Size of baby: Now the size of a pineapple (delicious), she should be around 16 inches and 4 pounds. Though I'm not sure how much I believe that, because that's a jump of a whole pound in one week's time and the Internets say she'll pack on a half pound a week from here on out.
Sleep: My bedtime is now 10:00. The last two nights I've stayed up later than that (because of the Olympics, of course!), and I had to draaaaag myself off the couch to go to bed. I've been trying to sleep on my side, as recommended, but I often wake up on my back. Hopefully I'm not causing irreparable damage to our baby. When I do wake up, I have to carefully stretch my legs because it feels like they'll seize up with horrible cramps if I don't. I'm still sleeping really well, overall.
Total weight gain: When I checked a few days ago, I was up 16 pounds.
Unglamorous body changes: You may be tired of hearing about my chilblains, but the ones on my fingers are particularly swollen, unsightly, and painful this week. What's the deal, man? I've never had them on my fingers before this year. My face also broke out a little bit at the start of the week.
Best moment this week: Heather was able to come over for the Olympics opening ceremony celebration. It was only a party of two, but we had delicious foodstuffs and had fun talking and openly mocking the US team's hideous sweaters. Really, now, must we force our athletes to wear something that looks like Bill Cosby would've worn to an ugly sweater party?
Movement: Today when Jacob came home from work and I was still snoozing, he asked how the baby was doing. I replied that I assumed she was fine, but that I couldn't feel her moving. As he continued talking to me, though, she started moving around, and Jacob was able to feel her squirm. Perhaps it was coincidental, but I like to think she recognized her daddy's voice and was happy to hear him. Also, baby girl is not afraid to get all up in my ribs, particularly on the right side. Several times I've felt my belly get really hard, and I thought she was just pushing out on my abdomen, but now I'm wondering if I've been experiencing those Braxton Hicks contractions everyone talks about. They don't hurt, but it's slightly uncomfortable.
Maternity clothes: This question is getting silly. Perhaps I'll replace it with another next week. I'm still wearing maternity pants, but I can get by with my regular shirts.
Food cravings/aversions: I made some Olympic onion rings for our party last night, and I'm looking forward to making the other half of the batch tonight because they were so delicious. Pinterest is also a little dangerous, because I see all these delicious-looking recipes and I want to try them right away. Not that I have, though.
Symptoms: I've had a lot less heartburn this week, which is glorious. I don't know if you'd call this nesting, but lately I've had the urge to throw away or otherwise get rid of everything in our second bedroom's closet. Which still looks nothing like a nursery. I'm starting to get a little anxious that we aren't going to get it ready in time -- especially after reading in a book that you should order the crib by 25 weeks to make sure it arrives in time. I've also been getting angsty whenever our apartment is messy (which, let's face it, usually happens during the week), but Jacob has been good about helping me restore it to an acceptable level of cleanliness. In other news, I've experienced some cramp-like pain in my sides a couple times this week, usually when rolling over in bed. And (TMI alert), a couple days this week my bowels have been quite unhappy when I've woken up in the morning.
Currently looking forward to: Sitting on my fanny while I watch athletes perform amazing accomplishments of strength and agility for the next two weeks.
Realization of the week: I have to make sub plans for six weeks! That's a terrible idea! It usually takes at least two hours to leave plans when I'm gone for just one day -- I can't even imagine how long it'll take to prepare six weeks' worth of plans. And let's not mention the fact that I rarely am planned more than a week in advance at any rate.
Sleep: My bedtime is now 10:00. The last two nights I've stayed up later than that (because of the Olympics, of course!), and I had to draaaaag myself off the couch to go to bed. I've been trying to sleep on my side, as recommended, but I often wake up on my back. Hopefully I'm not causing irreparable damage to our baby. When I do wake up, I have to carefully stretch my legs because it feels like they'll seize up with horrible cramps if I don't. I'm still sleeping really well, overall.
Total weight gain: When I checked a few days ago, I was up 16 pounds.
Unglamorous body changes: You may be tired of hearing about my chilblains, but the ones on my fingers are particularly swollen, unsightly, and painful this week. What's the deal, man? I've never had them on my fingers before this year. My face also broke out a little bit at the start of the week.
Best moment this week: Heather was able to come over for the Olympics opening ceremony celebration. It was only a party of two, but we had delicious foodstuffs and had fun talking and openly mocking the US team's hideous sweaters. Really, now, must we force our athletes to wear something that looks like Bill Cosby would've worn to an ugly sweater party?
Movement: Today when Jacob came home from work and I was still snoozing, he asked how the baby was doing. I replied that I assumed she was fine, but that I couldn't feel her moving. As he continued talking to me, though, she started moving around, and Jacob was able to feel her squirm. Perhaps it was coincidental, but I like to think she recognized her daddy's voice and was happy to hear him. Also, baby girl is not afraid to get all up in my ribs, particularly on the right side. Several times I've felt my belly get really hard, and I thought she was just pushing out on my abdomen, but now I'm wondering if I've been experiencing those Braxton Hicks contractions everyone talks about. They don't hurt, but it's slightly uncomfortable.
Maternity clothes: This question is getting silly. Perhaps I'll replace it with another next week. I'm still wearing maternity pants, but I can get by with my regular shirts.
Food cravings/aversions: I made some Olympic onion rings for our party last night, and I'm looking forward to making the other half of the batch tonight because they were so delicious. Pinterest is also a little dangerous, because I see all these delicious-looking recipes and I want to try them right away. Not that I have, though.
Symptoms: I've had a lot less heartburn this week, which is glorious. I don't know if you'd call this nesting, but lately I've had the urge to throw away or otherwise get rid of everything in our second bedroom's closet. Which still looks nothing like a nursery. I'm starting to get a little anxious that we aren't going to get it ready in time -- especially after reading in a book that you should order the crib by 25 weeks to make sure it arrives in time. I've also been getting angsty whenever our apartment is messy (which, let's face it, usually happens during the week), but Jacob has been good about helping me restore it to an acceptable level of cleanliness. In other news, I've experienced some cramp-like pain in my sides a couple times this week, usually when rolling over in bed. And (TMI alert), a couple days this week my bowels have been quite unhappy when I've woken up in the morning.
Currently looking forward to: Sitting on my fanny while I watch athletes perform amazing accomplishments of strength and agility for the next two weeks.
Realization of the week: I have to make sub plans for six weeks! That's a terrible idea! It usually takes at least two hours to leave plans when I'm gone for just one day -- I can't even imagine how long it'll take to prepare six weeks' worth of plans. And let's not mention the fact that I rarely am planned more than a week in advance at any rate.
Milestones: The countdown in weeks is now in the single digits. Oh snap!
Other tidbits: Baby girl is sleeping about 90 percent of the day and is going through major brain development at this time. All five of her senses are in working order, though she can't smell anything yet. And she's getting less wrinkly as she gets more fat deposits. Good thing, too -- we wouldn't want a wrinkly baby, now would we?
Other tidbits: Baby girl is sleeping about 90 percent of the day and is going through major brain development at this time. All five of her senses are in working order, though she can't smell anything yet. And she's getting less wrinkly as she gets more fat deposits. Good thing, too -- we wouldn't want a wrinkly baby, now would we?
I heard that the whole not sleeping on your back is more for you than for baby.
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