Week 39

This week has flown for me! I have allowed myself to not feel pressure to deliver this baby girl and to trust that my body and our little princess know what to do and she will come when she is ready! Nick and I have been making the most if our time as a little family of 2 and spending quality time together relaxing. My parents are here too and we have spent some time exploring Adelaide with them. We took the dogs for a massive 6km walk along the beach and we went to the Maggie Beer Farm in the Barossa.

Hopefully this is my last bump photo..... But maybe not since only 5% of babies are born on their due date!

What is the baby up to this week? She is fully developed! Her brain is now about 30% bigger than what it was just a few weeks ago which means she has had the best chance to fully develop her brain cells in there! She has shed most of her vernix and the amniotic would be creamy white now ready for my waters to break!

Stretch marks? So far so good! None! But the further past my due date I go the more she packs on the weight and stretches my belly out!

Sleep: I still get up about 5 times a night but don't have trouble falling asleep! 

Best moment this week: we had another midwife appointment to make sure my belly had grown.... And it has! So Baby girl is growing perfectly in there!

 

Miss Anything? Being able to think about anything other than meeting our daughter! 

Movement: so much and so painful! She is running out of room and I find myself wincing in pain as she jams her heels under my ribs or punches her little fists into my bladder!

Food cravings: ice cream! My first unhealthy craving that has been satisfied by dessert most nights!

Anything making you queasy or sick: the heat and just general nausea. 

Have you started to show yet: I am one big Mumma!

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

Labor Signs: nothing to signal labour is close although I really don't know what to expect. My Braxton hick contractions are now a very regular thing a and cause a lot of pressure in my lower abdomen and pelvic region. Baby girl hasn't dropped any lower but it is likely that she will drop down during labour. My belly feels like it has dropped these last 2 days so she is hopefully settling in ready for birth!

Belly Button in or out? Out!! !

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy! I was very emotional at work the other day when they attempted to force me to take my leave before she is born! It us crazy how people think they can pass judgment on my body and how active I have been during this pregnancy! I am pregnant.... Not disabled! I have decided to finally let the stress and pressure from people who ask why I haven't given birth yet and I feel much better! Baby girl is not fully cooked until Tuesday so after Tuesday I can understand why others would be impatient. I am so proud of my body for carrying her until her due date and allowing her body and brain to fully develop!

Looking forward to: contractions and labour pains and the joy of meeting our creation!

Well that is all for this week! 

Love from us (all 3 of us) xxoo 

Week 38

This last week has been by far the most uncomfortable and tedious week of the entire pregnancy! Nick and I are so impatient and ready to meet our baby girl. I am still working which is a great distraction from the waiting game we are playing! 

I think my bump has pretty much reached its limit and since she has dropped down lower into my pelvis it probably won't get too much bigger.. Hopefully!!! We had our midwife appointment last Tuesday (my first day of the 39th week so exactly 38 weeks) and my bump was measuring a bit smaller then they expected so we have an appointment this Wednesday which the midwife made a comment about us not making due to having our baby by then.... Since it's Monday night already I am pretty confident we will be at our 39 week appointment! But HOPEFULLY not!

Since we don't know when I will go into labour I decided to take a bare belly photo for this week just to remember it by! I love that you can see where my 'old' stomach used to be with the lines down the side! 

What is the baby up to this week? She weighs an about 3kg and is nearly 50cm long (about the length of a leek)! She has a firm grasp now and would likely be practicing holding onto her umbilical cord or her feet! 

Stretch marks? Not yet although I have read most people get them in the last 2 weeks so hoping I pop soon and avoid them!

Sleep: very VERY hard to sleep now. I can't close my knees when I lay on my side so have to wedge my maternity pillow between my legs while having it under my belly. Laying on my back makes it impossible to breathe! I get up about 4-5 times a night to wee. I spend my nights dreaming about having contractions and I wake up only to realise I actually need to pee really badly! 

Best moment this week: Nicks and my Sunday spent together! We went to our favourite breakfast spot and ordered 'the usual'. Java Hut is our nearly weekly breakfast spot and everybody there knows us and feels like they have been tracking my pregnancy too! Crazy to think that next time we go in there we may have our baby girl with us! 

Later that day Nick and I hiked up the Mt Lofty Summit in the Adelaide Hills. It was a 8km return trip with half it spent going straight UP from Waterfall Gully to Mt Lofty. It was suprisingly not as difficult as I had imagined and although I kept getting some strange looks (and some encouraging comments by passers by) it was so satisfying to get to the top and then back down in the rain! 

AT THE END!! WE WERE SOAKED!! 

 

Miss Anything? Being able to walk without waddling! 

Movement: A ridiculous amount! I keep reading that she will slow down her movements at the end but so far no slowing down! She is a crazy mover in there! I love when she gets the hiccups too!

Food cravings: Nectarines and pasta! 

Anything making you queasy or sick: just a general feeling of queasiness at night but nothing specifically. 

Have you started to show yet: Ooohhhh yes!

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

Labor Signs: my false contractions have definately increased and I have been getting a little bit of period pain and lower back pain a few times a day? I have also been getting terrible upper inner thigh cramps when Baby T pushes her head on one of the nerves in my pelvis. 

Belly Button in or out? Out!! !

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy! And so impatient!

Looking forward to: going into labour and meeting our baby girl! I can't wait to tell everybody her name and the meaning behind her first and middle name!

Well that is all for this week! 

Love from us (all 3 of us) xxoo