Week 35

It has not been the best week. Bad news from a friend, crappy sleep all week, a stupid football game, my dad got surgery. It just hasn't been great. I am so ready to get on with this thing and I really just have to wait. My mom told me that I was due the twenty something and was born on the 4th. It makes me LONNNNNGGG to be a couple weeks early. I could only have TWO weeks left instead of four! (I am writing this at the end of week 35.) BUT, I most likely will see my due date come and go, so I am trying to prepare for that too. 
Things left to do. Pack a bag for the little girl, pack a bag for me and Dan. Get the bassinet out of storage and the boppy. I don't think I need anything else, but who knows. I am ready for this show to get on the road! She is still way up so the likely hood of me actually going into labor is very slim. 

Week : 35

What I love: Not being scheduled on cleaning anymore! Not being scheduled on BREAKFAST EITHER!!!! Yeah! Uhm. I am not sure. I love that it's going to happen soon and I will never be this big and uncomfortable again. (Lord willing!) And I love that I am still kicking butt in exercise. I read back over Emma's pregnancy and at this point, I was hardly doing anything. I am hurting quite a bit now, but it's not from exercise, it's just from weighing 30 lbs extra and having a six pound baby snuggled in my middle. 

What I hate: Getting to the stage of hating being pregnant. It's sucks. It really does. Everything is difficult at this stage and the waiting for an unknown date and time of being in lots of pain, is a real mental battle for me. I really don't like waking up in the night and not being able to fall back asleep. It really wares you down. And then there is the expectation that I won't be able to fall asleep and so I worry about it when I go to sleep. It's just not cool all around. 

What I miss: Not being pregnant. I miss just sitting on a couch anyway I want, OR how bout laying down without feeling like I am suffocating? I will really enjoy not being pregnant anymore. Ever. 

What I’m looking forward to the most: Not being pregnant anymore! Holding this baby. Being able to move around and wear different clothes and drink and sleep. (I know I won't be sleeping much at first, BUT it will come!) I am really looking forward to not having a big event to think about anymore. 

Sleep: Not good. Waking up and not falling asleep again, AND hurting pretty good. My hips ache at night and I can't get comfortable and then I am sleeping with pillows between my legs and holding onto another one and propping myself up on a few more. Gag. I hate the pillow trap that I sleep in. Any time I move I have to readjust and get everything to where it needs to be and retrieve any pillows that fall off...... oh to just flop into bed again!

Bra Size: C. My boobs haven't budged for a long time. A small blessing! I am going to put my All purpose nipple ointment together next week and then probably start using it after 37 weeks to get them prepped as much as possible. 

Wedding rings on or off: Off. I am taking them up to the jeweler next week to get fixed so I can wear them as soon as I stop being to puffy. 

Weight:  173  Weight Gain: 30lbs I knew it was coming. I am right on track for 35lbs if I don't randomly gain 2lbs a week again. I might but then again I might not. 

Worries: Other then her position and labor and the pain? Nursing? I don't know. I don't have any. Other then that my 2nd child is being SOOOOO much work at the moment. 

Developments: The hurting during the night is new to this week. A few more contractions, but I wouldn't say that is very new. 


Things of Interest: I am going to take Emma up to my 36 weeks appt next week. It should be an adventure! She might be a little freaked out by the MW checking me, as she REALLY didn't like the ultrasound guy. Or she might really like it. She likes to give me check ups already, so it might be the start of some new obsessive play for her. 

Mood: It wasn't great this week, but that's more because of all the other things happening then just being pregnant. It didn't help that Dan had to go to work early all week and come home kind of late. It just made dealing with Emma's fits that much more difficult and I found myself very irritable with the kids because I was not stoked to be dealing with them alone. 

Movement: She is literally trying to get out the side. She keeps kicking my left side SOOO hard and pushing with all her little might. It's just got to stop!

The belly (and the button!): Yes. I have both. 

Measurements: Chest:  Waist:   Midsection: 42 Hips: 41.5 Thighs: 

Exercise: 5 days, though I just walked yesterday. But four solid days of intense WODs so I'm happy. 

Eating: Total crap, but there were lots of Christmas goodies hanging around the office and my will power was at an all time low. I will do better next week. 

The weekly pics: 

Amniotic fluid: The amount of amniotic fluid surrounding your baby has peaked and will start to diminish now.

Fat: Your baby will spend the next few weeks putting on weight at the rate of about an ounce a day.

Uterus: Your uterus has expanded to about 15 times its original volume and is poking up under your ribs.

Here we are.