Week 35 of Pregnancy

Hello all! I finished week 35 of my pregnancy! We are really getting close, aren’t we? 4 or 5 more weeks!!

How I feel

I’m still enjoying the nesting phase! We’ve been crossing more off our to-do list: spray painting the frames we are going to hang in the nursery, and getting all of our “to donate” piles to the car. This weekend we will try to pack the baby and momma bags for the birth center.

Most of the time I feel great, but this week on Monday evening I had a really rough night. I was up all night, going to the bathroom every 20 minutes or so. I called my midwife, my husband ran to Walgreens for some medication, and then I was finally able to sleep from 6am-11am. It took that Tuesday for my body to recover, but amazingly enough on Wednesday I felt normal again (well, pregnant normal)!

Stats

Total weight gain/loss? Didn’t gain anything this week, so overall now I’ve gained 23 pounds. When I was measured at my appointment this week I was 35 cm – so even though I haven’t gained weight the past two weeks, my belly is still growing!!

Movement – Yes, she continues to move a lot! Mostly I’m seeing belly rolls when she is moving her feet and butt and occasionally I can feel fluttering of her hands. It’s so funny to see the outline of her back and butt whenever I have a Braxton Hicks contraction (I am having those daily, but not too often or regularly).

Ring on or off? – My wedding ring is off. So we bought a simple sparkly band for me to wear until it will fit again! I was so missing having something on my hand!!

Hunger/Cravings – Yes, I’m craving random things as random times. Sometimes something healthy like Juice stop (which I usually give in to), sometimes something unhealthy like fries or fried food (which I usually try to ignore and not give in to).

Best moment this week?

Last weekend we had our church shower (unfortunately I don’t have any pictures). It was so much fun and we received a lot of cute girl clothes and some gift cards to spend on the things we still need! By the end of next week we plan to try to have everything we need and want purchased.

What I am looking forward to

I’m looking forward to have the nursery done and showing you pictures of it!! It will probably be the last week of May when we get it done. My husband wants us to be 100% ready for baby by May 26th. That’s our goal, but I think it might actually be closer to May 30th.

Our little “June Bug’s” Growth

We’ve been taking photos since week 6 and showing a fruit or vegetable in the picture that is the same size as our little “June Bug”. Last week: our little girl was almost 18 inches long and 4 3/4 pounds in weight (cantaloupe). This week: over 18 inches long and about 5 1/4 pounds in weight (honeydew melon)!