Pregnancy: Week 34 (Baby #3)

Pregnancy: Week 34

DATE: May 10, 2013

How far along: 34 weeks

Total Weight Gained: 29 pounds

How big is baby? Baby's now the size of an average cantaloupe, 17.75 inches, and 4.75 pounds!

Maternity Clothes:  yep! 

Sleep: could be better, could be worse.  Baby moves like a monkey all night long.

Best Moment of the Week: Dr. appt. last week.  Doc says that baby’s head is down and in position and ready to go!  Hopefully he/she stays like that!

Movement: oh yes….always! 

Food Craving: …just an unusually large appetite! 

Food Aversions: none

Morning Sickness: nada

Gender: Surprise this time!!

Symptoms: shortness of breath…I’m winded after 1 flight of steps! Ha.

What I miss: bending over comfortably to put on my socks and shoes!!

What I'm looking forward to: A pre-natal massage that my daddy bought me for mother’s day J.  Just getting closer and closer.

Pregnancy: Week 32

DATE: April 26, 2013

How far along: 32 weeks

Total Weight Gained: 25 pounds

How big is baby? “By now, baby weighs 3.75 pounds and is about 16.7 inches long. Gaining about a pound a week and roughly half of that goes right to the baby. In fact, he/she'll gain a third to half of her birth weight during the next 7 weeks as she fattens up for survival outside the womb. She now has toenails, fingernails, and real hair (or at least respectable peach fuzz). Her skin is becoming soft and smooth as she plumps up in preparation for birth.

Maternity Clothes:  of course

Sleep: ehhhh….could be better, could be worse.  I wake up a LOT to go to the bathroom.

Best Moment of the Week: Had a dr. appt. last week.  I was in and out of there in NO time…and everything is still looking good.  Measuring right on target this week.  BP is good.  Really nothing exciting to report!

Movement: oh yes….always!  When I lay down for bed it seems to be CRAZY time for the baby.

Food Craving: Nothing in particular…just an unusually large appetite!  I could just eat and eat (and I have been)

Food Aversions: none

Morning Sickness: nada

Gender: don’t know that time!

Symptoms: I pulled my back out this week, so back and neck pain.  Also having lots of pressure and some cramping.

What I miss: being slim and sleeping through the night!

What I'm looking forward to: Only 56 days (or less) to go!

Pregnancy post - Week 26

Pregnancy: Week 26

DATE: March 15, 2013

 

How far along: 26 weeks

 

Total Weight Gained: 14 pounds.  I hardly gained at first…and now I am gaining like crazy :(.  2 pounds this WEEK alone...

 

How big is baby:

 

baby at 26 weeks :

-Her eyes are forming, and his eyes will soon start to open.

-And her eyelashes are now grown, too.

-She's getting her immune system ready for life on the outside by soaking up your antibodies.

-She's taking breaths, too. They're of amniotic fluid, not air, but it's still good practice.

Maternity Clothes:  Wearing a mixture of both.  Regular jeans on today, but maternity top.

Sleep: sleeping good…

Best Moment of the Week: Getting into the double digits!  We only have 98 more days until the due date now!!

 

Movement: yes…she is still QUITE the mover…always flipping around.

 

Food Craving: oh just EVERYTHING…I am very hungry…and just could eat and eat (this is NOT a good sign)!!

 

Food Aversions: none really…

 

Morning Sickness: nope….

 

Gender: Not sure…but feeling like a girl this week.  Had an apt. on Monday, and the heart rate was 173…so fast!

 

Symptoms: a little tired this week….still congested.

 

What I miss: wearing my “skinny” clothes…but I am trying to embrace my bump!

What I'm looking forward to: vacation…..(ok that’s not pregnancy related, but still….)

Pregnancy #3: Week 25

Pregnancy: Week 25

DATE: March 8, 2013

How far along: 25 weeks

Total Weight Gained: 12.2 pounds…..really starting to gain/grow now!

How big is baby: The structures of your baby's spine are beginning to form while the blood vessels of the lungs develop as well. Also, his nostrils are beginning to open. Your baby now has fully formed fingerprints and his bones are continuing to harden. If your baby were delivered now it would have a chance of surviving due to some great advances in medicine. The premature baby could survive in an incubator for few months. Her taste buds are forming, and she may be developing a weakness for sweets. He/She is about 13 inches long and weighs a pound and a half.

Maternity Clothes:  Yes!  I still squeeze into regular pants now and then….but it is getting harder.

Sleep: Good…..but I am majorly congested, so that hasn’t been ideal.

Best Moment of the Week: Hmmmm…..it’s been a pretty good week overall…nothing earth shattering

Movement: yes…he/she is QUITE the mover…always flipping around.

Food Craving: oh just EVERYTHING…I am hungry…and just could eat and eat (this is NOT a good sign)!!

Food Aversions: none really

Morning Sickness: nope….

Gender: Not finding out…

Symptoms: nasal congestion…

What I miss: wearing my “skinny” clothes I guess

What I'm looking forward to: Dr. appt. on Monday.  Only time that going to the dr. is fun is when you are pregnant!!  Love hearing the heartbeat!

Pregnancy -24 weeks!

Pregnancy: Week 24

DATE: March 1, 2013

How far along: 24 weeks

Total Weight Gained: 11.2 pounds

How big is baby: By the end of this week, the baby will be weighing around 2 lbs and will be about 14 inches long.

Maternity Clothes:  Yes!  Wearing a mixture of both, but ordered a few maternity tops, which makes me happy!

Sleep: pretty good….but my kids have been sick, so they haven’t been sleeping well….

Best Moment of the Week: Posted (maybe) my 1^st pregnancy picture, of this pregnancy, on Facebook and got all sorts of nice flattering comments

Movement: yes…he/she is QUITE the mover…

Food Craving: Hamburgers, which is strange, b/c I am not much of a meat eater…

Food Aversions: none!

Morning Sickness: nope….

Gender: Not finding out this time.

Symptoms: none this week…feeling fine!

What I miss: hmmmm….wearing some of my “skinny” clothes I guess

What I'm looking forward to: just continuing to feel good…and counting down the weeks!

Pregnancy #3 post: Week 20

Pregnancy : Week 20

 

DATE: February 1, 2013

 

How far along: 20 weeks

 

Total Weight Gained: 5.4 pounds.  Big growth week…but I am ok with it.  At this point with Liv I had gained 11 pounds!

 

How big is baby: baby is the size of a banana!  Baby weighs about 10.2 ounces and measures about 6.5 inches.  He/She's got working taste buds.

 

Maternity Clothes:  I am wearing both…switching back and forth.  Don’t have many maternity clothes yet, but making do with what I have!

 

Sleep: good!  My kids are finally starting to sleep too…although I don’t want to jinx anything.

 

Best Moment of the Week: It’s been an overall rough week…not pregnancy-wise, but just over all.  Pregnancy has been easy!  And now I am 1/2 way done - yay!

 

Movement: yes…feeling little flutters every now and then!

 

Food Craving: Mexican food, chocolate, and fruity candy like skittles, gummies, etc.

 

Food Aversions: not really anything particular.

 

Morning Sickness: nope!

 

Gender: Not finding out this time!

 

Symptoms: I have a bit of a sore back this week…nothing major. 

 

What I miss: caffeine.

 

What I'm looking forward to: Starting to feel real movement!

Pregnancy #3 - Week 19

Pregnancy : Week 19

DATE: January 25, 2013

How far along: 19 weeks

How Big is Baby?  Baby is the size of a mango!  At about 6.0 inches long and weighing in at about 8.5 ounces.  Working on his/her five senses. Nerve cells for her sense of taste, hearing, sight and smell are developing in his/her brain.

Total Weight Gained: 3.8 pounds total.  I actually lost 0.6 pounds this week, but that is coming off of my giant gain last week…so I assume that I am just evening out!

Maternity Clothes:  Some pants here and there.  I have a pair of jeans and a pair of black skinnies.  Other than that, still in regular clothes.  I did do a little on-line maternity shopping this week though.

Sleep: good….I was tired this week!  Going to bed earlier than normal.

Best Moment of the Week: Got to watch the little peanut moving around for about 45 minutes during the “big” Ultra Sound!!  Hearing that everything looks great….and that due date remains the same.

Movement: not yet…and I am getting anxious

Food Craving: Mexican, chips and salsa

Food Aversions: none really…just not too much meat.

Morning Sickness: nope!

Gender: IDK…we held strong during the Fetal Survey U/S this week and it is still a surprise!

Symptoms: headaches here and there 

What I miss: caffeine…lots of it!

What I'm looking forward to: Feeling movement!

Pregnancy Post: 18 Weeks

 

Pregnancy : Week 18

DATE: January 18, 2013

How far along: 18 weeks

Total Weight Gained: 4.4 pounds.  (Yes, I gained 3.2 pounds in ONE week.  No, I am not sure how that happened.  I guess my body is just catching up.  My dr. told me this would happen…but I still don’t lie to see such a big gain in ONE week.  Hopefully that tapers off now and I gain at a more reasonable rate.)

Maternity Clothes:  some this week.  I have a pair of Black skinny pants and a pair of jeans that I am wearing.  My SIL is pregnant too…but due on February 14.  I gave her all of my clothes before I was pregnant…so I have to hold out until she gives them back to me!

Sleep: Fine…but my kids are up all night.  Ugh.

Best Moment of the Week: Starting to see a bit of a bump (not sure how I REALLY feel about that, but I am going to embrace it I guess).

Movement: not that I can feel yet…

Food Craving: fruity candy….skittles and licorice.  And ice cream this week too.  This MAY have been a factor in my 3.2 pound gain this week.  Last week I craved fruit.

Food Aversions: none, really

Morning Sickness: none!  Hallelujah.

Gender: IDK…not finding out this time.  I don’t have a hunch yet…

Symptoms: growing belly, itchy skin.

What I miss: caffeine…I’m getting headaches.

What I'm looking forward to: Fetal Survey US next week!