Week 35

Have you ever noticed how SLOWWWLY times goes by when you want it to go fast? Even if you try all the tricks, ie keeping busy, having projects, trying to think of ANYTHING besides what you are obsessing about..... which is DELIVERY!!!! HURRRYYY UP! :) Ya, I've had it with this whole pregnancy thing... OK, so it hasn't been that bad, but I am tired of it for sure. I have definitely had to rethink a lot of my goals for this pregnancy and do things differently then when I first started. But the good news is it's almost over and I won't have to keep being fat and hurting all the time even if I do too much cleaning let alone a great work out.

What I love: Having everything almost ready for this baby. We have all the clothes we need immediately, the nipple ointment, the nursing pads, the nuks the blankets etc etc etc. I have a place for all the babies clothes and bed ready for it when it comes. I love that I have a few new clothes in my closet for me for after the pregnancy it over!!! Yippee! I will be a size six again. Or, who knows, with enough work and sweat and hunger, I might even be a size four someday. 

What I hate:Being pregnant and hurting when I sit and when I stand and when I walk and when I lay down too much and feeling old and feeble while I am not even 30 yet. ( That happens next week.... yick...) Oh and feeling financially pinched. Double yick!

What I miss: SUMMER! & Running outside in the sunshine and the wind & the warm air and wearing little tiny shorts that actually look good on me and having small boobs that don't bounce when I walk. Having muscle definition... ya. OK. Well, it's OK. It will happen again. 

What I’m looking forward to the most: REALLY looking forward to holding the baby. I have been looking at all the pictures on TCOYF of all the new babies and getting so jealous. I LOVE how newborns smell and feel. They are so soft and sweet! I'm also looking forward to walking around outside. This winter has seemed VERY long and Spring is taking it's sweet time getting here. 

Worries: That this baby will be posterior and I'll have yet another horrible labor & delivery. That I won't make it to Fairbanks in time to have the baby, that I'll go WAY overdue again. And then I made the mistake of looking at the Still Birth/Neonatal Death scrapbook page on TCOYF and I cried and cried just thinking of not actually having anything but pain and sadness after MONTHS of pain and frustration and GROWING!                            

Developments: I am definitely swelling a bit more now. Probably because I haven't been exercising as much. 

Mood:  Pretty good, but for a real evaluation, you should ask my husband.  

Sleep: OK this week. Now that I can breath through my nose again, I have been sleeping better. 

Movement: Lots and lots and I can't tell anymore if the baby is head up or down or sideways. OR forwards or backwards..... 

Bra Size:C. Yuck.

The belly (and the button!): Tighter then a drum. 

Wedding rings on or off: Off. Maybe I should have put in my most looking forward, wearing my wedding ring again. I LOVE it!

Weight gain: 168 - 169. Yippee! It seems I've slowed down a bit. So 32 or 33 lbs up and I only have four weeks left after this one, so I should be under 40, which is my ultimate goal. 

Measurements:  Chest: 37.75" Belly: 43" (Below belly button, or what's left of it...) Hips: 41.5" (Yick) Thighs: 21.5" Calves: 14.5"  Bicep: 11" (Largest part.)  There.... like I said last week. LARGE!

Exercise: I have done better this week, and have doubled last weeks count. Four times, which since I hurt just from cleaning my room, I think it's pretty good. I did videos for the most part but did manage to get on the elliptical (which I HATE!) and lifted some weights. I am hoping that all my muscles won't totally atrophy to smithereens by the time I actually have this child.  

Eating:Not horrible. Trying to eat more veggies and protein and less of the carbs that I love so much. I have also been loving oranges recently. Despite the fact that it's nice not to care about what I eat every second, I am really looking forward to the discipline of eating really healthy and well after baby is born.  

The weekly pics:

This week the baby is as heavy as a honeydew melon, which actually sounds really refreshing to me right now.. :) And the babe is about 5.25 lbs and gaining rapidly. Hopefully not TOO rapidly. 

And finally, here I am at 35 weeks. Looking a little double chinned. HMM..