Saturday, February 11, 2012

34 weeks {nora}

Up till now, I've just been doing updates at the same time that I had a belly shot with Emmy.  BUT...it's the weekend, I am getting bored with all the usual time-waster websites so I am going to do a 34 week update, sans belly.
Her size: According to Babycenter, Nora should be 17 3/4" and a little over 4lbs 12oz.
How far along: 34 weeks as of Friday.
Total weight gain: +33lbs.  Probably +1.5-2lbs since last week.  Hoping that weight gain is either water (b/c I feel like I am swelling a bit) or Nora catching up in growth.
Sleep:  Not too bad, usually wake up around 330-5am to pee.  Also keep waking up on my back which makes my lower back ache SO bad when I have to get out of bed.
Maternity Clothes: ALL maternity and digging through Chris' drawers to find size L tshirts.  Kind of depressing when his stuff is even too small.
Food cravings: Chocolate and cold things.  This is crazy, b/c I am normally not a chocolate person.  I mean, I enjoy it just as much as the next person- but I've never considered myself to CRAVE it.
Food aversions: Water....this is a bad one to NOT be wanting.
Symptoms: Nothing abornmal. Although I have noticed my swelling starting to increase, not terrible.  I don't have the best knees and have had on and off pain in both knees....right now my right knee is swelling like I have injured it.  But I think it's just regular pregnancy swelling.  Anyway, didn't experience this with Emmy and wanted to take note.
Stretchmarks: None that I can see.  But my stomach is starting to look a little stressed out.  Remember those hyper color tshirts from way back when?  Yeah, my stomach can do the same trick when I put my hands on there.  I think it's primarily from the Procardia causing my skin to flush.
Doctor’s Appointment: I have an appointment Valentines Day!  How sweet right?  It's also a 2pm appointment which means I will weigh in at least 1-2lbs heavier than morning appointments (starting to think now of what I can eat at lunch that doesn't weigh much but is filling....YES, I am that vain.).
Movement:  Plenty of movement...especially from 9pm until whenever I fall asleep. When she moves, I feel it everywhere so I honestly don't know if she's breech, head down or transverse.  We will see on Tuesday.
Belly Button: Poking out a little.
Best moment of the week:  Some sweet friends brought us dinner last night.  Outside of work, I have no social life so it was really great to feel like a social human being.
What I’m looking forward to: The next 6 weeks flying by.  Just ready to meet Nora.
What I miss: Working out.  Not like a big, intense, P90 meets Insanity meets Bootcamp workout....Just want to hop on the elliptical for a 20 minute workout.
Preparations:  The bedding is on the crib (which doesn't matter much since I'm sure we won't be putting her in there a ton until 2-3 months).  Hoping to get the carseat in the car soon and get the car cleaned out.  

1 comment:

  1. Question from someone who has never been pregnant? Can you not work out? I mean, I know you can some - there's a preggo lady that comes to my body pump class each week! but I'm guessing at some point you have to stop and can only do certain things? What's the scoop?

    !K

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