33 weeks

How far along:  33 weeks  (4.16.15)

Total weight gain/loss: 26 lbs

Maternity clothes:  yes.  i've been having a lot of fun dressing the bump this week.  might as well since soon enough, my shirts will be too short and i'll be cursing the fact that it's socially necessary to wear clothes. 

Sleep:  it's really not bad, especially if i can go to sleep early and not wake up til sometime after 7:30...  my dreams this week have even been somewhat normal at times.  like not every single dream is about someone trying to kill me or not being able to talk or being suck in a foreign third world country when the government is getting overthrown by rebels... ; )  make no mistake, they're still really odd (as most dreams are), but last night, involved a few friends, and some treats like root beer and powdered donuts on a party bus. 

Best moment this week:  my favorite thing of this week has probably (if we're talking pregnancy related) just been getting dressed and going out.  and soaking up all the incredible weather we've been having.

Movement:  lots of movement... same as before.  she's started getting up in my right rib cage quite a bit, contractions are as they were, and holy cow, sometimes she gets bouncing around in there soooo crazy.  the newest development from the week is that she will really poke my belly somewhere, and i swear my skin has to have a knob sticking out three inches.  i am positively alarmed at the tiny little distance separating her hands from mine when i feel my belly with all her movement.  it's the coolest thing ever.

Food cravings:  it's not horrible, but it's never really fulfilling either.  most days are still cereal for breakfast, eggs for lunch, an apple pear (and copious amounts of chocolate and sugar in the form of various candy) for snack, and something simple for dinner.  my body wants me to constantly feed it... even if i'm not hungry, i reach for sugar of some sort.  i really should focus more on eating healthier foods.  in terms of my eating habits this pregnancy, i've been thinking only of myself and virtually never of my baby that i'm growing.  i suck.  

Symptoms: nausea in the evenings, fatigue in the afternoons, dull back pain, some headaches, and just those sorts of usual things.  nothing that really gets in the way though.

Gender:  i'm so excited for this little girl.  the good thing though is that if she came out a boy... i'd be excited for that kid too.  ; ) 

What I miss:  umm, it's getting really difficult to turn over at night.  so i am starting to miss the ease of that movement.  last night i was cuddled up with christopher but remembered that i hadn't put my phone on silent and plugged it in... so i rolled over to do that and it was so difficult to roll over that i just stayed like that.  a minute later christopher was all "are you coming back?"  ha, i wan't planning on it... because it took so much effort to roll to this side.  it just seemed excessive to roll right back.  

Milestones:  i'm big enough now that i'm constantly getting questions about my due date.  this came on suddenly, but i have a feeling that it's here to stay.
Theme: the week of "when are you due?" begins...
What's different this time around:  ehhh, i dunno, it's probably the same.  i really don't know unless i wanted to go back and reread their weekly update.

Extra:  i'm loving the bump.  seriously.  also, i feel like i write one of these updates every two days... why is time flying by so fast?!  i can't remember if i've mentioned it before, but i'm pretty settled on having our baby be a guest in our guest room.  i need to start pulling out clothing and diapers and blankets and get everything sorted through and set up as much as possible.  i didn't do that sort of stuff for abigail until i was past my due date.  with brady, i was a few weeks ahead of the game and feeling like i was totally on top of things, but it ended up being like 4 days before i had him because he came early.  HA.  so hopefully i can make things happen a little sooner this time.  i keep coming up with excuses though.  and i'm lazy.  basically, i don't want to take away from family time to get this all done, but i also am always hesitant about attempting this when the kids are around because they always want to be involved and brady is always mixing things up and then i get frustrated and give up and the project that should have taken a relatively short amount of time turns into a multiple week mess because brady has strewn things beyond repair and made the situation totally overwhelming for me.  anyways... to do list: get out baby stuff.

4.16.15 at 33 weeks

4/16/15 at 33 weeks