35 week checkup

Well, I didn't get a chance to post on Thursday after our ultra-sound...but...

everything looked great with Kalia...she's just a BIG BABY!!!  She's actually slowed down growing some...she weighed in at 5 lbs 12 ounces.  I'm only measuring 1 week large instead of two.  I keep asking him if that means I'll go earlier and he said nope, it just means she's a big baby.  Grrrr...I'm ready for Kalia to get here!!  The great news is that Kalia has flipped so she's no longer breach!!!  WOO HOO!!!  She just flipped on Thursday, and I can sort of breathe again.  It's amazing how much I took that for granted!

We had an amazing baby shower this past weekend in Melbourne.  The three of us are so lucky and fortunate and blessed to have so many people that love us and already love Kalia so much!  When my professional photographer (aka Uncle Jason) uploads some pictures...errr...his assistant uploads pictures (aka Aunt Jennifer!), I'll post them!  I could write pages upon pages about how thankful I am for everything this past weekend, but since this will be a long post already, I'll hold off.  But I am so thankful!!!!!!!!!!

We had our 35 week checkup yesterday.  They hooked me up to the monitors, and we listened to Kalia's heartbeat for awhile.  Everything is still looking good!

We get to wait an entire week before seeing the doctor again.  I really hope I'm not jinxing myself by writing that.

I'm getting bigger by the minute these days it seems.  Since she's flipped, I'm also having the first trimester pee urges every hour or so.  My feet started swelling yesterday, and I took off my wedding ring until after my delivery.  No need to risk some weird complication with that one!

Also since she's flipped, I'm feeling her move a lot more.  I think it's because she has more room to kick around.  She definitely had to be cramped being sideways!!  Too bad her flipping didn't make me look any longer or leaner!

I feel...excited, am filled with anticipation, and I really am ready for her to get here.  I could care less what else I don't have done...it'll all work out.  I just can't wait to see her already!!  I don't like the feeling of not being able to do as much, but I'm already well there.  I get tired way more easily, and just get to the point where I'm done and need to rest NOW.  I think that means she's coming soon!!  Haha, just let me keep believing that, okay?!  It's my happy place!!!


T minus 4 weeks and 6 days!!!!!

34 week pictures

Fatty fatty two by four

Can't get through the bathroom door!

I can't believe I'm actually posting this next picture, but ... some of you have a thing with my hugeness, so I'll just go ahead and post it.

Most.ridiculous.belly.ever.

And it's still growing!!!!!!!!!  Oiy...

These were taken Monday after we got home from the doc by the way...so right at 34 weeks.  T minus 5 weeks and 5 days left until I expload!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :-D

34 week checkup

Everything looked good at todays checkup.  They strapped me into the heart monitor and Kalia's heart rate looked good.  My blood work came back from last week, and the only negative is that I'm slightly anemic.  We're having steak for dinner tonight :-).

I'm still measuring a little bit large, and she's still not moving around like she was, so he's doing another ultra sound on Thursday afternoon to check out my amniotic fluids and stuff.  I'm pretty sure he's just overly cautious on everything...better safe than sorry!

I'm assuming we'll see that she's still up on my ribs.  I think she heard me complaining about my boobs being too big and has decided that she'll help hold those bad boys up.  She's that high!  The upper portion of my stomach has actually gone pretty numb...it's like when you have ice on a spot for awhile and then run your finger along it...you can sort of feel it, but it's that weird numb tingly feeling.  That's what I've got going on across my upper ribs.  He said its from her hanging out up there.

I told him I was going to jump up and down to get her to move down...he said "we don't allow jumping in pregnancy".  Bummer.

Chris and I took a few hours on Sunday and floated around in the pool.  It was awesome.  I could lay flat on my back without hurting because I wasn't so heavy, and I even flipped over and laid on my stomach for awhile!  I haven't been able to do that in months!!  Poor Chris and Kodi though...it's like they were whale watching!

Chris took pictures tonight, so I'll post those tomorrow.  Too tired right now!!  T minus 6 weeks......woot!

Only when you're pregnant...

Every time I go out in public, I have at least one version of the following conversation...

Random Person : "You look great!  When is your due date?"  (Note : This has changed from asking how far along am I to asking when my due date is...my belly is waaay out there!).

Me :  "Thanks!!  May 30th..."

Random Person : "Oh wow!! May 30th?!  That's right around the corner...you're so tiny!!"

Me : "Haha, thanks!  I feel like a house!"

Random Person : " No way! You're all belly!!"

And then sometimes they go into how huge they got when they got pregnant, or they just wish me the best of luck and carry on their way.

Only when you're pregnant does someone telling you that you're all belly make you the happiest person in the world.  Seriously.  Gotta love these chicken arms of mine...at least they're good for something!!  Or you at least gotta love how nice people are to pregnant women. 

But just an FYI, when I get un-pregnant, I do not want to hear that I'm all belly, m'kay?!?!  :-)

33 week checkup

Well, it looks like this might be an every week thing from here on out...

Monday we had our 33 week checkup.  They monitored Kalia's heartbeat and my contractions (still had none) for about 30 minutes and everything looked good.  Her heartbeat was pretty steady, which I think means she was sleeping.  The previous two times she's jumped all over the place, but on Monday her heartbeat stayed right around 148 the whole time.


Last week the doc had me go in and get blood work done to make sure everything was okay and that my symptoms I'm feeling are just 3rd trimester woes.  My white blood count came back high and my red blood cells were small.  He said the red blood cells being small isn't all that uncommon in pregnant women...we're reproducing blood cells so fast and the new ones aren't as mature (large) as the older ones, so that could easily explain that.

Most pregnant women's white blood count is higher, but I guess the normal high is 15 and mine came back at 16.4 or something, so just a little high.  He ordered more blood work to recheck my white blood count and to check if I'm deficient in any vitamins.  He asked if I had been feeling sick, and I told him I can't tell the difference between being sick and being pregnant anymore!  Ha!  I'll find out those results on Monday when we go back in.

I just realized I haven't posted my 'total love gained' for the past 2 months.  I told Chris I'm going to put my hands over my eyes when I go to the scale from now on because it's the most dreaded walk!!  He says I'm doing really well weight wise and size wise.  I'm eating super healthy, and trying to get my sweet tooth fix with sugar free or low sugar things.

This is my lunch almost every day :

Plain greek yogurt with strawberries and splenda on top, topped with whole grain granola and light whipped cream.  And yes, that's a 2 qt pitcher of water with a straw in it.  I'm thirsty.  This is more efficient than getting up 8 trillion times to get yet another glass of water!!

Anyways...total love gained so far...25 lbs.  Oiy...

Goodbye Feet

You officially disappeared yesterday.  I look down every day when I take a shower to see if you're still there, and yesterday you disappeared.  Hopefully less than 8 weeks and I'll see you again!!

Or, I could just lean over...but you look so tiny and so far away when I do that now!!

How funny looking is this?!  Hello tiny little feet!

If anyone sees me walking around with mismatched shoes or sandles on, just ignore it.  I can't see it anyways!

My neighbor Nancy says I'll know when I'm ready to pop when I'm wearing Chris's shoes because my feet and ankles are so swollen.

I hope that really isn't the case...these boats look ridiculous on me!!  Thankfully I still fit into my own shoes / sandals!

I had allergy shots today, and there was a lady that's three months pregnant with her third child and she couldn't BELIEVE that I was 32 weeks.  She kept telling me how tiny I looked and how I'm all belly, and the rest of me looks absolutely amazing.  She said when I walked away that she wouldn't even be able to tell I was pregnant from my behind side.  Woot!

I ran an errand afterwards and got asked how far along I was by the store clerk and she had the same reaction.  She asked how I've stayed so small everywhere else and just managed to gain in the belly.  I told her I feel like a house, but thanks!

I think I need to get out more often.  Even though I'm a firm believer that most people will tell a pregnant lady they look amazing and wonderful even if they're wearing a pillowcase and look like poo, it's so nice to hear it!!  ESPECIALLY when you feel like a house!

32 week checkup

Today was the follow up ultra-sound from last week.  He looked around, took measurements, and told us that everything looks good.  I asked if she was normal sized, and he replied "and then some".  She's not growing too quick too fast like we had previously worried about, but she is already a large baby.  Today she weighed in at 4 lbs 11 ounces!!  Holy cow!!  She's still got 8 weeks to go!!

I will have to have another ultra sound in a month because she's ... transverse ... or something like that.  I forget the word he used, but what it means is that her head is on my left side, her bottom is on my right side, and her legs are down towards my cervix.  So he needs to make sure she flips within the next month because I can't deliver her in her current position.  He said no worries for now though, unless I have more than 4 contractions in an hour, leak fluid, or start bleeding. 

He hooked me up to the monitor for 20-30 minutes and said her heart rate and my contractions (I had none) looked good.  He thinks that I'm feeling less movement because of her position.  He also said my excess thirst, headaches, and nausea could all just be 3rd trimester woes, but he ordered more blood work just to make sure.  He wouldn't be worried about them at all if her movement wasn't down.

I asked if I should avoid fruit / sugars / carbs, and he said no, that wasn't an issue for me or something I needed to worry about (gestational diabetes).  I asked him how long it took for my blood sugar to return back to normal on the 3 hour test, and he said I was normal...actually low...at the first reading, which was a good sign.  So, I must've not have fasted long enough for the first test.

Because of her slowing movements though, he did want to see me back next week instead of every two weeks.  At 36 weeks I start going every week anyways, so I might get to skip week 34, but after that, it's a weekly thing.

 All in all today's check up was really good.  I was nervous / scared about it, but most of my worries are gone now!  'Cept the whole 'she needs to flip' thing.  But...I've still got a month to try to coax her around.  I asked if any of the old wives tales work with getting her to flip and he said no :-), but I could talk to her and try to convince her if I wanted to!! 

Exactly 8 weeks until my due date...it's rapidly approaching!!