Week 37 of Pregnancy

Hello all! I finished week 37 of my pregnancy! Only 2 more weeks until the due date – but we are as ready as we can be!!

How I feel

I’m a lot less stressed because over the last two weeks we have gotten so much accomplished!! Over the 4-day Memorial weekend my husband and I (with 2 piano lessons thrown in there) completed the nursery, spent our gift cards and have all the “needed” items purchased. A couple things will arrive in the mail this coming Monday.

I’ve been still feeling pretty good and sleeping pretty well (only waking up for about 1-2 hours each night). My feet are pretty swollen so I’m staying out of the heat and propping my feet up when I can! Here I am grading this week:

Stats

Total weight gain/loss? I gained 1 pound this week, so overall I’ve gained 28 pounds.

Movement – Yes, she continues to move a lot! While at my appointment with the midwife I was talking about how far to my right side I was feeling kicking and my midwife verified that Baby Girl was still head down, with her back and butt slightly leaning to the left and her legs were what I was feeling on my right side. The midwife remarked that she must have long legs…hmmm…that doesn’t seem right, does it?

Since I’ve been feeling some sharp twinges of pain with my inner thigh on the left side this week, my midwife suggested lying more on my right and pushing on Baby Girl to try to get her to lie straighter inside me.

Hunger/Cravings – Not really. Mostly with all this heat I’ve been drinking a lot of water.

Contractions? Nope, just the normal Braxton Hicks contractions at this point. And they are not very regular either.

Best moment this week?

Here is what we crossed off our to-do list last weekend: hanging the frames and alphabet letters in the nursery, setting up the pack ‘n play in our bedroom, washing the baby clothes and re-hanging them, putting a crib sheet on the crib, and making a trip to buy buy baby!!

What I am looking forward to

I’m looking forward to have the nursery done and showing you pictures of it!! This Saturday I will try to take some pictures so I can show off our nursery next week!!

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 18.5 inches long (bok choy) and about 6 pounds in weight. This week: over 19 inches long and about 6.3 pounds in weight (papaya)!

So, why do I look bigger during week 36 than 37? It’s because Baby Girl leans to the left quite a bit!! I always look bigger on the left side.