Tuesday, December 21, 2010

33 Weeks!




How far along? 33 Weeks

Total weight gain/loss: 24 lbs.

Pregnancy Symptoms: Swelling and moving like a tortoise.

Maternity clothes? Yes. I wear what fits.

Stretch marks? No.

Sleep: Love it!

Best moment this week: Getting my "nesting" on. Thanks to Rob, the house is so much more ready for baby than it was before the weekend. Oh, and we had a sizing ultrasound last Thursday. An average 32 weeker is supposed to be around 3.75 lbs. She's measuring 5lbs 2oz, give or take 3/4 lb. O_O

Movement: Yes. There's a foot sticking out of my side right now.

Food cravings: Christmas cookies - but I don't think it has anything to do with pregnancy. Tis the season!

Gender: Girl

Belly Button in or out? Still in.

What I miss: Walking without pain.

What I am looking forward to: Non-baby related - I can't wait to see M's face on Christmas morning.

Milestones: 6 weeks left! Woohoo!

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

31 Weeks!




How far along? 31 Weeks

Total weight gain/loss: 22 lbs.

Pregnancy Symptoms: lots of random aches and pains.

Maternity clothes? They are starting to not fit me. =(

Stretch marks? No.

Sleep: I'll take as much as I can get.

Best moment this week: Taking steps to feel better emotionally.

Movement: Yes. She likes to stretch out in there. Too bad she's running out of room!

Food cravings: Not really. But, I did want an ice cream sundae last night.

Gender: She's still a girl. ::whew!::

Belly Button in or out? It's in, but it's now flat. So, who knows? It might pop out one of these days. It will be the first time in my life I've had an outtie.

What I miss: Seeing my feet.

What I am looking forward to: Having her. I'm now at the point where I can't wait until the end.

Milestones: My swelling has started. Booooooo!

Friday, November 19, 2010

28 Weeks!




How far along? 28 Weeks

Total weight gain/loss: According to the OB earlier this week, I'm up 18lbs.

Pregnancy Symptoms: RLP, a bit of heartburn, and 3rd tri exhaustion

Maternity clothes? I bought a new blue dress for the holidays. I think it might be in my mailbox right now!!!

Stretch marks? No.

Sleep: I've been sleeping really well. It's the "hard" kind of sleep where nothing wakes me up.

Best moment this week: Getting the nursery painted!

Movement: Yes. She's starting to reduce the kicks and do a lot more rolling around.

Food cravings: I don't know if you could consider it a food, but I'm in love with DD's decaf Gingerbreak Lattes.

Gender: Team Pink!

Belly Button in or out? Still in, and will probably stay that way.

What I miss: Having a winter coat that fits me.

What I am looking forward to: Decorating for Christmas! I just bought a bunch of Christmas things (wrapping, new lights, a new tabletop tree) and I can't wait to put them all out!

Milestones: I'm now far enough along to be going to the OB's office every two weeks!

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

24 Weeks!





So, it's been a while, huh? I have no excuse except that a) I've been lazy and b) I'm trying to find some new questions. These are kind of getting old. So, this will probably be the last week of these, unless I can't find anything else that's better. =)

How far along? 24 Weeks

Total weight gain/loss: Still haven't replaced the batteries in the scale.

Pregnancy Symptoms: Aches and pains. Round ligament pains can suck it!

Maternity clothes? I've been in mat clothes for a while now. But, I'm realizing that the shirts I used the first time aren't exactly covering my belly well. So, unless I go shopping for new stuff, I will be housebound by January and walking around in my underwear. And, that is something no one wants to see.

Stretch marks? Nada.

Sleep: M has had a couple of rough nights, but last night was the first night he slept all the way through the night. I did too. I didn't even get up to pee. Which meant I raced to the bathroom this morning!

Best moment this week: My full night's sleep.

Movement: A ton! She kicks, rolls and kicks some more. And, Rob has now felt her too.

Food cravings: Genoa Salami.

Gender: Yes, she has one.

Belly Button in or out? In

What I miss: A good, cold beer.

What I am looking forward to: The holidays.

Milestones: Does outgrowing my maternity clothes while I'm only in the 2nd trimester count?

And, some other pictures that I haven't uploaded until now...

23 Weeks:


My belly around 22 1/2 weeks from the top:


My belly around 22 1/2 weeks from the top, if I lean and arch my back. She's pointy!!!


My 22 week picture:

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

21 Weeks!

(Pic to be uploaded when I'm not sitting on my bum being lazy.)

How far along? 21 Weeks

Total weight gain/loss: The scale ran out of batteries so I don't know.

Pregnancy Symptoms: I'm super emo lately.

Maternity clothes? Still need to shop.

Stretch marks? No. Let's keep it that way, oh stretch mark gods, mmmmkay?

Sleep: I love sleep.

Best moment this week: This has nothing to do with my pregnancy, but hearing M say his first full sentence was amazing!

Movement: I can feel her a lot, especially if I lay on my left side. Rob hasn't been able to feel her yet.

Food cravings: Apple Pie.

Gender: I'm pretty sure she's still a girl.

Belly Button in or out? In

What I miss: The fall weather - where did it go? It's 80+ degrees here today.

What I am looking forward to: Shopping for little dresses.

Milestones: I can no longer sit on the little stepstool in the bathroom. We use it to sit on while potty training M. My belly gets in the way and it hurts when I stand up.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

20 Weeks!




How far along? 20 Weeks

Total weight gain/loss: Still right around 5 pounds.

Pregnancy Symptoms: I have a bump. =)

Maternity clothes? Yes, please. After going through all of my winter stuff, I realize that I need to go shopping. Three pairs of pants is not going to cut it until February.

Stretch marks? Nope, and I've started using my Palmer's lotion again.

Sleep: I love sleep.

Best moment this week: Having our big ultrasound...IT'S A GIRL!!!!

Movement: All the time. Seriously, she rarely stops.

Food cravings: Dunkin Donuts Cheddar Cheese Bagel Twists. I could seriously eat them every day, all day.

Gender: GIRL, GIRL, GIRL!!!!

Belly Button in or out? In

What I miss: My little boy! I went through all of his clothes today and I feel like I can't remember when he was so small. It makes me really sad.

What I am looking forward to: Painting the little girl's room. I can't wait to start pulling the room together for her arrival.

Milestones: We're halfway there! Woohoo!!!

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

19 Weeks - and welcome my guest blogger!




And tonight's special guest blogger is Rob.... Rob come-on down and take the keyboard and play our favorite game...... what is new with your expecting wife?

First thing is first... I am doing very well thank you for asking. What I have noticed the most, walking into rooms behind my pregnant wife, is nobody, I mean nobody ever asks me how I am feeling.... so for the record I am feeling happy and a bit tired, but mostly happy... thank you for asking. Now on to Terri, well we will talk about her some later. Back to me... have you ever noticed that pregnant women have massive cravings? I am seriously wondering if my wife is going to give birth to a quart of Eddy's Mint chocolate chip? And when she runs out of her ice cream she thinks nothing of eating mine. That makes me sad... bad wife... Okay now on to the questions.

How far along? 19 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: barely a pound, she looks perfect, especially from behind.

Pregnancy Symptoms: ummm has baby in uterus... just saying that is clearly a symptom.

Maternity clothes? I spare no expense for my wife, I have taken down the curtains and begun to tailor them into a mumu... because if you saw her the last few weeks of her first preganancy you would know I am just planning ahead.

Stretch marks? None that I have seen... and I peak when she isn't looking. But then again I am easily distracted, damm those things are big.

Sleep: I sleep just fine so how the heck would I know... seriously, when my wife is pregnant she is CRAZY when she sleeps. She has attacked me, digging her newly sharpened nails/claws into the back of my head, for reason unknown to this author. But that was last pregnancy. So far this time, we have a lot of talking and babbling nonsense in the middle of the night. I am still waiting for it to get weird again. But in truth she doesn't sleep nearly as much this pregnancy. Of course, she slept 8 of the 9 months lst time.

Best moment this week: When the Pats won Sunday. As for Terri her best moment happens every morning waking up realizing she married so well... oh and I guess when Maddux said I blahlablh you mommy. In Maddux talk that means I love you mommy.

Movement: Nope she stays on the couch... but the babys seems to be kicking like crazy.

Food cravings: I have bought stock in Eddys; Haagen Daz and Ben and Jerry's and I am cleaning up.

Gender: I am a man dammit. These are just silly questions. Ohhh and I think the baby she is carrying is a boy.

Belly Button in or out? Lets be honest when I get to look at her without her shirt... I definitely don't notice the belly button. Dang those things are big. Again I get easily distracted.

What I miss: My wife sans mood swings... for the record I think those pregnant hormones might just be the cause.

What I am looking forward to: the world series... sorry just one of these questions has to be about me.

Milestones: My wife can still cook raw meats so far so good. This is great news, as I still light a candle for turkey meatloaf past.

Any other comments: Well I am guessing this will be my first and last post... just saying I doubt my wife will think this was a good idea, but hey you never know. But don't worry, when she isn't looking, I might just sneak back on.

update... I could be invited back after reading this. I think she pee'd her pants laughing... and yes I mean that literally and it wouldn't be the first time