Baby's size: Around the size of a 4.5lb pineapple. From here on out, the baby gains about 0.5lb/week!
Total weight gain: 21lb. No swelling in my hands or feet so far!
How do you feel? Physically? Kinnnnda uncomfortable. Right when I hit 32 weeks, my low back started aching every evening and even the heated blanket doesn't really relieve the pain. My belly feels heavy, acid reflux is becoming a little more frequent, and I feel faint at times. I think the baby is head down because I can always feel hiccups really low, and we can often see a large round bulge off to the lower right side. It's crazy feeling low punches and high kicks simultaneously!
Mentally? Hormonal. I had a pregnant moment last week where I found myself crying over Christmas cards. I'd spent 2 hrs working on the cards and settled on a final product I was less than thrilled with.
Mathias hadn't seen the proof before I ordered them, so when he also voiced his disappointment in them not turning out a certain way, I told him I wasn't re-doing it and that what he wanted was impossible (which I later found out wasn't true at all). So I called the company and cancelled my order, telling them I needed to make more edits. After realizing I couldn't make the edits I wanted with that particular card, I called BACK 3 minutes later and asked her to un-cancel them (mind you, she's standing at the printer already trying to cancel them in the queue). I took some calming breaths and created a completely new card in under 5 minutes, one that I was happy with, that Mathias could be happy with, AND was half the price of my original order.
So I called her back. Again. And told her to cancel my first order. Again.
That poor girl- if she didn't see I was pregnant in the Christmas photo, I feel like I sure did make it obvious that day.
Moment of the week: I have a few actually! Last Monday's maternity photography session with the very talented Kelly Conley, this past weekend's baby shower...
...and getting some henna work on my belly!
It's crazy to think about all the "Last Childless" holidays we're celebrating this month. We went to cut down our own tree this year and I realized this is the last Christmas there will be no mini to watch tear open presents on Christmas morning. Yesterday, I celebrated my last childless birthday (yea so I'm 31 now, not sure how I feel about that yet). And later this month will be our last New Years just the two of us. Our house is anything but quiet now, so it's not like we're giving up the tranquil, non-hectic life. That ended for me the day Mathias moved in lol. But we are eager to start celebrating as a family of 3!
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