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This week you're the size of a pineapple little one, measuring anywhere from 19-22 inches in length and weighing just around 5 pounds! I'm so excited to be in the home stretch, at least it seems that way, and I'm getting really excited about your arrival. We are busy finishing up our home so that it will be all ready for when you're here and we won't have to do anymore "big" projects. Needless to say, your room is almost ready! Can't wait for you to see it! :)

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It's been a few weeks since I've written you little one...and a lot has been going on! You are making mommy so tired these days! You're about 4 pounds now and over 19 inches long (or so they say) and I can tell you're running out of room in there because you've been in the same position for a while now. Your movements have become more deliberate and smooth. You roll less now and most of your movements seem like you're trying to stretch out! They hurt sometimes but for the most part I really enjoy it. Sometimes (this is pretty much a daily occurrence) I sit with my shirt up just watching you move. It makes me laugh and I am always in wonder and amazement watching you, just imagining that there's a little person (a little You!) in there making my belly move. It's so amazing little one and I can't wait to meet you!

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I sing for joy at the works of Your hands.

Psalm 92:4

 

 

 

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30 weeks 5 days update!

 

Symptoms: So far so good! I've been noticing this "tired" feeling a lot more and have been really having to watch my water intake to avoid headaches, I've been getting them more often than I'd like and I think that may be the cause. I can't complain too much, I feel pretty good! 

Total weight gain: 19 pounds.

Maternity clothes:Forever 21 has (some) maternity clothes now. How. Completely. Awesome. No more coral and teal for me.

Stretch marks: Just two little ones on my hip.

Sleep: With the aid of lots of pillows, sleep hasn't been an issue.

 

Best moment this week: I was able to hit the beach twice this past week, felt super great in a bathing suit, and spent hours floating in the ocean! We also added a few more things to the nursery...a rocker/glider, new mattress, got an awesome deal on a brand new co-sleeper, and had my father-in-law re-vamp our special crib!

Movement: Yes. So much. Baby Ham is head down and alternates his or her little bottom from side to side whenever it likes. I feel lots of heels and/or fists. It's pretty cute!

Food cravings: I don't think I've had much in the way of cravings for specific things. French fries sound good all of the time, as do sandwiches, eggs and yogurt. I kind of eat whatever sounds good.

Belly Button in or out: Half way in...I think it's fading fast though. :)

What I miss: My clothes (I literally have two things I can wear to church.)

What I am looking forward to:Our brewery tour, I mean "babymoon" :P and, of course, our showers!

 

Milestones: Week 30!

 

How is daddy? He's getting more and more excited everyday. He's been pretty good about making sure I get enough rest, food, water, and such. He has to help me into bed at night (we have a really high bed) and he always gets me water. 

How are the grandparents? Still excited! 

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This week you're as big as a head of cabbage and a little over three pounds! Your wake and sleep habbits have changed again, back to how they normaly were. I think you must have been going through a "fetal" growth spurt or something and you needed to sleep in. You are up all night wigling around in there (Daddy tells me so), and you always do a little flip or wiggle in the mornings when I first wake up. You get the hiccups at least once a day and I've taken the liberty of calling you "foot" for now. You like to kick/push right behind my belly button and sometimes you like to stretch out, pushing out the sides of my belly at the same time. We went to the beach the other day and I decided to dig a hole for my belly in the sand so that I could lay on my "stomach", kind of like old times. It wasn't as comfortable as I imagined it would be but it was nice to give my back a break for a little while. I think you liked it too, you were squirming around in there at first but I think you setted in and enjoyed the cool sand and hammock like feel.
I think about you all of the time and pray for you little one. We've been getting your room ready and I just love to go and sit in there and imagine what it will be like when you're here. 10 more weeks little Ham!

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I've been thinking a lot these days about what it will be like to have you here. I am so excited to give birth and to meet you and find out what you are and what you'll look like and to name you. I wonder about what kind of person you'll be and what kind of person you'll make us! I can't wait for you to come out and we are so thankful that God gave you to us! We love you so much!


This week we almost didn't have a picture little one (we do have one, I just can't upload it). Things have been super busy around here and I've been getting an itch to re-organize and clean everything and anything I come across. (Yes everything...The eaves of the house, the concrete outside, under the beds, all of the linens, my car upholstery, I even thought about cleaning the trash cans, and had my sciatica not started up again, they would have been looking squeaky clean!) I think you're making me super forgetful too. I'm loosing everything and misplacing a ton of stuff. Here is the current list of things I can't find: Emma's remote, my tea/table spoons, the camera cable, and my sewing scissors. 

(Picture soon.... I hope)

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We had a nice visit yesterday with your sweet (and only-for now) Auntie who just loves you so much and is always talking about you. She and I watched a movie together and she got to see you moving around a lot! You jumped a few times and caught her attention...she got to see you moving and feel you too! I told her to talk to you, so she did. You responded so much to her voice, and we could feel you moving in two different places at once, which I think means that you were waving your arms and kicking your feet at the same time. She does have a pretty exciting "Auntie" voice and it was so sweet to see you get so excited when she talked to you. You made her so excited! I know she can't wait to hold you and tell you how much she loves you!

A few days ago I failed my glucose tolerance test so this morning I had another (the three hour one). I brought along a great movie to keep me company and spent a lot of time walking around through the halls and up the stairs. I was not about to sit there for three hours, after drinking the equivalent of half a cheesecake, and let them falsely label me a diabetic, because well, I sat around for three hours. I have no idea if walking around actually helped my body better metabolize all that sugar, but at least I'll know that I tried. Because of my PCOS I do have a greater risk for developing gestational diabetes, so we'll see how it goes...hopefully it went well.

I had a midwife appointment the other day at Kaiser and here are the stats:

-So far I've gained 12 pounds (I've lost a little...)
-BUT, my fundal height is measuring 28 weeks so they tell me baby Ham is doing just fine. My mom tells me that she always had a really "small" belly, so I'm thinking I can expect the same. (She also had her babies early, fast labors, and only had this with girls...I'm not getting my hopes up!)
-The baby's heartbeat was so strong and loud today. She didn't tell me what it was, and I forgot to ask, but I could really notice a difference in how much louder it was today.
-I received my RhoGAM shot...which I'm still a little ( a lot) upset with myself about, I feel like I should have asked more questions, requested one without thimerosal (mercury). I hope I made the right decision. I didn't look into it that well and decided to read (in-depth) about it after the fact. I feel pretty stupid.

On the bright side, we/I'll be signing up for some classes this week, prepared childbirth (I think it's Lamaze...I think I'd be more excited if they were Bradley, but we'll take what we can get as they're mostly free through Kaiser!), a breastfeeding class and back exercises for a healthy pregnancy, so that's pretty exciting!

The baby has been so active and I've started to notice a difference in the way the baby is moving. The baby "kicks" a lot less and I've started to feel these really fluid, STRONG and deliberate movements. Mostly little stretches and flips, or a crockodile roll here and there. And feet too! Oh the feet! Baby Ham likes to stretch his or her feet out, a lot. It's so cute! But, as the baby's gotten bigger, his or her little movements have gotten stronger and sometimes hurt. a. lot. I've only had to ask the baby to stop once though :)