Week 34...

Your Size: 6 lbs.! So basically the size of a Honey Dew… And although they are saying you are going to be a big baby (roughly 8 ½-9 lbs. at birth) you are in only the 85%... though that big brain and head of yours is in the 95%. Also that big head is covered with a full head of hair already!

 

Your Due Date: November 12^th… BUT we may be inducing at 39 weeks now so that would put your new due date around November 5^th.

 

Maternity/ Baby clothes? You are all packed for you visit to the hospital! It was really tough to pick out just a few of the very cute clothes you have, so I *may* have over packed.

 

Nursery: We worked and worked on it this weekend, and it’s looking even better than I could imagine… here is a bit of a sneak peak again.

 

Ships & Whales!!!!

Your Daddy setting up your shelves for you.

 

Baby Gear: Work threw me a shower and boy did you ever score… you are one loved little boy!

 

Opening all my gifts!

Excited for my surprise shower!

 

What my car looked like all loaded up after the shower!

 

Sleep: Sleeping went way downhill this week again sadly.

 

This week’s adventure: This week has been a rollercoaster of emotions and doctors’ visits! We found out that you are a bit larger than they would like and I have a bit more amniotic fluid than they would like. And mixing those two together has made it so you are still Breech, and they do not think you will turn. As of now we are trying everything possible to turn you (exercises, moxibustion, Webster technique) but the doctor is skeptical… sadly if you do not turn then your birth plan will turn into a C-Section- so please turn!!!!

 

Though it wasn't all doctors appointments this week... we made it down to Orange County for the 30th Birthday Party of a friend of ours... and the mommy of one of your future buddies who is due in January.

 

 

 

Miss anything? Being able to walk and not being in pain…. I can’t wait to go running again, and I never thought I would say that.

 

Movement:  You are still enjoying yourself fully in my tummy- playing and kicking all the time. We found out that your foot is resting right on my cervix so that explains why I have been feeling like I’m being kicked all day long down there.

 

Your favorite foods: Nothing…. Everything causes indigestion.

 

Anything making you queasy or sick:  Just my iron pills.

 

Gender: Boy

 

Labor signs: Lots and lots of Braxton hicks! I’m even having some fun back labor ones.

 

Symptoms: Sciatica, Cankles, Indigestions, Contractions… all loads of fun stuff!

 

Belly button in or out?  Still in, it’s a miracle!

 

Wedding rings on or off? In theory they would still be on but we had to send out my rings to get fixed/cleaned this week.

 

Happy or moody most of the time: Crying. All the time… still! And starting to get really worried about having to have a C-Section.

 

Looking forward to: Only 1 more week of work!

 

Advice to my soon-to-be baby: Sometimes life is just going to disappoint, but it’s a matter of what do you do when that happens. Right now I’m very disappointed in having a possible induction and/or C-section. And it’s been a hard week on me trying to get over that… I know that no matter what I will be just overjoyed when you are here in my arms, but it’s really hard to accept that you won’t be getting a natural entry into this world on your own terms.

 

P.S. The Notre Dame Scoreboard is now 5-0!  Looks like another crazy season.