35 Weeks

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How far along: 35 weeks- 5 weeks left!

This week, baby is the size of a: large cantaloupe - about 20 inches long and about 5 and a half pounds

Next appointment: January 31st

Exercise: the weather here has been rather crappy so there hasn't been much walking outside. I will walk around inside stores for awhile and do some stretching exercises from our Bradley class. 

Swelling: still no noticeable swelling 

Maternity clothes: My maternity pants don't like to stay up anymore. They keep slipping down- not sure if my belly is getting too big or if the shape is changing. 

Belly button: shallow shallow shallow 

Sleep: I relax in the evenings with Matt and will feel my eyes getting heavy, but once I lay in bed I'm not able to instantly fall asleep like usual pre-pregnancy. So I stay up until about midnight most nights messing on my phone.  And sleep til 8 or so (with a bunch of pee breaks and turning and flipping because my hips or left ribs hurt) then I usually relax in bed for an hour more. 

Food cravings/aversions: I am very unsatisfy-able recently. Nothing really sounds good. Not that it sounds bad but it just doesn't sound like what I want. I eat and nothing hits the spot- so I eat more- and that doesn't hit the spot either- so I eat more. Lets see what the weight gain is at my next appointment. I may just make up for the fact that I haven't gained since before Christmas. 

Symptoms: I'm hitting that "freak out and worry stage" I can't believe we have 5 weeks left. I just can't wrap my head around the fact that I'm going to be a mom. And this baby is going to come out of me. Then it's mine (and Matt's to take home and raise for the next 18+ years.)

Movement: the movement I'm feeling now feels so strange. It's very low below my belly button, and feels like the baby is crossing and  uncrossing it's legs or twisting and turning. It actually sorta hurts. 

Labor signs: at night when I wake up to use the restroom my belly seems tight- not sure if this is Braxton hicks contractions or just pressure from how the baby is laying and a full bladder. 

What I miss: being satisfied. 

What I'm loving: taking long hot showers

What I'm looking forward to: our next baby shower with friends is next weekend!

Best moment this week: We had our baby shower with Matt's family. 

I have put together several to do lists for the next 5 weeks. Now I need to start checking stuff off. 

We have the following lists:

* Things to do around the house

*  Things to do in the nursery

* Things to buy for baby if we don't get them at our next shower

* Things to stock up on

* Freezer meals to make

There are quite a few things on each list- but really if it doesn't get done it will be ok. 

All the baby needs is 

A place to sleep (check)

Something to eat (check) 

A way to get home (check) 

Bed, boobs and baby carrier- we are going to be a-ok! 

Now for some fun picture comparisons---

Here is a comparison shot wearing the same shirt. 15 weeks on the left and 35 weeks on the right. 
What a difference twenty weeks makes when you are growing a baby!

And here is a comparison shot from last week at 34 weeks- to this week at 35 weeks. 
I think I look smaller- baby must be moving around in there.