we're ready for this lil girl to get here. mark put together her crib on saturday and stayed patient with the stroller :) that thing was crazy. we're slowly getting her nursery together—can't wait for her dresser to come in! it'll be helpful to put things in drawers once we get that. I got her bedding from potterybarn, but found it on clearance so I'm pretty proud of my find. it's the morgan collection and found really cute turtle sheets to put with it too :) other than that i've been slowly packing my hospital bag and making sure everything is set for when she decides to make her grand appearance!
had another check up today... gained 3 lbs. I am completely baffled on my body's ability to gain all the weight so fast—it's quite amazing I must say. dr. perlis checked me too and although I'm not dialated yet she said baby's head is pretty low (almost -1) so she's making her way down! we'll see if anything changes at next weeks appointment. :)
overall, baby's been kickering around and my belly really hurts from all the stretching. it feels almost like sore bruise. I have been feeling a bunch of braxton hicks contractions lately—and those aren't too fun. but if it helps my body prep then awesome. thankfully none of these have been as bad as pms cramps (sorry tmi) they hang around for a few minutes and go away which is nice. I wonder what a real real contraction will feel like though. I guess I'll find out soon!
that's all for now :)
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what's baby up to?
our baby is still packing on the pounds—at the rate of about an ounce a day. she now weighs almost 6 pounds (like a crenshaw melon) and is more than 18 1/2 inches long. she's shedding most of the downy covering of hair that covered her body as well as the vernix caseosa, the waxy substance that covered and protected her skin during her nine-month amniotic bath. our baby swallows both of these substances, along with other secretions, resulting in a blackish mixture, called meconium, will form the contents of her first bowel movement.
at the end of this week, our baby will be considered full-term. (full-term is 37 to 42 weeks; babies born before 37 weeks are pre-term and those born after 42 are post-term.) she's in a head-down position right now.
You are just the cutest! Hope your belly starts feeling better, and not like the sore bruise. Can't believe you have only one more month! I feel like your pregnancy is just keeps flyin by!! Oh and I'm glad to hear braxton hicks are not as bad a cramps. :)
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