Sunday, August 7, 2011

35 weeks: waddle waddle

I feel like a lil penguin when I walk... waddling my way down the street. it's funny how much I sometimes need to use my arms to propel myself forward—makes me laugh. with all this waddling my hips have obviously loosened up—getting ready for baby. she's also been pressing more and more against my bladder, so especially when I'm up walking around I feel like I'm running to the bathroom every 15 mins. can't wait for this to get worse!

had my doc appointment tuesday. everything looked good again. gained 2 lbs, blood pressure 114/52, measured 34 weeks and her heartbeat sounded good. I go back in two weeks and then I'll be having weekly visits!

mark painted baby girls room saturday and it looks wonderful! we decided to go with benjamin moore's morning sky blue and we'll decorate with a pink, navy and light blue nautical theme. can't wait to get the crib and dresser delivered so we could arrange the room and start hanging things on the wall :) that'll be this week's project!

we also had our last baby shower and just want to thank all our family for the amazing and wonderful gifts. this lil girl is so loved already and we just can't wait for everyone to meet her—going to be such an amazing day! BIG thanks to my sister and poppa bear for organizing the shower and getting everything together! :)

overall, I feel good. just a lil more tired than usual—not sure if it's the disruption of sleep to run to the bathroom couple times a night or if I frankly just need to go to bed earlier. baby is definitely growing!

oh, mark and I celebrated our first anniversary together today too! can't believe a year has already flown by—love him more and more each day! <3


cravings: I wanted fried calamari on my birthday...
aversions: I thought the above was a good idea—yuck.

what's baby up to?
our baby doesn't have much room to maneuver now that she's over 18 inches long and tips the scales at 5 1/4 pounds (pick up a honeydew melon). because it's so snug in your womb, she isn't likely to be doing somersaults anymore, but the number of times she kicks should remain about the same. her kidneys are fully developed now, and her liver can process some waste products. most of her basic physical development are now complete — she'll spend the next few weeks putting on weight.

1 comment:

  1. For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb...All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. Psalm 139:13, 16

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