30 Week Appointment

I'll spare a picture this week. Barf.

I brought both boys to the dr this morning, which is always interesting. I carried Finn up these killer stairs and then 3 minutes later I had to have my blood pressure taken. Luckily, my blood pressure is pretty low from the start. She said it was definitely higher than normal, but still in normal range. I was seriously still winded as she was doing it.

I bribed Jack with some pez, I said if he was good - he could have some more pez in the car after the dr appointment. It worked out great. I stepped on the scale and quickly saw all of the DQ I've been eating these past two weeks flash before my eyes. I gained FIVE pounds. I'm now at 129 lbs. This makes me nervous. ha. I think I started at 110, so I'm up 19 pounds with 10 weeks to go. I've got to gain some self control these last 10 weeks.

My belly is measuring exactly at 30  (30 weeks), dr has no requests of me and is very pleased with how smoothly this pregnancy is going. I feel very blessed that I have such smooth pregnancies (minus the ginormous hernia popping out of my belly button...FINNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!). haha.

Next appointment is in 2 weeks. Just keep on keeping on :-)

Oh - I forgot to mention, baby boy's head is DOWN!!!!!!!!! This makes me so happy considering Finners was breach until 36 weeks!

29 weeks (and 2 days)

Photo Thoughts: My goodness I'm getting LARGE.  What on earth am I going to look like at full term? Holy Hannah. 

Size of baby: Roughly 2 1/2 pounds at this point. And over 15 inches long, head to heel :-) Fruit comparison this week : Butternut Squash. 

Cravings: Sweets like woah. Tom went to Dairy Queen on Sunday night and I got a cookie dough blizzard. Then Tuesday night I got a lemon lime mister misty float. And last night I bought chocolate covered potato chips from Trader Joes. Oh my word. 

What I love: I love how much Jack already loves this baby. He is always wanting to feel him move. He knows exactly how far along I am every week and gets excited when the week changes every Tuesday. Finn could care less right now. But I know he's going to love his lil bro. 

What I'm looking forward to the most: I guess going to the dr every two weeks. Probably just because that means we are getting closer.

Worries: I'm constantly worrying about my hernia. I'm also worried that I am going to go into labor in a weird place this time around. I have no clue why.

What is different this time around: Besides the fact that I feel like I look full term right now, not much. 

Symptoms: A few braxton hicks contractions every once in a while. Back pain at night.

Sleep: I'm sleeping great. I went through a few nights of middle of the night insomnia, but that is gone right now. I just wake up and my hips hurt SO bad from the side sleeping. But it doesn't hurt to get out of bed yet, so I guess I've got that going for me.

Movement: It feels like there is an alien moving in my stomach. Seriously, sometimes I verbally scream OUCH because he jabs my insides so hard. 

The belly: Is out of control 

Milestones: The nursery is ALMOST complete and I am in LOVE. I love how flipping organized it is. How it's boyish and how I have seem to have things under control in that room, unlike the rest of my house.

Amusing comments from the general public: When are you due? "July" - Oh you poor thing. ummmm.....

Best moment of the week: Having Tom feel the crazy movements and just be blown away how much he moves inside of me. This child goes insane at bedtime. Like moving so much it makes me kind of nauseous. haha. 

28 Weeks

Tomorrow I will be 28 weeks! Everything is going great, I just really wish I didn't have this hernia. It's so annoying. The doctor said that I've gotten past the "scariest" part and now my uterus is so big that it should help block any openings to any obstructions that might occur. He said I'm not completely out of the woods, but that it should all be ok. I'm extremely nervous to actually push out the baby because even when I'm going to the bathroom I feel like I need to be holding my hernia. Ahhh, it's such a weird feeling.

My appointments will now be every 2 weeks! That means it's getting closer! My iron levels were up to a good amount this morning, thank goodness. And I've gained about 13 pounds so far.

I haven't posted many pictures on here, not sure why not. But here is one of my favorite one's of Jack.

27 weeks