Week 25

 

I can't believe I am PAST 6 months!!!  Time really has flown and in about 3 months we will be welcoming our precious baby girl into our world!!! I often lay awake while she is kicking and rolling around and imagine what I will feel when she is finally here and I can hold her close to me for the first time- my heart bursts with happiness and LOVE that I can only imagine will be amplified when she is actually in my arms and on my chest! I have so many vivid dreams lately that I feel like I get hardly any sleep- I dreamt I was giving birth this week and our baby girl had dark curly hair which is surprising snide both Nick and I were blonde/bald at birth!! We were at a Cafe this week and a group of friends were passing around a sweet baby girl and I couldn't help but smile at Nick- THAT will be us soon!! We both can't wait!!

This week I have a lot of comments at work about my bump finally growing- and I feel huge!!! I feel huge everywhere though- I think the lack of running (really the only exercise I enjoy) has made me squisher than usual so I am struggling to accept my not so tight body- but hopefully can start running 6 or so weeks after she is born. 

What is the baby up to this week? Her hands are fully formed now including her own individual fingerprints and this week her spine begins to take its permanent shape. She is roughly 1.5 pounds now!!

Maternity clothes? No new ones- just rocking my stretchy Thailand pants at home and my maternity jeans everywhere else!

Stretch marks? Nope!

Sleep: when I get enough it is perfect - but this rarely happens and I am usually exhausted after my 5am start at work and NEED a nap!! 

Best moment this week: we had antenatal appointment and heard her heartbeat again and had my fundal height measured- PERFECT!!! We have my gestational diabetes test at Week 28 when we will schedule our growth scan to check that my placenta is doing what it should.

Miss Anything? Iced coffee!! 

Movement: Her kicks and jabs have become so 'normal' that I am going to miss her being in there. 

Food cravings: Still apples.. The colder and crisper the better!!

Anything making you queasy or sick: Nothing this week

Have you started to show yet: YES!!!!! 

Gender prediction: no longer a prediction.... Sweet baby GIRL!!!!

Labor Signs: No!

Belly Button in or out? Innie!

Happy or Moody most of the time: So so happy!!!

Looking forward to: painting our baby girls room walls next weekend and getting it all cleaned for her furniture to come in the week after.

Well that is all for this week! 

Love from us (all 3 of us) xxoo