33 weeks + 6 days

I can’t even fathom that on Saturday I will be 34 weeks along. Only 6 more weeks till we get to meet our little squirrel. Only 6 more weeks till my Muppet moves from only child status to big brother. Only 6 more weeks to feel this little one move and wiggle around in my tummy. Only 6 more weeks till our family of three moves to “table for four, please.” And only 6 more weeks till we know if we are having a little girl (Elise) or a little boy (Oliver).

Until then, I still enjoy listening to people give their thoughts and “feelings” on what we are having. A woman recently walked into my office looking for another place of business and I walked around with her to help her find it. While we were walking she said, “you know you are having a boy, right?”

I explained we didn’t know what we were having and was leaving it a surprise. She commented back with, “Oh wow, no one does that anymore, but you are still having a boy. Just remember me when you have that little boy.” I laughed and told her I surely would.

Yet as I talked to my Dad tonight, he looked at me and said, “you know you’re having a girl.” We recently did a Facebook poll and asked people if they were on Team Elise or Team Oliver and it was pretty much split right down the middle with Team Elise only having 2 or 3 more votes than Team Oliver. However, in just 6 short weeks we will find out who was right. In 6 short weeks we will be investing in bows or ties for the baby’s Easter outfit.

This week has been interesting. I can tell my body is going through the motions of getting ready to have the baby. I’ve felt my lower abdomen contract for a few seconds and then ease up when I get up and walk around. The baby has moved farther up into my rib cage and it loves to kick, giving me a jolt (and me sometimes making weird faces that have people asking if I’m ok). This also makes it hard to sit allot at work because I feel like I’m squishing the baby and it becomes uncomfortable (which again requires another walk around the office). I will say having this feeling come now with only 6 weeks left is amazing! I felt this way with my Muppet at 6 months and it was around 34 or 35 weeks that I developed PUPPS and spent the rest of my pregnancy in complete itching misery. Luckily, you can only get PUPPS once! So there will be no more itching!

I’ve been very good with my nutrition this week. I slacked off on a lunch or two this week, but it was worth it and I’ve only gained one pound in the last 2 weeks. I know that’s below normal, but over all I’ve gained 30lbs total for the whole pregnancy so far. Which makes me very happy considering I gained 75 lbs with my Muppet. What I weigh now is what I weighed when I came home from the hospital with my first. There has been a huge difference in my energy and attitude when I think back between the two pregnancies.

Our next doctor’s appointment is this coming Tuesday! Stay tunes for the next update.

 

32 weeks + 5 days

 Time is flying! Somewhere I missed another weekly blog post, but we have been really busy trying to get our house and family ready for our little squirrel.

I have to give props to my hubby, in the last two weeks he’s moved furniture around, cleaned out the room that will be the nursery, painted the room and moved the most important pieces of furniture into the nursery (crib, changing table and glider). We’ve also gone through some of Muppet’s old stuff I was saving for whenever I did have another child. However, I soon learned that not everything is good almost 10 years later.

The elastic in the crib sheets are shot, bath towels and burp cloths have more stains on them then I remember or are just falling apart. But the good news is now I have a better idea of what we really need and it makes easy when I’m ready to go shopping.

I would post photos of the nursery, but we are waiting on one piece of furniture coming from my parents; it’s an old dresser from my dad’s childhood and I personally can’t wait to get it in the room and start putting baby things into it. Once the room is complete I promise to take photos.

This past Thursday we had our doctor’s appointment and everything is looking great. The doctor said that he expects the baby to be roughly 7 lbs (which is great news because he thought my Muppet would be roughly 8 lbs – and he was almost right). Total for the whole pregnancy, I’ve gained 30 lbs. Not to bad. My workouts have been a little far and few between these past few weeks. My energy levels are a little low at night and with the doctor not allowing me to run or lift weights over my head – it’s been interesting. But I am still able to walk 3 miles on my Saturdays and tie my own shoes! I would put all that in a win category compared to my last pregnancy.

Over all I have been very pleased with how different this pregnancy has been compared to my pregnancy with Muppet. There have been some interesting side effects with this one that I didn’t have with my first, like nerve pain and vertigo, but overall it’s been an amazing experience. 🙂

Our next appointment is in 2 weeks ( 34 weeks!) Time is flying by!

30 weeks + 4 days

I know I have been lax in my postings these past few weeks. We’ve have a crazy few days here that when rolled into the holidays made for time slipping by me.

A few weeks ago I pulled a muscle near or in my ribs. Now, I wish I could say I did it doing something cool like sprinting or lifting weights… I did it from sneezing. Yes. You read that right. Sneezing. Sexy right? Apparently you can even crack your ribs if you sneeze hard enough. With the baby pushing the rib cage up and out my little muscles got over strained from my very violent sneeze. The doctor has asked me to stop running and lifting weights above my head. His fear is that if I keep up those activities then the muscle will just get strained more and cause more pain and discomfort. The best way I describe it is like having stitches (runners, you know what I’m taking about – that slow cramp in your side when you try to run harder than your body is ready for?). If I sit too long in one place it causes the muscle to slowly cramp up and it’s more than painful. And just when I think the muscle is better – I sneeze again and I’m back to square one. UGH!

Needless to say running has been replaced with 3 mile walks and I haven’t even tried working out to my Nike Training Club because most of the moves make that particular muscle hurt. These last 2.5 months will be interesting trying to get some sort of work out in.

I also took a small break from eating clean. With the holiday and a death in the family, it was too much trying to plan out meals and work around what other people make that I just went with the flow for the last 2-3 weeks. However, now that my Muppet is back in school, family has left and we can start to get back into our routines, I plan to get back to eating right.

My struggles these past few weeks (and more so days) has been getting sick. I got a cold that seems to be hanging around these past few days. I also got some acid reflux from it (which is awful – I’ve never really had that before – so it’s new and not really all that exciting).

The baby is on track growth wise. We are now officially up to our every 2 week appointments (which is exciting). And we are finally getting around to getting the nursery ready (I know, we’re behind).

We did do a fun poll on Facebook recently. Since we don’t know what we are having we’ve asked people what they think we are having. And since we’ve picked a boy’s name and girl’s name, we’ve asked people – are you on Team Oliver (boy) or Team Elise (girl). It’s been fun reading what people think. 🙂 What team are you on?