This is a sweatshirt I have had for years, it still fits (barely)! You can kind of see the baby bump pooching out! 27 weeks 4 days
Saturday, March 27, 2010
belly pic!
This is a sweatshirt I have had for years, it still fits (barely)! You can kind of see the baby bump pooching out! 27 weeks 4 days
Friday, March 26, 2010
27 1/2 weeks
We had our follow up ultrasound to check Ethan's heart and spine today. Everything looks perfect, thank goodness! She wasn't able to tell us how much he weighs or how big he is measuring, but we at least got to see our little boy! He is breech right now with his back facing the front/my right side. The picture we got today shows him trying to beat me up! :) At least now I know what position he is in, and what body part is hitting/kicking me!
How far along? 27 weeks, 3 days
Total weight gain/loss: +8 pounds
Maternity clothes?yes!
Sleep: I have accepted the fact that sleep is only going to get worse until Ethan is old enough to STTN ;) Between being uncomfortable and waking up so much to pee, I rarely feel well rested.
Best moment this week: seeing our baby boy again today!
Movement: all the time! His kicks are much stronger, and he is rolling more now which feels very weird! Hopefully he will flip from his breech position before he gets too big!
Food cravings: still sweets.
Gender: BOY!!! **Ethan Dale**
Labor Signs: none
Belly Button in or out? in
Stretchmarks? always there, long before I got pregnant
What I am looking forward to:getting his nursery put together!
Milestones: 3rd trimester!
Monday, March 15, 2010
growth spurt?
Maybe it is the different shirt that I am wearing, but I am pretty sure baby boy is having a growth spurt! No wonder I have been extra tired the past few days! C made a comment about it tonight, so I thought it was worth taking a picture.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
25 weeks
I haven't filled this out in a while, I think it is time! I can't believe we only have about 14 weeks left until Ethan is here!
How far along? 25 weeks, 2 days
Total weight gain/loss: +7 pounds
Maternity clothes?jeans yes, I still need shirts but I'm waiting until it gets warmer and I have a substantial bump before I buy anything!
Sleep: I have accepted the fact that sleep is only going to get worse until Ethan is old enough to STTN ;) Between being uncomfortable and waking up so much to pee, I rarely feel well rested.
Best moment this week: our 2nd wedding anniversary is Monday (the 15th) but hubs is taking me to a fancy dinner tomorrow night! I can't wait to have some seafood :)
Movement: morning, noon & night. <--still the same. He is pretty predictable. He is definitely getting bigger & stronger and my whole belly moves when he does most of the time!
Food cravings: still sweets.
Gender: BOY!!! **Ethan Dale**
Labor Signs: none
Belly Button in or out? in
Stretchmarks? always there, long before I got pregnant
What I am looking forward to: my next appointment & ultrasound on the 26th!
Milestones: making it past V-day, and being married for 2 years :)
I'm starting to wonder if my belly will ever round out into a baby bump! I know I still have 14 1/2 weeks left (give or take) and that he still has a lot of growing left to do. I am sure I will be regretting this statement once it turns into a huge belly!
How far along? 25 weeks, 2 days
Total weight gain/loss: +7 pounds
Maternity clothes?jeans yes, I still need shirts but I'm waiting until it gets warmer and I have a substantial bump before I buy anything!
Sleep: I have accepted the fact that sleep is only going to get worse until Ethan is old enough to STTN ;) Between being uncomfortable and waking up so much to pee, I rarely feel well rested.
Best moment this week: our 2nd wedding anniversary is Monday (the 15th) but hubs is taking me to a fancy dinner tomorrow night! I can't wait to have some seafood :)
Movement: morning, noon & night. <--still the same. He is pretty predictable. He is definitely getting bigger & stronger and my whole belly moves when he does most of the time!
Food cravings: still sweets.
Gender: BOY!!! **Ethan Dale**
Labor Signs: none
Belly Button in or out? in
Stretchmarks? always there, long before I got pregnant
What I am looking forward to: my next appointment & ultrasound on the 26th!
Milestones: making it past V-day, and being married for 2 years :)
I'm starting to wonder if my belly will ever round out into a baby bump! I know I still have 14 1/2 weeks left (give or take) and that he still has a lot of growing left to do. I am sure I will be regretting this statement once it turns into a huge belly!
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Let's talk about hormones...
I think it is to be expected that your hormones are all over the place during pregnancy. Most women will tell you this, and you expect to be hormonal. For some reason, I feel like my hormones are all kinds of out of whack lately. I feel like I am going crazy on a daily basis, and that I could have a nervous breakdown at any moment (which I did TWICE last week!)
My job has been very stressful lately, which is NOT helping matters. I work at an "Assisted Living" facility. I put it in quotations because it is turning into more of a nursing home. There are over 100 residents, 29 of which have some form of dementia/alzheimer's disease. I am the only nurse on the floor during my shifts. This means anything that goes wrong whether it be an illness, someone fell, or god forbid an emergency, I am THE ONLY NURSE there to handle it all. Yes, I knew this from the beginning, and before I got pregnant I could handle it pretty well. It seems as though things have been changing lately with the amount of residents that are moving in that I really don't feel are appropriate for our facility, but that decision is not mine to make. The #1 reason I like my job is because I work three days, 12 1/2 hour shifts and then I have 4 days off a week. This seems perfect for when Ethan is born. I work Sunday, Monday, Tuesday so I will only need child care for 2 of those days.
I like the people I work with (for the most part) and I hate starting over so I really don't want to leave. Not to mention the fact that it would be impossible for me to find a new job right now anyways seeing as I am with child and he will be here in about 15 weeks (holy crap!). I just keep hoping and praying things calm down so that I am not feeling this much stress every time I go to work, because being stuck in a stress filled place for 12 hours is not fun! I will just have to wait and see how it turns out and how I feel about returning there once Ethan is born. I want to do what is best for me, but also for him. I want him to have a happy mom at the end of the day!
This is going to be an extremely long post, so if you have read this far you are doing great! :) Back to the pregnancy hormones. The past few weeks I have had numerous crying episodes for no apparent reason. Today I feel like crying because I can't figure out how to move my husband's desk into our living room and still have room for all of our furniture. Silly, right? I just want everything to be PERFECT, and I am too much of a control freak. I realize not everything will be perfect, and Ethan won't know the difference anyway, but I will. I need to learn to calm down and let things happen the way they will, but I just don't see that happening anytime soon! I am praying daily for peace in my life, and I know God will help me through whatever I need. God bless my husband for putting up with my crazy, hormonal self! Only 15 more weeks right? ;)
My job has been very stressful lately, which is NOT helping matters. I work at an "Assisted Living" facility. I put it in quotations because it is turning into more of a nursing home. There are over 100 residents, 29 of which have some form of dementia/alzheimer's disease. I am the only nurse on the floor during my shifts. This means anything that goes wrong whether it be an illness, someone fell, or god forbid an emergency, I am THE ONLY NURSE there to handle it all. Yes, I knew this from the beginning, and before I got pregnant I could handle it pretty well. It seems as though things have been changing lately with the amount of residents that are moving in that I really don't feel are appropriate for our facility, but that decision is not mine to make. The #1 reason I like my job is because I work three days, 12 1/2 hour shifts and then I have 4 days off a week. This seems perfect for when Ethan is born. I work Sunday, Monday, Tuesday so I will only need child care for 2 of those days.
I like the people I work with (for the most part) and I hate starting over so I really don't want to leave. Not to mention the fact that it would be impossible for me to find a new job right now anyways seeing as I am with child and he will be here in about 15 weeks (holy crap!). I just keep hoping and praying things calm down so that I am not feeling this much stress every time I go to work, because being stuck in a stress filled place for 12 hours is not fun! I will just have to wait and see how it turns out and how I feel about returning there once Ethan is born. I want to do what is best for me, but also for him. I want him to have a happy mom at the end of the day!
This is going to be an extremely long post, so if you have read this far you are doing great! :) Back to the pregnancy hormones. The past few weeks I have had numerous crying episodes for no apparent reason. Today I feel like crying because I can't figure out how to move my husband's desk into our living room and still have room for all of our furniture. Silly, right? I just want everything to be PERFECT, and I am too much of a control freak. I realize not everything will be perfect, and Ethan won't know the difference anyway, but I will. I need to learn to calm down and let things happen the way they will, but I just don't see that happening anytime soon! I am praying daily for peace in my life, and I know God will help me through whatever I need. God bless my husband for putting up with my crazy, hormonal self! Only 15 more weeks right? ;)
Thursday, March 4, 2010
On the move!
Baby Ethan has been on the move more and more lately! I started seeing his kicks last week, and could feel them on the outside. C has been waiting (not so patiently) to feel him kick as well. This morning we were cuddling in bed, and he had his hand on my bump (as always) and he finally felt Ethan kick! His face lit up, he was so excited! He wouldn't move his hand away for about 15 minutes and ended up feeling a few more kicks as well. It made for a great start to our day :) Only 15 1/2 weeks left, REALLY!? It seems like time is going by pretty quickly! I can't wait for our next appointment March 26, we get another ultrasound to see Ethan! :)
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