29 weeks

I think this will be my last post with a belly picture. I am getting ridiculously big and no one really needs to see that. Normally I am this big at the end when I am ready to deliver. I am 11 weeks prematurely big this time around. I am super worried this baby is going to be giant. I have never had a baby bigger than 6lbs, so I am very concerned. From the ultrasound I had yesterday they are guessing he is already 4lbs, 15 inches, and in the 87th percentile. I am starting to think I don't like being monitored so closely and could really do without this information. If I deliver 3 weeks early like I did last time, he should still be on the small side. But if I am unlucky enough to go full term, he could be enormous. I will just have to wait and see. I hate this waiting. I am an awful pregnant person!

27 weeks

I hate these pictures of myself. Now I know why I have no pregnancy pictures from my previous pregnancies. I am not sure why am I am torturing myself. But I am. So here it is. This is 27 weeks. I am starting the third trimester. I am only gonna get bigger from here. Wish me luck! I feel like this belly couldn't possibly keep stretching any bigger.

Friday Baby

This still isn't a very good picture, but what can I say. He is very shy when they start doing an ultrasound. He just refuses to cooperate. If you can decipher this picture, it's a sort of side profile shot with his face between his two arms. It's really tough to see. But even if the picture is bad, he sure is a cutie to me. Everything is still going well. I am getting really tired of Dr. appointments. Both the midwife and the specialist want to see me every two weeks. Without children. It's a pain. Hopefully this last trimester will go by quickly and smoothly. Not too quick though, I still don't have a name.

Carbs

I am really craving carbs right now. Cold cereal, toast, muffins, fruit. I don't want any meat. I am worried about my weight, so I am at least trying to make them healthy carbs. I made some great whole wheat banana blueberry muffins this morning. The only problem is, I ate 4 of them. Aaaah! It's a lost cause.

25 weeks

Like I said, I am getting huge. This is not a super great or flattering picture, but it definitely captures the growth from the last month. He is growing, and my belly is getting big and more uncomfortable. It seems too early to already be having so much difficulty getting my own shoes on, sleeping at night, and doing housework, but I am already there. Mostly there is just a lot of sitting around, and the numbers on the scale are really starting to reflect the inactivity. Oh well. It's only going to get worse. Maybe I won't eat as many chocolate muffins from costco.......Nah! Just embrace the fatness and face it in postpartum.

Baby Feet

I get to have lots of ultrasounds because I am seeing a specialist. I will get one every 2 weeks from now until 32 weeks. They just want to make sure I am not having preterm labor. So far, so good. No problems. But I do get lots of time to see the baby. He is doing well and getting cuter every time. He refuses to give us a good profile picture though. He just won't cooperate. Maybe next time. They did get some shots of his cute little feet and today I saw him yawn and get the hiccups. He is 1lb 14 oz and in the 69th percentile for size. He could end up being a big baby if I go full term. I am huge already so I really hope I don't get to see 40 weeks for the first time. I am already getting impatient and I am counting down the weeks. I am 25 weeks down 10-14 weeks to go if everything continues to go well and he is healthy.

Lotion Arsenal

I know you can't completely prevent stretch marks, but I do my best. My favorites are the Mama Mio Tummy Rub Stretch Mark Oil, and the Tummy Honey Butter Stretch Mark Prevention. They smell so good. So much about pregnancy is completely out of our hands. I guess it's one thing I feel like I can control. A good lotioning on a growing baby belly every morning and night. And I have to say, I have never had the itchy stretching. So I guess it's good for something.