Weight Gain: Between 14 and 15 lb's
Stretch Marks: I think I'm going to take this questions off, as at some point I will have them, and I'm sure I'll mention it. In the meantime, it's getting a little old.
Maternity Clothes: I bought a new maternity swimsuit top and cover-up the other day and I love it! I paired it with some non-maternity string bottoms (that mostly get covered anyway) and it looks much cuter than my last swimsuit.
Symptoms: Random cramps, racing heart, stuffy nose, BH contractions.
Sleep: Ugh...it's been so hot and sticky that sleep seems impossible lately, although I think that'd be the case whether I was pregnant or not.
Best Moment of the Week: This might sound funny, but going to the local zoo and splash pad was pretty great on Friday, because when I went last year, I was actually saddened by the multitude of pregnant bellies. I would never want anyone to feel the sadness and confusion I felt, but at the same time I was very happy to be the one there with the belly this year. Also, going on a date with Matt on Monday and seeing Harry Potter 7 part 2 was awesome. And seeing Julia some more. And buying my beloved Ergo. And Elijah squealing and talking all sweet to the dogs at Julia's parents'. It's been a good week, crummy emotions notwithstanding.
Movement: Yes. (again, I don't know how to answer this one today)
Food cravings: French fries from NY Fries with gravy on the side
Gender: A girl!
What I Miss: Nothing in particular
What I’m Looking Forward To: Going for pedicures and some girly time together tomorrow with Julia and Tiffany, using my new Ergo once this little girl comes! Oh, and test-driving a van today. I hope we get it, I really do, but I'm trying to not hope too much for it.
Milestones: Well, for some reason being in week 29 feels like a milestone, I think because it's the last week of the 20's. I remember being so excited to say I'm in the 20's, and I'm equally excited to be in the 30's. It's starting to feel so close. Also, yesterday marked 3 months until 2 weeks past my due date. In my mind, this baby will go late like Elijah did, and so even if she goes overdue by 2 weeks, she'll still be born in less than 3 months' time! Of course I hope it'll be more like 2.5 months, but even THAT seems like little time!
Emotions: Ugh, I am officially disgusted with my emotions. I have been insane. INSANE. I often feel like crap, emotionally speaking anyway, and I try to figure out why, because it just feels so real and I usually refuse to pass it off as just being hormonal, so I think of something that MUST be why I'm feeling a certain way, my mind seizes on it, runs with it, and before long I've created a problem, or made a big deal of something that actually is very small. Then I get all worked up, have a good sob about it, and feel a lot better, and realize that it was only hormones all along, because the so-called problem doesn't seem so grim anymore, and I'm not in the least mad or upset. All I (apparently) needed was a good, hard cry. Poor Matt though, he deals with the brunt of this, and I feel guilty for being so...unpredictable. Or maybe unstable. It's quite awful.
Belly Photo (yeah, I added this as a question!): I feel like my stomach is not growing in size. Like, at all. I'm vaguely concerned, because I also haven't been gaining much weight these last few weeks, but I'm not too upset about it, because I know that the appearance of my belly and the 1 lb I did not gain this week are really not good indicators of how my baby is doing. Also, I seem to remember the MW saying with Elijah that, some women show smaller because the babies fit into their pelvis really well, or their bodies cradle the baby nice and snug. It's possible that she's just made her way head-down, and is now fitting better than she did before. At any rate, I feel like I've "caught up" to how big I was at this point with Elijah, whereas the rest of this pregnancy I've been huge in comparison.
So, belly photo time. I've been pretty worried lately that the belly is actually shrinking in size, but then I took a photo (at 29w4d, yeah, 4 days after this original post) and compared it to belly photos from this pregnancy, and it's way bigger! It just sticks out a lot more, and is this cute, little, stinking-out thing. I can't describe it very well, so here's the photo:
Anyway, my ergo. It's beautiful! Here's a picture from their website:
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[/caption]I bought it off Kijiji, and it came with the infant insert that actually is matching and starry. It ended up costing $120. which is how much the Ergo website has it listed at, but their price doesn't include shipping or the insert, so it'd have cost me an extra $40-50. There's a store in my town that sells them, but again, they're more expensive, and they charge $30 for the insert! Scandalous. So I did get a good deal, albeit not as good as from Babysteals, where they were selling them half-price. BUT I didn't get there in time, so whatever. This is actually the one I wanted anyway, and it was the one on kijiji! Yay!
I decided that this (the Ergo) was going to be my one, just-for-me, baby purchase. Something I wanted just because, that we didn't need for this second baby. There are other things I was considering, like a new bedding set, but we're just borrowing Farrah's instead (which is in great condition, and cute anyway.)
So now I'm trying to figure out what there is left to buy. Here's the list I've come up with:
- crib mattress
- receiving blankets
- carseat cover (well....we don't need this either per se, I just want something that's not plastered in blue. But we'll see.)
- diapers
- little things like soothers, Lansinoh, breast pads, etc
I don't really know what clothes I need. I know I have a ton of sleepers, like, enough to last the first 0-3 month stretch, but I don't know how many I have because it's all in boxes and I don't have the dresser we'll be using yet.
Also, I know we need a double stroller, but Farrah has one that she said she could give me to use by October. She figured that, by then anyway, Dana would be good to use a sit-and-stand stroller, and then I could use this Graco double. But, while I know we're still 2.5 months away, I feel like she's not going to be ready to give it up at that time, and there is no way I'm going to remind her of it, I feel like it'd be rude. So in the meantime, I just wait. It's really not that pressing a concern. If the baby comes and we don't have a stroller, I could check with her then, and if not, buy one. No biggie.
So yeah! I feel like we're doing pretty well, readiness wise. I'm not stressed in the least. I do, however, want to get moving on it, just because I'm excited, and I can't yet because we haven't taken possession of the downstairs apartment yet. So, we wait.
Anyway, Elijah is up from his nap now, and he needs lunch, so off I go!
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