38 Weeks

So, will we have any more pictures or not?  Only time will tell!  I still feel fine, so I wouldn't be surprised to be still pregnant in a week.  No swelling and I'm still wearing my wedding rings!  Last week at my appointment I had only gained .2lbs.  I expect that to be much larger this week.  As of my last appointment my total weight gain has been 27.5lbs.  I gained around 30lbs with Til, so I'm thinking I'll end up around the same this time.

The biggest news of this week is that I have everything on my Before Baby List, except for my hair appointment tomorrow, done!  Yep, I even sewed that book sling for Ted!  It really is an easy project -- less than 30 minutes of sewing.

*We actually took this picture yesterday because I liked my outfit.  I assure you I look the same right now, except my hair is in a ponytail and my outfit isn't as cute. ;)

37 Weeks

When I was pregnant with Tillie 37 weeks was considered "term", but now I think I don't make that until 39 weeks.  It's not likely, but really any time now she could come.  That's a little crazy.  My fingers are still crossed for next week Wednesday or Thursday -- after my hair appointment but we'd still be home from the hospital for Easter.  That's too perfect, so I'm sure it won't happen.

Looking at my online test results I'm positive for Group B Strep.  I'm pretty sure that all that means is I have to get to the hospital in time to get hardcore antibiotics.  I have probiotics on the shopping list to help prevent thrush from the antibiotics.  After Ted was born I needed some for my lactose intolerance, so it will be good to get a jump start anyway.

My appointment is tomorrow morning.  I suspect it will be uneventful.

36 Weeks

Tomorrow is April!  Woohoo for due date month! I knocked a lot off my "Before Baby" list this week, which feels nice.  Out of the 4 things left, the book sling probably won't get done, unless the weather is spectacularly crappy during Spring Break and I get bored.  I think I'd rather make Tillie a new skirt though.

Yay, fake smile!  Hopefully only a few more of these pictures.  I've resorted to making Tillie or Ted stand behind Tim making funny faces so I can smile at them.  It still didn't work this time.

Tomorrow is my appointment and I'll be at one week appointments after this.  Now it finally feels like we're getting close.  I'm ready(not that I want her to come at 36 weeks!), but Tim would like some more time to work on his writing project.

Tonight we took Tillie to a Sibling Class at the hospital.  It was cute.  They learned a little bit about babies and got to see a hospital room.  Teddy wasn't old enough, so he stayed with Grandma and Kizie.

35 Weeks

35 weeks down, 35 days until my due date!  If this girl is like Tillie(*fingers crossed?*) she'll be here in 3.5 weeks.  If she's like Ted, 4.5 weeks.  If she's going on her own trail it could be anywhere from 2(yikes, I'll pass on that) or 6-7(yikes, I'll pass on 2 weeks overdue as well.) weeks.  When do you think she'll come?  Enter your guesses HERE!  The prize is that I'll forever remember you as the winner.  I mean, who wouldn't want that?

I've been making some good progress on my "Before Baby List".  My bag is half packed and I have one shirt for Tim.  I have one more freezer meal I'd like to make and then I'll just pick up frozen pizzas, mac n cheese, etc.  Tim can also make some meals, so we'll be good.  I also placed a large order of sandwiches from Kizie's CalvinettesGems sale, so I'll have those for easy lunches for me while breastfeeding, if I can get them in the freezer before I try to eat them all now...  It's only a little over a month after my due date that we move to Camp, so I won't have to make food when I'm there.

As of last week I've gained 25lbs.  I don't have an appointment again until April 1, but I'm already thinking that will go up a bit.  I feel rather large lately and EVERYTHING sounds good to eat.  I'm just very hopeful that breastfeeding/weight loss will go easily after this on like it did after Ted.  If not?  Well, I have a lot of yoga waistband skirts for summer. ;)  She's still head down-ish, but I know she moves a bit from that because of where I feel hiccups.  She's definitely still high and floating around, but I'm not worried about her being breech because I'm pretty sure her head is always in the bottom half.

I started drinking red raspberry leaf tea yesterday.  Tim keeps making fun of it because the box says is "Supports the Female System".  It doesn't taste that bad(it's not raspberry flavored as it's made from the leaves instead of the fruit) so I figure it can't hurt.  It's not suppose to put me into labor early, but supposedly helps make labor more effective by strengthening the uterus.  So, when I'm drinking tea I can say I'm exercising.  Totally counts.

34 Weeks

One and a half months until my due date!  Now, it finally feels like we're getting somewhere.  I even checked a few items of my "before baby" list this week.  My appointment is tomorrow, but I don't expect much info from it besides how much weight I've gained.

33 Weeks

I'm feeling pretty lazy lately.  Picking up the living just doesn't appeal.  Yeah, I don't know why I don't feel like crawling on the ground or bending to pick everything up either.  I did do it today though!

I'd like to start washing some of the baby clothes from the attic, but a lot of them have yellow baby stains.  I really need to be able to hang them to dry, but the 2 feet of snow in my backyard isn't cooperating with this plan, even if there are some nearly 50* days this week.  (And more 25*!  I think that's good though, it will be better if the snow melts slowly for flooding problems.)  I might try Friday afternoon in the driveway with a drying rack.

32 Weeks

We're going on a tour of the hospital tonight.  Yes, it's the same place I had Tillie and Teddy, but they have a new "Women's Health Center" so they recommended another tour.  I was really excited about the tour the first time, this time all I'm wondering is where we should park when when the time comes.

8 weeks until my due date!

31 Weeks

I either have a touch of a cold or exhaustion has come back.  I guess I'm hoping it's a cold?  I went to bed at 8:50 on Saturday and 9:00 yesterday.  I didn't even stay up to watch any of Downton!  (I did watch 2/3s of it during nap time.)

Last week I forgot to write about my 29 week appointment.  As of then, I'd gained 20 lbs.  The doctor thinks she is head down, and I agree.  I feel most of the kicks pretty high.  I'd be at 2 week appointments now, but my doctor is on vacation this week so I don't have to go back until next Tuesday.  That's okay by me!

I've mostly been wearing a few new maternity items I've bought and a small hand-full of things from before.  This weekend I got everything out of my maternity bin and tried a lot on.  It's baffling to me, but most of it is HUGE.  I'm not really that much smaller than I was with Tillie, but I have two pairs of pants from her that work(and they're not very flattering).  I found two short sleeved tops, but I don't love them anymore.  I don't really want to buy any more clothes, so get used to seeing me in the same outfits again and again the next 9 weeks!  Also, I feel like a hypocrite, but I've embraced leggings as pants.  I know.  It goes against everything I stand for, but at least I'm wearing them with tunics that just cover my butt, right?

My ankles started swelling at exactly 7 months with Tillie.  They didn't swell at all with Teddy.  If it's a girl thing for me and it follows the same pattern, that will be Friday.  I'm hoping it was just being on my feet at J. Crew that caused it.

I set up a baby guessing game.  Here are some "clues":  Tillie was 10 days early and Ted was 4 days early.  I was born 2 weeks early and Tim was 1 day early. Tim was 8lbs 2oz, I was 6lbs 13oz, Tillie was 6lbs 15oz and Ted was 7lbs 6 oz.  Happy guessing!  The reigning champions are my sister-in-law Amy and my cousin Cara.

30 Weeks

75% of my pregnancy is completed!  Woohoo!

You know how everyone says being pregnant in the summer sucks?  I liked it better.  Being pregnant in the winter means I'm even more terrified of being rear-ended or slipping on ice.  I can't have Teddy walk in to school or stores so I have to carry him.  Pushing shopping carts through slush is parking lots is hard.  I'd much rather wear dresses, skirts and tanks than layers of clothes.  I think wearing extra supportive shoes is important during pregnancy, but I really have no choice but to wear snow boots every day.

My children have given input on what they think her name should be.  Tillie's first suggestion was Sarah.  Since I have a niece named Sarah I think that's out.  Teddy oh-so-helpfully suggested FireTruck.  Tillie said that was a boy name and suggested Princess.  I think we're going to name her without their help.  (In my dorky name nerdiness I think it's interesting that Sarah means Princess and those are the only two things Tillie has come up with.)

Teddy wanted in on my pictures today.  He's getting a hair cut tomorrow so you'll actually be able to see his eyes again.

29 Weeks

Hmm.  I don't look that great in this picture.  It's going to be a long week, so don't expect better next Monday!

But hey, my wedding rings still fit.  That's good news at least.  I have an appointment tomorrow, so next week I should have more of an update.  (Maybe.  There's not much to these middle appointments.)

28 Weeks

3 months until BabyGirl will be here!  We ordered her car seat today, so as of Wednesday we'll officially have everything we *need* to have for her arrival.  There are other things I'd like to get, but none that are essential.  (Our car seat from Tillie and Ted expired last month.)  Last week I was able to pick up my insurance covered Medela breast pump, which is awesome.  I only had a manual with the other two kids and it never really worked for me.

I think typically there is an appointment around 28 weeks, but my schedule got a little messed up around the holidays and I go next week Tuesday, so there won't be any official doctor update for awhile.  Last week I mentioned that I thought she turned head down, but I think she's still flipping all over.  I seriously can't believe how much this girl moves.  She seemed to spend most of the week sideways, but I *think* today she's head down.  My first two were head down and 20 weeks and didn't ever flip from that, so it's just crazy to me.

27 Weeks

I think the 3rd trimester starts somewhere this week.  That's kind of fun.  I did the glucose test this morning and should be able to see the results online later this week.  I'm not expecting to fail, but you never know with that test!  I treated myself to Panera for breakfast after it and ordered a cheese pastry to take home for later -- just in case it's the last time I can have a treat like that for a while!

This baby is a mover and a shaker.  As I've come to see, Tillie was pretty chill in utero.  I thought Teddy was pretty crazy.  This girl IS CRAZY.  Her movements are all big and more forceful.  While it's nice to know she's okay, sometimes it hurts and a lot of the time it's annoying.  She was breech at my 20 week ultrasound and I think she was transverse for a long time after that.  This week I think she's finally head down -- which means kicks to my ribs have started.

When I was pregnant with Teddy I said he'd probably be a baby who spit up a lot because Tillie rarely did.  I was right.  A while I go I told my cousin Cara that this one would probably get ear infections because my first two have never had one.  I've rethought that.  I think this girl will be the one who sleeps well from the beginning.  I've never had one of those!

I've been trying to remember when I had to stop wearing my wedding ring when I was pregnant with Tillie can I just can't.  I tried to look at pictures and I *think* it was somewhere around 25-27 weeks.  I'm doing well on that front!  It still fits comfortably.  Maybe that's because it's crazy-cold outside, but I'll take it.

I wore a cardigan this morning, but since that doesn't work well for pictures I changed into a non-maternity shirt.  It's a medium and I can still wear it!  It is a little short, but still kind of fun that I can get it on.

26 Weeks

I had something in mind that I was going to write about today, but I can't remember what it was.  My memory card is jacked up and this was the only picture Tim could get off of it.  (And it took a long time.  He is awesome that he didn't just give up and go to bed.)  Of course there's also 3 days of clothing blog pictures on there as well.

My mom, Kiz and I took the kids to Birch Run.  It was fun, but I am tired.  BabyGirl has crib sheets now!

25 Weeks

25 weeks today.  I have an doctor's appointment tomorrow.  Fingers crossed I didn't gain too much weight over Christmas!  I've been feeling pretty good lately except if I try to move too quickly.  I seemed to have pulled a muscle or something and it's a sharp pain that goes away immediately.  It freaks Tim out because I gasp because of it quite often.

24 Weeks

24 weeks today! Viability is always a great feeling, but I want her to stay in there for a long while still. It's just slightly comforting that they could do something if she had to be born this point.

I'm starting to get sore hips, which is annoying.  I've also been craving pineapple juice mixed with orange.  Mmm.  I bought a huge can of pineapple juice yesterday because I was going through the mini-cans too quickly.

23 Weeks

Not too much to report. BabyGirl moves a lot, I'm still tired, but less tired than before and I miss being able to bring things up and down from the attic myself.  I haven't been sleeping very well lately and I think it's about time to start using the ginourmous pregnancy Boppy pillow I have.  This shirt I'm wearing is a medium and was a favorite of mine during my previous two pregnancies.  It does fit very well this time.  I think it's probably stretched out from wearing it all the way to the end.  I haven't found many things that I liked enough to buy so I end up wearing about 5 outfits over and over again.  That's kind of getting old.  I'm hoping H&M comes out with some new tops in the next month -- I have a gift card!

I also miss wine.

22 Weeks

For the most part I have been feeling a lot better, but it's been so busy lately and I've gotten up early with Ted most days so I'm exhausted again.  And it totally shows in this picture.  Yikes.  I also miss my longer hair, but it had to be done.

But, I really can't complain because we have power and Christmas has been lovely so far.  I'm really looking forward to giving the kids their presents tomorrow.

Oh, I ordered the first thing for BabyGirl since finding out she is a she.  A Georgia Grace peasant top that should coordinate with Tillie's halter next summer. ($10 clearance with free shipping!)  It's should fit her as a dress if I tie the belt tight enough.  It's fun looking at tiny girl clothes again.

21 Weeks + Christmas Card

This outfit is awesome because the only thing I'm wearing that's less than 4 years old is my new cowl.  You can't seen my Abercrombie(yep!) legwarms being worn like boot socks, but they're awesome.  It's a good thing I hung onto them!

Here's the Christmas card we sent out this weekend. There are some people I lied to in the last few weeks. However, I typically did try to say, "We like surprises!" which was accurate, but not the whole truth.

When I told Tillie she was getting a little sister I asked her how she knew that's what it was.  She replied, "Well, it's just what I really wanted, 'cause I've never had one before."

Teddy still insists he's the baby.

20 Weeks

Woo hoo!  Halfway!  I have an appointment and ultrasound on Thursday.

And here are some comparison shots for you. They don't help me make a guess!

19 Weeks

So, I think the Unisom was making me feel weary during the day.  I'm still tired, and not sleeping as well, but I definitely have more energy during the day now.  It's good, 'cause this is going to be a busy month!

This sweater just came from Gap, but I haven't decided if I'm keeping it or not. I tried it on again for the picture so I don't repeat any shirts the first 20 weeks. It's making me want to keep it.  I probably won't though because I don't think I'd want to wear it after Christmas(end of January at the latest) and that seems like too short of a time.