Belly Status ~ 35 Weeks

Oh my goodness!  Is there a baby in there or what?!  Do I really only have about 5 weeks left?!!!  That is just crazy talk to me! 

When I see this picture, I then see why I can’t tie shoes… I can’t roll over… I can’t sit up…  What will 5 more weeks look like?!  Oh my!

Ups:

~ I feel so much better now that we have a room done for baby girl!  I only have minor concerns about our ultra sound tech being wrong and there is really a baby boy in there… and then calling my sister telling her to bring me her baby boy clothes and having my Mom do a quick color change on this room!  Then asking everyone for their boy names because we don’t have one! 

~ I am getting so excited to meet our little baby.  What will she look like?  Will she have hair?  What color eyes?  Will she look like me or will she look like Jesse?  Will she have Jesse’s toes… I’m hoping for a big NO on that one!  ; )

~ Birthing class – done!  We took the plunge and did the birthing class thing.  It wasn’t terrible – although we did skip out early.  I did not want to see a birth – and well I saw one… kind of… I looked away/closed my eyes/cringed for a few moments and it was over. 

~ For the most part (besides the minor back aches) I am still feeling really good.  I remember hearing that the 3rd trimester I would get sleepy again – but I don’t feel as sleepy/lazy as I did in the 1st.

~ I am not waddling!  Jesse asked me the other day when I was going to start to waddle.  I feel as if there are moments when I am totally walking funny – but he says I am not and I’m taking his word for it!

Downs:

~ The return of heartburn!  The strange part is I don’t get heartburn all day long!  I can eat just about anything and everything and it doesn’t effect me.  The only time I get it is when I lay down to sleep.  Thankfully it only lasts a few moments – or- until I roll over to the other side.

~ Swollen!  I finally had to remove the wedding ring yesterday.  It was a sad day for me.  That ring hasn’t left my finger for 6 years!  Actually today my fingers look normal… but the last two days I have had sausage fingers – bad!!  So bad that I couldn’t even get my ring off without lotion/soap!!  And I won’t even talk about my poor feet!  Wowsers!  I think I heard that this can happen if you don’t drink enough water… and I haven’t been lately – so I’m back on my water kick to see if it will help.

~ Legs.  I hate to bring these legs up again, but I have to.  It is a good thing I have a desk job because I don’t know how I could stand all day long.  We have been working really hard on our bathroom/basement this entire weekend (sanding, priming, painting) and my poor legs, feet and hips!  I had to get up in the middle of the night last night to…um…what else… go to the bathroom and I could hardly walk!!  Thank goodness the weekend is over and I can rest!  In our birthing class the instructor told us that sometimes leg cramps can be from drinking too much milk.  Guilty!  I can’t get enough milk – We drink 2 gallons a week with just the two of us. 

~ Baby bangs!  My sister and little niece have these adorable little wispy baby bangs, I call them.  I think they are so cute on them two girls.  I always tell Shannon how I love those little bangs and she grunts and says how she can’t stand them.  Now I know why!  For some reason I have them now and I never had them before!