Monday Check In!!!

mandmleona wrote:

 

What is your LEAST FAVORITE thing (or things..Ha!) about pregnancy right now?  I think getting winded standing still tops the list.  I can handle get winded walking somewhere or doing something, but when just standing in line makes me winded, it's frustrating

 

Right there with you, it doesn't make any sense to me that some days I can't stand at all for the lack of energy that I feel as soon as I stand up (it is hilarious watching me doing dishes somedays, leaning on the sink for stability then sitting in a kitchen chair every 2 mins to work up enough energy to hang on to the sink again). I don't remember this happening before, must be something to do with the way the baby sits sometimes - grrrrrrr....

How far along are you this week? 29 weeks. I just noticed that by the calendar I have 2 months +a week till I am due, yipes!

Any new symptoms/discomforts? Not really any new ones but all existing ones are getting more intense - wholly pelvis discomfort and penguin waddle not to mention the deepening of the heartburn (expecting this guy to have a full head of hair bc it has been happening for months and never ever bothered me with my first two and they were baldies)

What are you craving this week? Seriously craving some chicken burritos right now - anyone have a good recipe that isn't loaded with sour cream and cheese (dairy allergy)? I think i will have to msg my SIL bc her SO is from Mexico.

How is the weather where you are? It has been unseasonally hot here lately but it is finally starting to go back to normal which means little to no humidity and it being cool in the morning and evenings - ahhhhh

Are you ready for the end of summer? I hate to admit it (because of the alternative - snow) but yes. Summer has been terrible on my body this year and I am longing for fall which is my favourite season.

What are you doing to prepare right now for baby's arrival? Ordered a book on the Bradley Method and I have been devouring it - I highly recommend it. It is called 'Natural Childbirth the Bradley Way' by Susan McCutcheon - medical data and pics are outdated (80s) but if you can ignore that the info is excellent and the exercises are well explained. Fyi this is the original Natural Childbirth method / movement and it covers all the bases (visualization, relaxation, breathing, etc.) and all others seem to have evolved out of an area of this plan. Also Getting my room emptied and rearranged to fit the baby. Took a little break but my room is nearly done, just need to move the bed and set up the crib. However I have mountains and mountains of junk that collected in our room over the last several months that I need to deal with preferably in the next 3 hours before I need to pick up my kids from daycare.

What is your FAVORITE thing about pregnancy right now? That my kid seems to have finally grown too much to turn transverse!! I don't know which way the head is but I am thinking positively and visualizing him head down.

What is your LEAST FAVORITE thing (or things..Ha!) about pregnancy right now? I really haven't felt well since the begining of the weekend - not myself, sort of under the weather / blah, weak/tired, some intense bh contractions, and I have been unable to shake a headache since Saturday (it goes away for the day but comes back in the evening and mornings). I have no swelling or anything to indicate Pre-e (dh says i am less bloated then normal, thanks I guess) but it is still unnerving. If it is still doing it tomorrow I will have to call my doc.

How far along are you this week? I'll be 27 Wednesday

Any new symptoms/discomforts?New?  nope.  Just the back issues and swelling ankles. 

What are you craving this week?  Nothing.  Haven't craved anything this whole time.  I was sooo hoping I'd crave stuff to see what all the hub-bub was.  But nope.  I just eat whatever.  Trying to get all my protein in and calcium.  I do really like milk lately. 

How is the weather where you are?Cooler than average, but still in the 80s. 

Are you ready for the end of summer?I guess a little.  I'm pretty cold natured and I have just recently started feeling hotter than normal.  But I still get cold too.  The end of summer, means closer to baby and I don't feel ready.  lol

What are you doing to prepare right now for baby's arrival?My BFF is wanting me to get a guest list and pick a date for a shower!!  Sooooo excited.  And I'm doing my Hypnobabies stuff.  Gah...the exercises, the hypnotic exercises, the deepening sessions, the food, the water...I'm seriously in training for a huge event.  I don't know how I manage to fit it all in and still have time to work and such.  But I am.  And I do enjoy it.  This little girl is worth it all!

What is your FAVORITE thing about pregnancy right now? The same as most, feeling her move around.  I just wonder what she's doing in there when my stomach contorts into all these weird shapes.  She's making Mommy laugh, that's for sure.  AND the pelvic rocks fixing my back problems...right up there with favorite thing.  If I could just walk around and stay on all fours all day, I think I'd feel better.  lol

What is your LEAST FAVORITE thing (or things..Ha!) about pregnancy right now? the back ache, especially when I have to roll over at night.  that's all.