31 weeks and 4 Oranges

So 31 weeks has arrived and I can't begin to comprehend that I have another 9 weeks....I am so uncomfortable, there are no words....but I keep telling myself, over and over and over.....in the end, I am going to have this beautiful baby.

The baby is about 16.25 inches long and weighs about 3.3lbs, roughly the size of 4 navel oranges. The baby is beginning to turn from a reddish color to pink. Fat is developing to protect the baby for it's main exit.

Yesterday I had Braxton Hicks contractions all day on top of severe leg cramps last night. So I have amped up my water intake and am eating a banana in the morning and evening.  Jeff & I got a yoga ball for me to sit on and help relieve some of the back pain that I am experiencing, so far it seems to help, but only when I sit on it.

Me at 31 weeks...not the most flattering photo, but it is all I have until we have our maternity photos taken next month.

Our little Cabbage Patch Kid

This week starts our 30th week...I am soooo soooo ready for the next 10 weeks to fly! I wanna meet this little creature :o)

The baby is about 2.75 lbs and almost 15.7 inches long. All in all about the size of a cabbage if the baby is in all balled up. The one thing I have noticed it the amount of hiccups this little thing gets. From what I understand, the baby is starting to learn how to breath which causes the hiccups.

I have become uncomfortable more and more each day. My belly is dropping and the baby is very active...sometimes causing the pain I am having, but it is all worth it.

I am not sleeping well, between the baby moving, having to get up and use the bathroom and unable to find a position that doesn't put pressure on the belly or hips as become a major issue...10 weeks...10 weeks...keep telling myself this!

Our First Baby Gift

We received our first gift for the baby today from a family friend, Annette Menendez Jones. She made this beautiful crocheted baby blanket. I can already picture where in the baby's room, I am going to put it :o)

Thanks again Annette, it really is beautiful :o)

75 days and counting!!!!

Sunday began our 29th week!!! Ahhh getting closer and closer :o)

The baby is about the size of a butternut squash, weighs about 2.5 lbs and measures around 15.25 inches.

In just the last few days I feel like my belly is dropping, which is causing some pains I have not had before...mainly bad back pain. I keep telling myself it will all be worth it in just a few months.

Movement has been constant, just yesterday morning Jeff was lying his head on my belly and the baby kicked him in the face ;o) I swear the baby has stage fright most of the time. I will feel or see the baby moving and then get Jeff to look over and the baby stops...I just want Jeff to see how crazy the little thing gets in there!

In the last few weeks I have been working of picking outfits to bring our baby boy/girl home in from the hospital. I found a lady who makes the sweetest onsies :o) As well as these sweet little crocheted hats to keep baby's head warm.

Cauliflower....yah...what can you say about that???

 

This week starts our 26th week of pregnancy.....August please get here fast. The baby is roughly 14 inches long and weighs about 1.75 lbs, the size of a head of cauliflower.

This week the baby looks like a thinner, redder, more wrinkled version of what he/she will look like at birth. Over the next few weeks the baby will gain weight and fatten up :o)

I have been getting more leg cramps, especially when I try to stretch out, not so cool when it happens in the middle of the night :o(

I signed up for Lamaze class at St. Johns. The class is 6 weeks long and covers everything from Lamaze, breast feeding, newborn child care, natural child birth and a tour of the birthing center. Jeff has to work during the class time so Carol has offered to go with me and support me,  I am so thankful for that.

The baby moves non-stop...I can see the baby moving just under my skin which is so strange to me. The baby seems to kick when I laugh of Jeff talks.

We are eager to see this little creature, I don't know how I am going to make it thru the next three months!

All it took was one boy & one girl....

My newborn picture

Jeff's newborn picture

Our sweet little baby

Take this handsome little boy and sweet little girl and they have to make a beautiful baby right?!?!

Long toes & a sweet little nose

We had our 24 week appointment this past Friday and it was great. We got to see the baby again and this time he/she was nice enough to show his/her face. The baby has very long toes and a tiny little nose. The Dr. was able to see the heart better this time around and things look great. The baby's brain is developing as it should along with everything else.

The 1st picture is the forearm and hand, the 2nd picture is the calf and foot, the 3rd picture is the baby look toward us, to the right is the forehead, two eyes, nose and mouth. Just below the head to the bottom right is a hand and to the the bottom left is the rib cage. The 4th picture is a side view of the baby..the head is to the right...you can see the forehead, eye, little nose and lips..even the little chin :o) I think the really amazing thing is that at 6 months the baby will look exactly the same when it is born...just a bigger version. I keep looking at the side profile picture and thinking that is my baby's face...that sweet face is the one I will see in about 3 months...how crazy is that?!?

Today starts my 25th week. It is hard to believe that my uterus is the size of a soccer ball! I haven't had any weight gain yet, but I am having a little swelling in my ankles and toes...I am supposed to stay away from salt, it is now my enemy.