30 weeks down and 10ish to go. How is that possible you ask?
I have NO idea!
This pregnancy is flying by faster then The Blue Angles.
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| This is The Blue Angles, moving really fast. :) |
::Pregnancy Updates::
- I went to my Midwife yesterday for my last every 4 week check up. Now, I go every 2 weeks. Once I hit 36 weeks, I'll see them every week. That's how you know you are getting closer to the end. Other then feeling like a baby is about to pop outta ya any moment. That's another sign, and you can't really ignore that one.
- I have gained a total of 23 pounds which is REALLY good for me. I usually pass that number in the second trimester. It's just weird how your body is different with every pregnancy. But there are two holidays coming up pretty quickly that will have me packing' on the pounds like a sumo wrestler.
- I've taken my Glucose test since my last pregnancy update and that was spot on. Blood pressure and urine are looking good as well.
- Baby Kudos is low. and when I say low, I don't just mean he is pushing on my bladder low. This boy is already head down and underneath my public bone. His head would not wiggle when Christy, the midwife, tried to move it. He has always been low and comfy up against my bladder and public bone. Even in the ultrasound at 20 weeks. I wonder if he will be a snuggler like me?
- His heart rate was in the low 130's, like it has been since it started beating. I love love LOVE hearing his little heart beat. Especially when the poke my belly and it goes up. Like, hello. I'm trying to grow here. Stop messing with me.
- I had my hemoglobin tested Monday as well. It was pretty low. Like, at a 9 and they need it to be at the very least a 10, to have a home birth. So, it's low if I were in the window to birth this babe right now. BUT I still have some time to bring it up. I've been taking an Iron supplement but not everyday. Now, I'll start taking it twice a day and get my iron tested again in two weeks to see how my body is soaking up the supplements. I'm really confident the supplement will work cause I've had low iron with all my pregnancies and its done the trick every time. Hemeplex is the brand I take.
It's in pill form, which is awesome compared to the liquid one. That one tastes like sewage/garbage that's been sitting in an old rusty pan for 58 years. It's gross but it does the trick, if you can't get the pills. Just don't puke it up cause that junk ain't cheap.
- I have been having Braxton Hicks like a mad woman but it's mostly when I am doing too much. Natural CALM is great for when I need to just chill out and rest for a bit so my body can calm down. It's hard somedays to rest with two kiddos during the day and then three in the afternoon BUT i'm trying my best. Not being a clean freak and clean every two minutes is hard. My husband has been great helping when he gets home. Finishing dinner that I've started or switching laundry. Sweeping up the days mess under the dinning room table. Scrubbing a few toilets here and there too. He is pretty great. I think I'll keep him.
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| 30 weeks. Not the best picture but belly is getting out there. |
I think that is it as far as this pregnancy goes. I'm uncomfortable and ready to hold this boy but I know it will be over soon enough and I'll get to see his little face for the first time. Hear his cry and make sure he really is a boy. :)
I hope he doesn't end up without a penis. That would be pretty awkward for him and us.
Till Next Time
BB
