My Pregnancy: Week 38

How Far along? 38 weeks and 1 day

Size of the baby? as long as a leek!

Any new symptoms? yes, nightly contractions that eventually peter off. Exciting!

What are you craving? sweets. I am eating WAY too much sugar lately.

Total weight gain? 23 lbs!

Baby bump?

Movement? yup, still wiggling around in there.

Gender? female

Nesting? yes, I've been a clean freak lately.

Sleeping well? Not really.

Buy anything for the baby this week? yeah I bought a couple more sleepers.

What are you looking forward to? having a baby.

What are you enjoying the most/least about being pregnant this week? I'm enjoying my increased energy. Not enjoying the increased discomfort. lol

Prenatal Update: 38 weeks

• Weeks: 38 weeks.  
• Weight gain: 23 lbs. 
• Blood Pressure: 112/74.  
• Fundal height: 37.5 cm.  
• Fetal heart tones: 130 bpm.  
• Position of baby: LOP

My Pregnancy: Week 37 (full term!)

How Far along? 37 weeks and 1 day

Size of the baby? about 6 1/3 pounds and measures a bit over 19 inches (says babycenter)

Any new symptoms? I have slightly more pressure "down there", feels like there is a bowling ball between my legs. lol.

What are you craving? everything. My appetite is insane right now. I CANT STOP EATING. Help me.

Total weight gain? 23 lbs!

Baby bump?

Movement? yes, still plenty of movement.

Gender? girl!

Nesting? yes, did some major nesting yesterday. Prepping prefolds!

Sleeping well? I am sleeping good right now, I hope it stays that way.

Buy anything for the baby this week? yes. I bought a little vibrating baby seat thing and some more diaper covers.

What are you looking forward to? My edd. I will feel officially ready to have a baby after October 11th. lol

What are you enjoying the most/least about being pregnant this week? I'm enjoying nesting. Not enjoying the increased braxton hicks with the increased pressure. I'm pretty uncomfortable. :-/

My Pregnancy: Week 36

How Far along? 36 weeks and 5 days

Size of the baby? crenshaw melon

Any new symptoms? I'm slightly more moody lately and my appetite has really increased.

What are you craving? nothing particular, all food is yummy. lol

Total weight gain? 22 lbs

Baby bump?

Movement? yup, she is a wiggly little thing.

Gender? girl!

Nesting? yes, I need to stop cleaning so much.

Sleeping well? yes!

Buy anything for the baby this week? Nope, nothing this week.

What are you looking forward to? having a baby.

What are you enjoying the most/least about being pregnant this week? I'm enjoying everything about being pregnant, I'm really gonna miss it when the baby comes.

Baby Names for Blueberry

The short list:

• Stella
• Adele
• Scarlett
• Vivienne

The LONG list:

• Penelope
• Violet
• Annette
• Cecilia
• Cleo
• Camille
• Adeline
• Adelaide
• Evelyn
• Ella
• Amelia
• Marlo
• Marcella
• Patricia
• Celeste
• Annabella
• Ava
• Charlotte

Prenatal Update: 36 weeks

• Weeks: 36 weeks.  
• Weight gain: 22 lbs. 
• Blood Pressure: 105/70.  
• Fundal height: 35 cm.  
• Fetal heart tones: 138 bpm.  
• Position of baby: head down and posterior.

My Pregnancy: Week 35

How Far along? 35 weeks and 6 days pregnant, as of right now!

Size of the baby? Honeydew melon!

Any new symptoms? some leg cramps the last couple nights but nothing too bad. I had horrible Charley horses with Lucy!

What are you craving? fried chicken. Yup.

Total weight gain? 20 lbs (when I did my 35 week prenatal)

Baby bump?

35 weeks

35 weeks & 3 days

Movement? plenty, there must still be a lot of room in there.

Gender? GIRL.

Nesting? absolutely! I've been a bit of a clean freak lately.

Sleeping well? Yes I am sleeping pretty good right now, it's really nice.

Buy anything for the baby this week? YES!

What are you looking forward to? being full term on September 20th! That will be a huge milestone for me considering my 4 previous miscarriages. Also, no more sitting in salt baths while drinking Gatorade trying to ward off contractions that I don't want yet! Lol

What are you enjoying the most/least about being pregnant this week? I'm enjoying the Internet(Twitter) break I've been on. I have more time to focus on Lucy, reading, listening to music & meditating. It's been VERY nice.
Not enjoying the on-going baby name saga. We still have nothing.

My Pregnancy: Week 34

How Far along? 34 weeks and 6 days(I'm getting a little behind on these updates)

Size of the baby? cantaloupe!

Any new symptoms? Yes, some indigestion.

What are you craving? chocolate. I've got a major sweet tooth these days.

Total weight gain? 18 lbs

Baby bump?

34 weeks

34 weeks and 5 days

Movement? yup.

Gender? babygirl.

Nesting? yes, lots of cleaning and organizing and ordering the rest of my birthing supplies. We are officially baby ready!

Sleeping well? WAYYY better than last week. Hip pain is almost gone! Stopped taking my Omega 3 supplements and I've felt so much better. They were definitely contributing to the pain.

Buy anything for the baby this week? yes, I bought cloth diaper detergent and a wet bag.

What are you looking forward to? dressing a newborn baby girl. Lol. I'm getting really excited about having another little girl again.

What are you enjoying the most/least about being pregnant this week? I'm enjoying everything about being pregnant this week. I'm very grateful and happy to be so close to holding my baby. No complaints here! :)