38 Weeks

So, here is the deal. According to my other pictures, this picture is technically taken at 39 weeks. Back when we first found out we were expecting the due date was July 22nd, and that is the date we had been counting off of. Then in the middle of my pregnancy they changed the date to July 29th! How lame is that? But since I am so close now and am seeing the doctor that will actually deliver the babe, she wants to base the delivery date around the 29th, meaning I have two more weeks instead of just one. I guess no matter what, the little man will come whenever he wants (please be soon!)

Cravings/Aversions: Since my last update things have pretty much stayed the same, except I can't really eat anything heavy or really substantial anymore. During the past two days just cold liquids sound good and anything else makes me feel queazy. Its like the first trimester all over again. 

Books: I finished up Your Best Birth and just barely finished reading The Official Lamaze Guide. To be honest, it was nothing new to me. It seemed a repeat of almost everything else I have read, but with more OB criticism (it was a bit extreme for my taste). I would say that for both Robert and I the best book we have read was The Bradley Method: A Husband Coached Childbirth. It was a really good book for the both of us, and for Robert to understand how he can be a part of the birth rather than just a bystander (the book and our class really helped with this). 

Excitement/Concerns: I think both Robert and I are just ready for this little boy to come! Yesterday I started feeling really, really crampy and nauseous and realized that I don't think I can continue to feel like that for another two weeks. So hopefully this all means he is on his way soon. As for excitement we have *almost* everything squared away for his arrival. We have his room done (all but the crib skirt and quilt), car seat, stroller, monitor, bassinet, crib set up, dresser painted, clothes and blankets washed, and diaper bag packed. We are just onto the waiting game now!

Exercise: Exercising has been great. On Saturday we went on a gorgeous 7 mile hike at Lake Tahoe, and up until yesterday and today (when walking seems to be a huge task) we have been running 4.5 miles a day. Hopefully tomorrow we can start running again! I can literally work this baby out. 

Baby: Baby boy (still to be named) is locked and loaded! At my doctors appointment last week I was 50% effaced and 1 cm dilated. Robert and I can't remember, but we are both pretty sure she said that he was at a -2 station. He is making his way, slowly but surely! The last two days I have eaten almost a whole pineapple, sat on a yoga ball practically the whole day, squatted and walked. We will see if any of these old wives tales actually work! :)

37 Weeks: Baby is coming THIS month

First of all, excuse the weird ombre effect on the picture above. For some reason every time I upload the picture to blogger the bottom of the picture turns blue and I have no clue as to why it is doing it. 

Now onto pregnancy stuff, I have officially gotten HUGE. I was feeling pretty cute and small still, until I put on this dress and it just seems to make me look, BIG.  I really do look like a beached whale (and feeling it, too). Sometime in the last three weeks people have stopped saying "what?! you are 8, almost 9 months pregnant? You are so tiny!" This boy of ours has gone through a growth spurt. Let's just hope it stops right about now :)

Cravings/Aversions: A week and a half ago we moved to Reno. We moved from a high of 72 to a high of 97, and Robert and I are feelings all sorts of hot. All of my cold cravings have intensified and I could eat Slurpees and Sonic slushes all day long (yay for moving somewhere with a Sonic AND 7-11). 

Books: Since moving to Reno the realization hit that we are having real live baby boy, and soon. All of the sudden I have this paranoia that I am not prepared enough to actually have this baby and the birth experience I would like. I picked up Your Best Birth at our new library here in Reno and have really enjoyed it. I have noticed that all natural birthing books are pretty similar, but I really like the authors personalities. They are the same producers of the highly controversial documentary "The Business of Being Born", but I feel like to book definately is not quite as biased as the documentary. PS, I LOVED Secrets of the Baby Whisperer. Highly recommended. 

Exercise: Robert and I moved from Rexburg to Reno about a week and a half ago, and there was a whole week that went by that neither of us exercised; I blame moving, trying to figure out a new routine, putting together a house, and furniture shopping on that. The last few days we have gone running and it has felt so good! We have these running trails in the hills/mountains behind our house that are absolutely beautiful. Since I don't have access to a gym quite yet, I have been running 3 days a week (about 15 miles a week) and doing Classical Stretch 3 days a week. Things are great!

Excitement/Concerns: Baby is coming this month! It feel pretty great to say that. We are slowly getting the nursery put together. It is pretty high stress knowing we have ~3 weeks to get everything together and looking lovely, but it is getting put together. We painted a dresser, got the crib put together, have a glider (still needs a slip cover). Now just for bedding and a few other things and we should be good to go. 

Baby: He is the length of romaine lettuce, which actually seems pretty small for being ~20 inches at 6.5 lbs! He still gains roughly an ounce a week but spends most of his time resting up for his big debut.