How Far Along: 37 weeks, I feel like these post are a little deceiving, I’ll actually be 38 weeks tomorrow, and because I’m having a repeat csection, I’m trying to get to 39 and 1 day, instead of 40. So d-day is closer than it appears by the number of weeks in the title of this post!
Size of baby: Baby
#2 is the size of a swiss chard.
#2 is the size of a swiss chard.Total Weight Gain/Loss: Somewhere between 35-40 pounds. I’m going to go ahead and call a 40 pound weight gain. Which is insane, I realize. I’ve lost it (plus 10 more) once and with a ton of hard work found myself in much better shape than I was pre-pregnancy (and I was one of those rare people who found with a lot of hard work, I could not only get my body back, but I could get a better body back, many thanks to Pure Barre). So while that number is high, I’m really not ready to stress just yet, it comes off like it goes on, slow and steady.
Maternity Clothes: In the picture above, shirt is from Forever 21 from last summer, navy cardigan from Destination Maternity and my favorite AG skinny jean maternity pants.
Gender: It’s a boy!!
Movement: Yes! He’s still quite the mover, he loves to keep me up at night with his movements.
Sleep: I’m waking up a few times thanks to the lovely leg cramps, then around 3:30 I’m wide awake.
Cravings: I drink a ton of water, but I’m just not hungry all of the time like I’ve been in previous weeks.
Symptoms: Swollen feet, still! Also, low iron per my last doctors appointment. Also, I’m doing the weekly appointment thing and so far we’ve seen absolutely no progress. Which isn’t too surprising, it makes me think that c-section was a great choice, because we’re in the same situation we were last time.
Best Moment this week: Celebrating my best girl this weekend for her birthday. We had the best time and I’m actually glad it ended up being so close to the new baby’s arrival. She was able to soak in a ton of attention.
“it comes off like it goes on, slow and steady.” I love that!
Thanks! Telling myself anything other than that, would set me up for big disappointment!
Looking great, as always. 🙂
Aren’t those leg cramps killer?! A few people mentioned to me that bananas help keep them at bay. I’m not sure if it’s an old wives tale, but I’ve been buying bananas weekly anyway 🙂 Have you tried that yet?
Yes! I do find that they help! I just need to do that more consistently.
You look fantastic! Almost there!