Week 31

I swear I'm not partial to the oddly numbered weeks...it's just that I've been so super busy lately! I'm working on my National Board Certification, which has been a huge time suck until I get everything finished, which is (thankfully) in the very near future!

Had our most recent check up a week ago, and everything looks good. Baby girl is still head down, so hopefully she'll stay that way for the last 2 months here. She's pretty much been that way since December, so I'm thinking she's comfy and happy like that. Her heartbeat was nice and strong and the doctor said she probably weighs about 3ish pounds. We have officially reached the point of going to for checkups every 2 weeks, so back to the doctor we go next Wednesday!

This picture pretty much sums up my tiredness levels. Check out those eye bags - yeesh.

How far along? 31 Weeks
Total weight gain: 12 lbs. (uh, yeah that would be 6 pounds in a month. ouch)

Baby is the size of: 4 navel oranges (16 inches from head to heel)

Maternity clothes? still fitting into some of my looser fitting pre-pregnancy tops and I can wear a lot of regular clothes just a size up from normal
Stretch marks? none - hooray!
Sleep: no bueno. I still have the weirdest dreams and I have pretty much since day 1.
Best moment this week: finishing the changing table (which is just an Ikea dresser) which was a serious accomplishment on mine and Josh's part. We worked a little each night and managed not to totally screw anything up!

Miss Anything? so many things...
Movement: I'm getting a sense of her sleeping and waking patterns, but I think she's just a really chill baby overall. Hopefully this is a reflection of her personality! I feel more stretches than kicks, although last week I'm pretty sure she was having some kind of dance party right before bed.

Food cravings: sweets, oranges
Anything making you queasy or sick: pickles
Gender: Girl
Labor Signs: Nope.

Symptoms: minus the giant beach ball attached to my midsection, a little swelling in my feet and legs, but nothing too miserable
Belly Button in or out? flat as a pancake. And kind of numb? Not sure how normal that is. Oh well.
Wedding rings on or off? on
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy with occasional periods where I find everything incredibly irritating. Like the fact that our DVR hasn't worked for a week.
Looking forward to: finishing up the nursery - getting there little by little!

26 Weeks and Feb. Check-Up

Bright and early yesterday morning, Josh and I set out for our February doctor's appointment, and there was a lot on the agenda! We started off in the lab so I could guzzle some delish flat orange glucose concoction that tasted like orange skittles had been soaked in flat sprite for an undetermined amount of time, then went and met with our doctor, then went BACK to the lab to have blood drawn, then went up to ultrasound for round number two of baby photo shoot.

Long story short, everything went well. No diabetes for this Momma and Harbor decided to cooperate enough to get a good pic of her little noggin' (which, we were told, is already covered in HAIR! She must get that from her daddy because I was b-a-l-d) Baby girl also had the hiccups (adorable) and is still hanging out upside down with her knees pulled up to her chest. Looks like she's going to be a little cuddle bug!

Every day I am still astonished at how easy this pregnancy has been so far. I keep feeling like there's no way that the whole thing can go off without a hitch and I'm waiting for that looming, gigantic bump in the road. It seems like you're always hearing about these tragic stories that families go through and I keep wondering why we have been so blessed. It could have just as easily been Josh and I going through any number of struggles that come along with deciding to start a family. I thank God every night for blessing us with this little girl and trusting us to take care of her. I know it's borrowing trouble for me to assume that something will go wrong, but I can't help but worry. I think I find something new to worry about each day, but I remind myself over and over again how truly lucky we are to have God leading us down this path. I know that whatever happens, it's all to bring us closer to God, and I'm okay with whatever that is.

Here's the 26 week breakdown:
How far along? 26 Weeks
Baby is the size of a: English hothouse cucumber (Hahahaha, where do they get this stuff?)
Total weight gain: 6 lbs. gained as of the official weigh in yesterday
Maternity clothes? All maternity pants, except I can still squeeze into my yoga pants and pjs, which are my favorite things to wear. Pre-pregnancy shirts are starting to get too short....
Stretch marks? zero still so far
Sleep: starting to get more restless - waking up a lot at night
Best moment this week: Seeing baby girl again, and probably for the last time until we meet her face to face!
Miss Anything? Coke Zero. I've been pretty good about avoiding caffeine, even though some is technically okay, I'm just overly cautious. I plan to guzzle an entire case of Coke Zero in the 24 hours that follow delivery.
Movement: still inconsistent, but getting much stronger. We can see my belly jump around sometimes in the evenings.
Food cravings: still oranges, sour stuff, and sweets
Anything making you queasy or sick: off brand Clorox wipes were almost the end of me a couple days ago
Gender: Girl...still :)
Symptoms: achy back - someone at work pointed out that I had the pregnancy waddle going on the other day
Belly Button in or out? sort of half in half out if that's possible. It looks like a sad face
Wedding rings on or off? on
Happy or Moody? Happy most of the time but I got super grumpy last night because I didn't want what I had fixed for dinner, haha
Looking forward to: baby shower on Sunday!

*I know picture free posts are pretty boring, but I still need to take one for this week, so I promise I will update later with that one and a new ultra sound pic (that Josh swiped and is carrying with him, I'm pretty sure - so cute)*