Happy Due Date and St. Patrick's Day to my baby Dane still cozy in my belly! Hope everyone has had a great day! I'm feeling good and just eagerly anticipating the arrival of my little guy. :) I slept a bunch today and it felt good. I know I should have been out walking and probably doing other stuff to help move things along, but I've been doing that since Saturday and today I just felt like I needed a break. :) The picture is not great, but Z was at work and I wanted to make sure I had a picture of what 40 weeks looks like! haha! Just be glad I didn't show you my belly stretch marks! So here goes the 'stats' and whatnot for 40 weeks... hopefully this will be the last time I do one of these! fingers crossed! :)WEIGHT: +25 pounds. hopefully that's as high as I go!
SLEEP: not too bad (especially since I'm not getting up early for work anymore!!!). I definitely get up all night and take tums around the 2am mark. I had a L&D dream the other night. Dane had light brown hair and blue-gray eyes. He was perfect. :)
CRAVINGS: not much of anything actually. Not much room for food I suppose! I always want milk in the morning and yesterday I got some yummy strawberry/cream cheese crossiants from the Farmer's Market. That made for a sweet breakfast today!
MATERNITY CLOTHES: well, technically, yes of course! However, most of my maternity stuff was more for work and not sitting around my house so I've kinda gone back to my gym shorts and Z's t-shirts (b/c I'm busting out of mine as you can see in the picture!)
MOOD: I'm really feeling pretty good! I am getting frustrated with the amount of effort it takes to climb stairs and get in and out of the bed/car/couch/etc. haha! I also find myself accidentally bumping into stuff- my balance is definitely off! I do better during the day when I'm busy and distracted. Nighttime has proven to be harder (and more emotional) for me. I'm scared of my water breaking, contractions, and a middle of the night hospital admittance. I don't know why. Everything just seems more 'safe' and 'happy' during the light of day.
GENDER: Boy! Dane Harrison
BABY: baby.center says he is the size of a small pumpkin. the way my belly looks I'm going with watermelon!
MOVEMENT: yep! he certainly has his favorite times of the day but he still moves alot considering how tight he is packed in there! There have been some times when I cry out when he kicks my ribs! haha! And when he's kicking AND punching- watch out!
NURSERY: done! Z is taking pictures as I type this. I'll post them tomorrow! I love his room :)
MILESTONES: 40 weeks!!! We made it ALL THE WAY to the due date! I'm kinda sad we won't have a St. Patrick's Day baby, but it's ok! I have been blessed with a great pregnancy and I'm happy to keep carrying him around until he's ready (or next week when the doctor induces me!)
OTHER: I brought our hospital bag back in tonight. The weather has done a 360 on me! It was 75 today and will get up to 82 this weekend! I have velour sweatpants and a long sleeve shirt in there to wear home at the moment and thought I better re-think that!
How 'late' were you? Any suggestions for 'moving things along'? (and even if it works, I've already decided I can not drink Castrol Oil. It makes me want to gag thinking about it!)
