35 weeks

How far along:  35 weeks  (4.30.15)

Total weight gain/loss: umm, 27-28 lbs... sometimes i wish i cared.  but then i remember how stressful my last pregnancies were when i cared and i'm glad that this time, i'm just fat and happy.

Maternity clothes:  yes... and i like them.  i rotate through three pairs of jeans (paris blues, red blue cheap ross jeans, and my favorite maternity skinnies from last pregnancy) and the several maxi skirts i have.  i love dressing my bump and i love when people tell me i look cute.  being pregnant is so fun.  it makes me feel so special. 

Sleep:  it's been steadily improving the past few weeks.  my dreams are consistently normal and basic, i'm able to fall asleep just fine (as long as i've taken my sleeping pill... without it, i'll lay awake indefinitely), my body is comfortable, and i can, for the most part, sleep uninterrupted until 7:30 or 8.  i'm sure soon enough that i'll start waking up during the night to go to the bathroom (occasionally i will get up to use the bathroom when chris is getting up and showering and everything), but until then, i'll just enjoy what i've got going.  this is probably the best i've slept all pregnancy since the crazy dreams have finally subsided.  

Best moment this week:  maybe my parents making it home safely from nepal after the earthquake?  ; )  or tuesday night.  honey came home and grilled dinner for us.  i made the our best bites recipe for grilled stuffed zucchini and we also had hotdogs.  we downed so much food and it was delicious.  we were all happy and gathered around the table for a delicious dinner.  and honey got up from the table and started cleaning everything up and i helped him while our kids played and danced in the great room and it was just one of those nights where everything flowed so nicely.  perfect to have that night together before all of his upcoming travel. 

Movement:  man, this has really been kicked up a notch this week!  it is constant and powerful and obvious.  even as i type this, my stomach is shifting all over the place.  several times this week, i've had my arm semi propped on my belly as i'm reading something on my phone and my belly is moving so much, it's as if my phone is going to get sea sick from all the rocking.  it kind of makes it tricky to read such a small screen!  also, the kicking in my ribs is even more painful and uncomfortable.  all of it has been really really obvious and in your face compared to the previous weeks.  

Food cravings:  i like eating.  i wish i wasn't so lazy about making stuff though.  things i've enjoyed this week have been hummus with red bell peppers, that grilled stuffed zucchini (a lot!), and chocolate chips.  when i think of chocolate chips, i pretty much want them right away.  i also have had a strong urge for oreos anytime i see or hear them mentioned (for example, some article online went viral about a colorado mom that sent oreos to school in her kid's lunch and they got taken away by a teacher) and want them sooo bad, but i don't have any oreos around so i don't know if they would hit the spot as well as i imagine them.  last night i had kettle corn which i usually love, but it just wasn't doing it for me.  oooo, i've also really been liking my chocolate peanut butter smoothies (i know i eat like crap, but i do add spinach and baby carrots to these).  oh, and maybe it was from the week before, but mmm, i made some banana muffins that were to die for and i've been really wanting more of those.  i've noticed that i eat in the afternoon to help myself stay awake, but a lot of it is crappy junk food or candy and it makes me feel sick.  i have a lower tolerance for junk it seems.  i've really been loving fresh veggies though.  squash and zucchini with plenty of butter and salt and pepper?  yes please... i'll take the whole pan.  also, the watermelon juice slushie (just blended up frozen watermelon) i made for the kids the other day was oddly satisfying. it tasted extra extra good.  

Symptoms: nausea, headaches, depression, fatigue, and back pain (the sharp kind on my right side) that may or may not be related to pregnancy.  

Gender:  i'm so excited for this little girl. having abigail and brady who are so different in personality and appearance, i'm just curious what's in the works with this kid!

What I miss:  not feeling so elderly.  this past week, it's like my body has suddenly started to seem pregnant.  i don't feel uncomfortable at all, but there are times that i go to lean over to reach something or pick brady up and i realize that my stomach is literally too big to allow me to accomplish what i'm trying to do.  like i'm just a few inches short of reaching what i want, because when i'm sitting on the floor and trying to grab brady's pants, my belly just gets in the way and i have to scoot my whole body closer to get my finger tips on them.  or like how i took the kids in the yard yesterday so they could play while i did yardwork.  this is normally something pretty easy for me and something i enjoy doing and after a few hours, i always feel really accomplished.  well, i literally lasted 32 minutes (according to the texts on my phone) before i felt like i was about to pass out.  i mean, sweating, spinning head, trouble breathing, lightheaded, nauseous like i was about to throw up, seeing spots, unsteady on my feet... the whole shebang.  i seriously got next to nothing done because even in that half hour, i was moving slower than molasses.  but what really made me feel old and decrepit... when i couldn't get off of the toilet the other day after i went to the bathroom.  it literally took me three or four tries (and almost falling down during my failed attempts) before i could stand up.  although, that was from the shooting back pain that caused me to collapse once i got to a certain point each time.  maybe it wasn't even pregnancy related... but on top of everything else, i'm definitely feeling like my body has its limitations.

Milestones:  i hit the 35/35 where i'm 35 weeks pregnant and only have 35 days to go!
Theme: the week of telling people i'm due in a month.  seriously, i'm constantly getting asked when i'm due.  i won't lie though... i like it.
What's different this time around:  with abigail, i still had 40 more days of being pregnant... with brady only 24.  yikes!  i wonder how much longer i have with this one!

Extra:  i'm a little worried about the timing of when this kid is going to come.  i mean, we should be good since honey doesn't have any travel scheduled in the three weeks before i'm due (have i mentioned before that he was supposed to go out of town december 19th last time and brady was born on the 18th?), but still, i worry.  i worry about getting to the hospital in time and i just worry about how everything will play out.  i still need to schedule a hospital tour (i took one last time and it's the only reason that brady wasn't born in the parking lot), because even though it's the same hospital as last time, they've done a lot of work on it and it's still undergoing a lot of construction, so i really want to know the specifics on where to park/valet the car, check in, etc.  

also, i haven't done any practicing on my pain management breathing techniques for labor or delivery so i'm feeling maybe i need to get on that... stat.  

but seriously, when i was pregnant with abigail, i was so sure i'd go a week late, and everything followed my plan and it was great.  with brady, i was pretty confident that i would at least hit my due date or be very close... and that isn't how it went down.  this time, i know going early is a possibility, so i have the added awesomeness of being able to worry about being unprepared and rushed to get to the hospital.  what if i'm at walmart and i start getting contractions and i have to hurry home to get my bag packed (let's be honest, i'm going to want my straightener and hair brush in there and i'm not going to keep all of that in my car) and i won't be able to take a shower or get ready before i go.  i know all of this doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things (unless my baby ends up being born in a car or something) but i can't help thinking about it.

i got out all the baby stuff and was putting it away in the dresser in the guest room when i remembered my aversion to having clothes in a dresser (abigail is the only one in this family with a dresser... and it only holds a small portion of her clothes... several drawers are completely empty) and decided i needed to buy a hundred baby hangers.  well, of course when i went to walmart, they were 100% out of baby hangers.  annoying.  so the clothes are currently all sprawled all over the guest room and it is complete chaos.  i'm going to go back to walmart tomorrow and hopefully they'll have an abundance of hangers.

4.30.15 at 35 weeks

4.30.15 at 35 weeks