,” even though your due date is three weeks away. If you go into labor now, his lungs will likely be mature enough to fully adjust to life outside the womb. Your baby weighs 6 1/3 pounds and measures a bit over 19 inches, head to heel. Many babies have a full head of hair at birth, with locks from 1/2 inch to 1 1/2 inches long. But don’t be surprised if your baby’s hair isn’t the same color as yours. Dark-haired couples are sometimes thrown for a loop when their children come out as blonds or redheads, and fair-haired couples have been surprised by Elvis look-alikes. And then, of course, some babies sport only peach fuzz.

Braxton Hicks contractions may be coming more frequently now and may last longer and be more uncomfortable. It may be harder than ever to get comfortable enough to sleep well at night. If you can, take it easy through the day — this may be your last chance to do so for quite a while. While you’re sleeping, you’re likely to have some intense dreams. Anxiety both about labor and about becoming a parent can fuel a lot of strange flights of unconscious fancy.

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Mar 25 2010

36 weeks

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How far along? 36 weeks (9 months!)
Total weight gain: approaching 35 lbs – YIKES! I was doing so good until I started retaining all this water…ugghh!
Sleep: not good :(
Best moments this week: 1) Donny and I celebrated our 4 year wedding anniversary (March 18th) and had a wonderful night out last Friday 2) my family showers the last two weekends were amazing
Food cravings: none lately
Gender: BOY!!
What I miss: all of my shoes…can’t fit into anything except my birkenstock clogs and flip flops
What I am looking forward to: having a baby!!
Milestones: we finished the nursery over the weekend and tonight I finished washing all of my newborn clothes & blankets. I was a little overwhelmed at everything I still had to do, but now I finally feel prepared for whenever the baby decides to come.

From BabyCenter:

Your baby is still packing on the pounds — at the rate of about an ounce a day. He now weighs almost 6 pounds and is more than 18 1/2 inches long. He’s shedding most of the downy covering of hair that covered his body as well as the vernix caseosa, the waxy substance that covered and protected his skin during his nine-month amniotic bath. Your baby swallows both of these substances, along with other secretions, resulting in a blackish mixture, called meconium, will form the contents of his first bowel movement.

At the end of this week, your baby will be considered full-term (Full-term is 37 to 42 weeks; babies born before 37 weeks are pre-term and those born after 42 are post-term.) and is most likely in a head-down position.

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Mar 10 2010

34 weeks

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How far along? 34 weeks
Sleep: very disrupted! got up 10 times the other night…that is my record so far! I had a dream the other night that he was born and it was a girl – yikes!
Best moments this week: we had our first shower and it was so much fun (pictures to come soon)
Food cravings: none really
Gender: BOY!!
What I miss: so many things…sleeping through the night, my normal size hands, feet & ankles, not having constant back pain, my energy…but it is all worth it :)
Movement: I swear this kid is always on the go…he especially loves my right rib!
What I am looking forward to: my family shower this weekend
Milestones: I’m huge! Not a single stretch mark, though…I’m keeping my fingers crossed this lasts until the end!

From BabyCenter:

Your baby now weighs about 4 3/4 pounds and is almost 18 inches long. His fat layers — which will help regulate his body temperature once he’s born — are filling him out, making him rounder. His skin is also smoother than ever. His central nervous system is maturing and his lungs are continuing to mature as well. If you’ve been nervous about preterm labor, you’ll be happy to know that babies born between 34 and 37 weeks who have no other health problems generally do fine. They may need a short stay in the neonatal nursery and may have a few short-term health issues, but in the long run, they usually do as well as full-term babies.

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