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| I feel like this kiddo is bigger than a coconut.. .but hey, whatever |
What is Baby Up to This Week?:
- She is about 19 inches and 6 pounds now
- By week 35, your baby's kidneys are completely developed.
- Her liver is also beginning to produce waste.
- In fact, a majority of her growth is already done. However, you should expect her to put on some more weight over the next few weeks
- Now, her hearing is fully developed, and she responds best to high-pitched noises
Weight Gain: +19 total (I lied last week... haha I forgot how much I weighed at my last appointment, but I'm good with the +1lb a week)
Gender: Well, after two ultrasounds and all of this pink stuff... I hope she's a girl!
Name: Lenora (Nora) Quinn
Symptoms:
- You’ve reached 35 weeks, and your uterus has grown about 1,000 times its original size
- Increased pelvic pressure
- Back pain
- Very tired
- Very hungry
- Killer heartburn
- More nausea
- Swelling in my hands and feet
- It doesn't look like Nora has dropped yet, but I've been able to eat a lot more food lately and the pelvic pressure has been intense. I tell Bryan sometimes it feels like either shes going to fall right out or like a foot is shoved up my crotch. It's so uncomfortable.
- I woke up earlier this week in a panic. Around 1am I got up, used the bathroom, came back to lay down, and then was crippled by INTENSE pain in my back. I was cramping and it felt like someone hit me with a sledgehammer in my lower back. I was crying and woke up Bryan. I sat on my exercise ball and it was gone in about 3 minutes. I have no idea what happened, but it never came back
Swelling: My swelling has been pretty decent lately because it's been cooler out. I'm still pretty swollen after a long day on my feet or if I get overheated
Sleep: I don't sleep unless I take Benedryl. I thought I was tired enough to sleep without it one night... big mistake. I was up all night!
Movement: Sometimes I feel like she gets stuck in there. Like I'll feel a pounding/scraping in one spot for an hour of so like she can't get her arm free haha.
Food Cravings: I haven't had many cravings except for chocolate, but I've been so hungry! I can shovel a great deal of food in my mouth haha.
Food Aversions: I have been so sick lately, especially in the mornings. I've been back to gagging every morning! This makes drinking water very hard.
Rings On or Off?: Rings are definitely off at night and sometimes during the day
What I'm Looking Forward To: Having this house done! This week we will be staining and putting on the trim, painting the kitchen, getting our vinyl installed in our kitchen, dining room, and laundry room, painting and putting on the closet doors, getting some curtains up, a whole lot of cleaning, and getting Miss Nora's room closer to being finished.... all this week!
What I Miss: Not struggling to put my underwear on -_- yes... I've hit that point. It's so frustrating to struggle to get yourself dressed! I also miss having energy.
What I'm Loving: Knowing this baby will be here very soon! I still love talking to her and feeling her move. I've tried to catch her on camera, but she always stops!
Labor Signs: I've been getting more contractions lately whether I'm drinking water or not, whether I'm resting or not. They're still not extremely frequent and they're not time-able so I'm not too concerned. My hospital bag is packed and ready to go!
Belly Button: In! It's getting shallow, but I don't think it will ever pop out!
Next Drs Appointment: Wednesday June 12th at 10:30am with a different doctor than I'm used to! My doctor's office has 4 doctors in the practice that all work together. My doctor wants me to see all 4 of them just in case she won't be available when I go into labor. That's all good and all, but I'm meeting this new doctor just in time for my Strep B test... haha. Oh well, I should get used to strangers getting a view of my goods.
Best Moment of the Week: My last day of work! I was so happy to be done. We also shopped at a lot of garage sales this weekend which was fun! I got some serving dishes and a couple small things for Nora. It's fun to shop around through other people's junk :)
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| Week 35 |
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| Looking tired and trying to clean up our house a little bit! |
It's hard to tell if you've dropped yet from your pictures. It may be a gradual thing though. I still have shortness of breath and lots of pressure on my ribs but I also have the bladder pressure- double whammy!
ReplyDeleteI get my GBS test on Wednesday too. It will be interesting to see if we are dilating. That's awesome you're done with work. I bet you are so relieved!