39 weeks

I have been slacking on posting- I am going to try to get up two posts this week in addition to my weekly posts. First a post with pictures of the nursery (finally) and professional pictures we had done at 37 weeks.

Ok. It's official. I'm ready to have this baby in my arms and be done being pregnant! ;) This past week somehow in my mind I jumped ahead a week and when our neighbors asked when I was due on Sunday, I said this Thursday. Dave had to correct me and say, no, it's next Thursday. I was honestly surprised and really was thinking I had one less week than I did. It was kind of a bummer to have to mentally add another week on again.

And my hormones/emotions are crazy. I hate to admit this but one day at work I started crying for no reason. I swear. No reason. I was fine. Well, my manager asked what was wrong. But nothing was wrong! And I still just burst into tears. It makes me feel really crazy and ridiculous. And once I started crying I had a hard time stopping. I need help controlling this at work. It doesn't help that my feet are swelling up and stuff, and I'm on my feet a lot of the day, especially if I'm on the test floor.

39 weeks 2 days

We got an unexpected sneak preview of our baby! At my appointment this week my fundal height measurement (basically my belly) was more than 3 weeks off from what it should have been based on the week. In my case the baby was smaller than expected. There is a concern there about the amniotic fluid so they ordered an ultrasound. All is well and it was nice to see our baby although I can't wait to see him in person! And ultrasound pictures always look a bit creepy to me. Take a look at his little face- looks to me like the invisible man when he wraps an ace bandage around to show definition of his face. Oh and they confirmed boy. And said that his head is on the smaller side. But the amniotic fluid is fine; he has just dropped so the fundal measurement is decreasing now.

His face at 38 weeks and 6 days

I know it's hard to tell but those are two of his fingers and the technician said he was giving the peace sign.

How many weeks: 39

Size of baby: A watermelon and measures 37-38 cm or 14.6-15 inches, crown to rump length. Head to toe is 20 inches. The baby also weighs 3400-3450 grams or 7.5-7.6 pounds. (This is the last week in the calendar I've been looking at that has weight/crown to rump measurements. From here on out it's a guess and all depends on our baby and how he compares to other babies!)

Total Weight Gain/Loss: I stayed the same so I'm up 30.5 pounds total. 

Maternity Clothes: All maternity clothes now. With swelling my maternity jeans feel tight now. I told Dave it's like when you put on snowpants over pants or something and feel really big. That's how just having jeans on is. So as soon as I get home from work, on go the pajama pants. And any friends who come over get to see me in either pajama pants or sweatpants. I'm past the point of caring. 

Gender: It's a boy!

Movement: I'm actually enjoying the movement now other than occasional jabs that hurt because this is a once in a lifetime experience and it won't be much longer that I will be feeling this. One thing that can be hard to describe is the way the big movements can make you feel. I've been thinking how to describe it. Sometimes it feels like he's twisting or something and I can feel it all the way up my throat. It's almost like it makes me nauseous but that's not the right word.  I have no idea how else to describe it other than that though.

Sleep: I wake up to pee a lot but fall asleep really easily and sleep soundly in between my pee breaks. And according to Dave I'm turning into quite the snorer.

What I miss: Walking normally. Reaching my feet easily. Turning over in bed easily. Moving around comfortably. And last but not least, beer.

Cravings: Ha ask Dave. When food comes up on TV I usually say, I want that. I'm so hungry in general.

Aversions: None. 

Symptoms: Well I'm pretty achy in general and tired. My gums aren't bleeding quite as much recently; that seems to come and go. 

Best moment this week: Seeing our baby again on the ultrasound. I still get nervous about things though and when they left and brought someone else in for additional measurements I definitely got nervous and was trying to just relax. When they do ultrasounds, they clam up once something might be wrong or off and having a different technician in taking more measurements without a lot of explanation was throwing a lot of red flags up to me! But I stayed calm and all is good. That's when we were told he just has a small head but it's not too small.

Looking forward to: Holding my baby in my arms. Getting to my due date. Every passing day is one more day towards seeing our baby in person!

His first Penguins jersey!