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!
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
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