How far along: 29 weeks//SEVEN MONTHS!! My official due date is June 27th. Both of the girls came late, Shelby was almost 41.5 weeks {c-section} and Hadley came at 41 weeks exactly after being induced {VBAC}. But now that my body has actually gone into labor, we're anxious to see if my body will actually know what to do this time around and we might have a punctual baby on our hands! However, the thought of going into labor on my own kind of terrifies me since that would be all new territory for me!
Weight Gain: As of my 28 week appointment last Monday, I was up TWENTY pounds! I don't know even know what to say about this, but it horrifies me!
Maternity clothes: With Shelby, I never wore a single piece of maternity clothing. Since it was my first pregnancy, I didn't show for quite a while so I was able to finish out teaching the school year in all of my regular work clothes. By the time summer hit, I got by living in skirts & dresses. With Hadley, I started showing much earlier & couldn't do the skirts/dresses trick since she was due in March. I purchased two pairs of maternity jeans & a handful of short sleeve maternity tops during Hadley's pregnancy. I pretty much lived in those and cardigans this winter with Baby #3. ;) Now it's really starting to warm up here, so I'm hoping I'll be able to get by on skirts & dresses again...we'll see!
Sleep: Sleeping great! No issues yet :)
Movement: Yes! :)
Food cravings: Nope! Between all three pregnancies, I don't think I've ever had a single "craving." But maybe that's because I don't really experience nausea/food aversions?
Symptoms: Feeling great! Both of my pregnancies with the girls were super easy, and this one has been the exact same so far! I definitely had exhaustion during the first trimester and fell asleep on the couch almost every single night after putting the girls to bed, but that's been pretty much my only "symptom." I had a little nausea with Hadley and threw up maybe 3 or 4 times, but this time around I haven't had any at all. Oh, I almost forgot! I also totally had the most random intense itchy skin at times this winter! But that's pretty much it for symptoms--I've been blessed with very easy pregnancies!
Gender: BOY! Still trying to wrap our brains around that ;)
What I miss: Nothing!
Best moment this week: Clearly, I haven't been updating weekly...so I'll just go with one of our favorite moments thus far in the pregnancy: surprising my parents with the news at Christmas!
What I'm looking forward to: All of a sudden, I feel like time is moving at warp speed! When we turned our calendars to April, it dawned on me that we only had two full months left here before our big move. I actually had to call our dentist's office this past week to reschedule our appointments b/c I was worried the original date they'd scheduled for us would interfere with the move....for whatever reason, that made things feel crazy real & imminent! All of that to say, I guess we're most looking forward to finally having orders & getting Derek's June schedule at work finalized so we can get an idea for the timeline of the move/baby situation b/c as of now the move and baby's arrival are scheduled for pretty much the exact same time. ;) Convenient, huh?! We're hoping we'll be able to remedy that once we get more specific dates with orders, etc. Typically, the allergy fellows move over the 4th of July weekend, but with a late June due date that doesn't really work for us. ;) Derek is pushing hard for them to let us leave immediately following his graduation on June 10th, so we could move & get somewhat settled before birth. Who knows how things will actually play out, but I figure it will be chaotic & exciting no matter what! ;) Surprisingly, I have been totally calm, cool, and collected about this crazy timing throughout the entire pregnancy...which is soooo not typical of me! ;)
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