36 Weeks!

Baby Hibbs is officially considered “full term” now!!  I have been waiting to reach this milestone for 9 months – so exciting!

 

I got to spend time with my best friend’s new baby this week, and it made me SO antsy to have our little baby in my arms!!  I love that they already got to snuggle

 

Some days, I feel like my body is betraying me.  I can’t bend certain ways, I get so frustrated when I drop something because it means I have to bend down to pick it up…*sigh*.  Thankfully I have a very sweet husband who is willing to work with me and help me with the never ending list of projects I have in my head…

 

I didn’t think I was going to go through a “nesting phase” because I basically nest all the time – haha!  HOWEVER, I just realized today that I am nesting with PLANTS!  Oh my word, I have such a black thumb but I wake up in the middle of the night thinking about where I’m going to put the next plants I buy.  It’s a little bit of a problem now – haha!  Here’s just a few I planted over the last 2 days…

 

How far along? 36 weeks

Maternity clothes?  absolutely!  Still able to wear some large non-maternity tops, but always wearing maternity bottoms.

Sleep: Waking up more to go to the bathroom = very interrupted sleep this week

Best moment of the week:  Feeling this baby moving constantly.  Wow, he/she is getting BIG and it hurts when he/she moves, but it’s also so reassuring because I know they’re doing well!

Miss anything?  I miss being pain free – and having feet that don’t look like giant marshmallows

Movement: Yes!  Baby is moving SO MUCH and getting SO STRONG! 

Food cravings: FRUIT.  All the time.  And sweets in general!

Anything making you queasy or sick:  Nope!

Gender prediction: When we saw the quickest glimpse of the baby’s face during our 3D u/s (he/she was not cooperative, and kept putting their hands in front of their face!!) I said, “That is absolutely a boy!”  We’ll see if I’m right – hubby’s not quite convinced

Labor signs: Nope – but my non-stress tests show that I’m having “baby contractions” right now, which is totally normal for this stage of my pregnancy.

Symptoms:  Verrrrry swollen.  Heartburn.  Peeing all. the. time. 

Belly button in or out?  In – but it’s very shallow!!  

Happy or moody most of the time? This week has been generally happy- but I had a total breakdown related to my diabetes crap earlier this week  

Looking forward to:  hopefully finishing the nursery this week!! (I said this last week, but I REALLY mean it this time- haha!)