35 Weeks

It has been another crazy week for us yet again.  I did have a doctor’s visit and the doctor doesn’t think that she is too big just yet.  But she did check my cervix and it looks like there is no sign of her coming any time soon so she said I could wait until 37 weeks to come back.  At the next visit we will do a diagnostic sonogram and check her measurements and have a doctor visit- It is so crazy that this will be the last time we see her on camera before getting to meet her!!!

I can't possibly grow more...

How Far Along: 35 weeks on 8/22/12

Size of baby: Your baby doesn't have much room to maneuver now that she's over 18 inches long and tips the scales at 5 1/4 pounds (pick up a honeydew melon).

Baby Updates: She’s mostly developed with a majority of her efforts going towards weight gain.  If born today, she’d do extremely well with little to no long term health issues.

Total Weight Gain/Loss: 1 pound making it 25 of total gain- again my count; the doctor and I are off by 3 pounds because I am convinced that I gained 3 pounds in the first 8 weeks.

Maternity Clothes: All maternity clothes…and excited to wear my new maternity tops back to work!

Gender: Girl – Miss Scarlett

Movement: Super active and shifts around quite a bit.  Her favorite thing is to stick her bottom all the way over to my left side…Shane likes to push her back in the center (gently) and watch her scoot back over again.  It looks like my tummy is morphing!

Sleep: Still well- I’m exhausted by 9:30/10 pm with these work days…I can only imagine how I will feel after the kids come back!

What I miss: Being able to reach my feet or shave my legs! For the first time all summer I needed to put on regular shoes for work…well wearing flip flops all summer I never realized I couldn’t reach my feet until the other day!

Cravings: Greek Salads and cantaloupe! I have been living off these two things this week- Shane’s aunt sent us back with a ton of cantaloupe after the wedding and it’s so refreshing to eat after work!

Symptoms: I still have had horrible reflux! I have been trying to be careful not to bend over so that stomach acid doesn’t end up in my throat. I also am starting to experience my fingers swelling! Some of it didn’t help that I had an incredibly salty meal…

Best Moment this week: Finishing getting my classroom and lesson plans done for the first week of school…and turning over keys to our renters!!! No more working on two houses! Woo Hoo!