How far along: 32 weeks
Baby’s size: Jicama – Your baby is taking up more and more space in your uterus and weighs as much as a large jicama — about 3.75 pounds. (Length: about 16.75 inches, head to heel.)
Sleep: I have my ups and downs. Some nights I sleep really well and others I don’t sleep well at night but I take naps for hours throughout the day. Some days it takes me back to my first trimester when I was exhausted all the time.
Maternity Clothes: Yep. Some of my shirts are starting to get a little short, so I don’t know what I am going to do if my belly grows much more (which is highly likely)
Food Cravings: None this week. I have actually been having a hard time deciding on what to eat.
Food Aversions: Extra spicy. It is starting to get better where I can eat the occasional medium spice, but not yet back to the extent I was beforehand.
Symptoms I have: Having a hard time tying my shoes and putting on socks. I get heartburn occasionally, but Papaya enzymes help with that.
Doctor’s Appointment: Tomorrow afternoon we have our first appointment here in Seattle.
Movement: All the time. I was actually kept up the other night by EJ’s hiccups. It was a different feeling like a really strong heartbeat from the outside.
Belly Button: The inner part is starting to peak and is slowly becoming level.
Gender: Boy!!
What I’m looking forward to: Hearing EJ’s heartbeat tomorrow. Moving into our new place and nesting. And finally, EJ’s birth in about 8 weeks. I am really excited to be this close to the end.
What I miss: All of our stuff. I am so incredibly ready to be settling into a new home and then bringing our kitties home.
Tag Archive: Pregnancy
So.. some people have asked up about where we were registered. I have made a page for them off on the right hand side of this page. We do not have a current address in there, so it would be best to wait a week or so. We do have a deposit down on a new house (yay! no longer homeless!), but we haven’t signed the paperwork. We should be going in to do that this week though since they said we should be able to move in by April 15th. But until we know our exact move-in date, we don’t want to give out the address just in case something happens.
Hopefully we will have everything back up to normal within a few weeks and I will be able to put up a few photos from our move and the baby bump photos from the last few weeks. I am ready to be re-situated as I am starting to get that nesting feeling that people always talk about late in pregnancy. I have just over 8 weeks to go and we are both really looking forward to meeting Edward. We have a Birth Center appointment on Wednesday and then hopefully they will refer us to the MFM so we will get to see him sooner rather than later. 🙂
How far along: 31 weeks
Baby’s size: 4 Oranges – Your baby now weighs as much as four naval oranges. (Length: over 16 inches, head to heel)
Sleep: Sleep has been fabulous lately! I have been sleeping through the night and only once in the last week have I had to get up for the bathroom.
Maternity Clothes: Definitely. Some of the clothes I have for maternity are getting to small.
Food Cravings: I have been kind of craving Clam Chowder, but I think that is more because we are here in Seattle more than a pregnancy craving.
Food Aversions: Still no spicy. 🙁 I tried some pepper oil at a pizza place (it’s like red pepper flakes but in oil form) and it was too spicy for me. I miss slightly spicy.
Symptoms I have: I cannot bend over to tie my shoes now. I tried yesterday and got them tied, but was squished and out of breath after every shoe.
Doctor’s Appointment: 4/10 – first appointment with Seattle Midwife.
Movement: All the time. Sometimes I can see my belly move and sometimes Darrell can feel it.
Belly Button: The upper half is starting to stick out a little bit.
Gender: Boy! Edward Julian
What I’m looking forward to: Nesting and hearing EJ’s heartbeat next week.
What I miss: Fitting in a restaurant booth. I love booth’s and the booth today was too small. I barely fit so no more booths for me.
So, for those of you who aren’t friends with us on facebook, we have let the cat out of the bag and have shared Sprouts name and gender.
Darrell and I found out what gender Sprout was during our ultrasound on January 2. We have tried to keep it a secret since then and it was really hard. Some friends have informed us that we had let the gender slip while talking about Sprout by using pronouns.
It took us about 3 weeks to come up with a name for Sprout that we both agreed on and we are completely happy with our choice. We did tell some people Sprout’s initials after we decided and many thought that that was even meaner than keeping the gender a secret. 🙂
So… without further ado… Our little Sprout has grown up and is now Edward Julian Ross. We are having our second boy. So far all of the ultrasounds have said the same thing, so hopefully he doesn’t surprise us after delivery. 🙂
We have been referring to him as baby EJ for now and it will most likely stick for awhile as we really don’t like the nickname Eddie.
Baby EJ is still kicking up a storm and is now older than his brother Pixel. I love feeling him move so that I know he is still alive in there. We have just over 9 weeks to go to meet this little man and are totally excited for it.
I had this update filled out on Tuesday when I really was 30 weeks. I had to wait until I could get online and post it. I will post a picture to accompany it once we get our new place and a better internet connection.
Weekly Updates:
How far along: 30 weeks – 75% of the way there!
Baby’s size: Large Cabbage – Your baby rival a good-size cabbage in weight, tipping the scales this week at 3 pounds. (Length: about 15.75 inches, head to heel.)
Sleep: It has been rough because of the traveling and what not, but hoping it gets better once we stop traveling.
Maternity Clothes: Yeppers. They are still just larger size. Nothing is Maternity specific yet.
Food Cravings: I have been craving hamburgers lately. I think it is just because of the traveling and I haven’t been eating the protein I am use to.
Food Aversions: Still having a hard time with spicy things.
Symptoms I have: The hemorrhoids have almost gone away. I have been watching my fiber intake and taking stool softeners and laxatives.
Doctor’s Appointment: Waiting until we get into Seattle to schedule one, so none on the address book yet.
Movement: Feeling Sprout daily. Darrell feels the kicks every now and then.
Belly Button: Level.
Gender: Team Yellow!
What I’m looking forward to: Getting situated in Seattle and nesting a little bit.
What I miss: Doing things without running out of breath. I am starting to have a hard time putting on my shoes and socks.