How big is baby? According to my weekly email from the America Pregnancy Association, baby is probably likely between 17 and 20 inches long and weighs 6 ¼ to 7 ½ pounds. Though babies at this stage vary greatly, so there's really no telling.
Maternity clothes? Yes please.
Weight - Loss or Gain? Gain.
Stretch marks? Still mark free on the belly.
Sleep? BAD. This past week my sleep has taken a turn for the worse and I can no longer claim to be sleeping well. The hypnobirthing CD's have about a 50% rate of putting me to sleep - the other half of the time I just lay in bed staring at the ceiling listening to the dog snore and the husband breathe in his slumbering state. I wake up to pee at least 2 times per night. And then I've been waking up again because one of three things has happened: 1) Lukas has the hiccups; 2) my hands have completely fallen asleep; or 3) my calves cramp up. So I wake up in the morning feeling as though I haven't slept at all. Everyone keeps telling me that this is my body's way of preparing me for restless nights once the baby is here. I personally think I could prep for them just fine without the trial runs. But that's just me.
Any movement? Yes, although I can tell he's getting cramped in there.
Food Cravings? Nothing in particular.
Food Aversions? As if...
Gender? Team Blue.
Belly Button in or out? Well, my mom could see my belly button poking out of my tee shirt yesterday, so it's officially safe to say it is now an outie. At least partially. And it looks awesome, really, it does.
What do you miss? Sleep.
What are you looking forward to? Meeting this baby boy!
What was the BEST part of this week? This was yet another week with many "ups":
- My firm threw me a surprise shower last Friday. I really work for one of the best law firms around.
- My aunts and cousin and her kiddos were in town visiting all weekend. Aunt Becky even brought homemade crab cakes from Virginia - delicious! It was wonderful to spend so much time with family.
- My mom's friend Jaye threw me a wonderful baby shower on Saturday. The shower was in Woodstock at Tea Leaves and Thyme - such an adorable place. We had traditional English tea and all wore crazy hats - it was perfect! (Pictures of the ladies all in hats to come...)
- Mr. Cob finished the bookshelves and toy chest!!!
Weekly Wisdom? My aunt told me that the best advice she ever received about parenting was that if whatever your kid was doing was hurting himself or someone else, it's probably best to just let him continue doing whatever it is he's doing. I liked that!
I also learned that my other aunt birthed a 10 pound 14 ounce baby in her own home with no pain meds - so, if she can do it, so can I! Well, not the whole home birth thing. And hopefully not the 10 plus pounder...
Milestones: Baby boy is due in less than 20 days.
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