Recap of weeks 4-38

Starting Week 39

I am officially really sick of being pregnant.

Starting Week 38 - any day now

I am finally full term and Gavin can technically be born at any time. The average week a healthy baby is born is between 37-42. I definitley won't go over my due date because I have the option to induce if I get to that point (which I hope I don't have to wait that long). We are getting the house ready for visitors so we dont have to do a lot of cleaning after Gavin is born. I made Ian a honeydo list! We have been walking daily and I have been going to the gym between 2-3 times a week to do weights and eliptical for the entire 9 months. Recently more people come up to me and request I don't have the baby at the gym... Here is my picture this week. I am huge...

Starting Week 37 - 9 months!

So this is what 9 months looks like? I am big and can only escape the stretch marked belly for so long... I am hoping to keep my belly at bay theses last few weeks... Full term is 37 weeks, so at the end of this week I am considered full-term. If Gavin were to be born now though, he would be fine, they would just watch him to make sure he had no problems.

I have been having braxton hicks contractions for 2 days now... they are very frequent. They haven't seem to be getting worse so I haven't seriously started to time them at this point.

The doctor told me last week that they will start checking for dilation this week. I am excited to know if I am getting anywhere with that... She also told me she is giving me the option to be induced the week of January 22nd IF I am dilating well, due to her being absent the week before and of my due date... Everything is coming to an end here, but I feel like it is taking forever! I am so ready to have this baby!

Starting Week 36 -- Almost there!

I had a Texas baby shower today hosted by my friend Lauren. It was nice... we had fun. It was 72 degrees out today or maybe even warmer, it was beautiful out! Ian went golfing. Here is my 35 week picture! I am now in week 36... I go to the doctors every week now and they start checking for dilation soon.

Starting Week 35

So I am 34 weeks pregnant, now starting week 35... This means I am 8 and a half months pregnant... Wow time goes by fast. I am anxious about getting to meet Gavin and being normal sized again but I am also trying to embrace each pregnant day because I know I will miss some aspects about being pregnant... like feeling the baby kick, finding out the sex, Ian and I talking to my belly, learning all the cool stuff about each week and how he is growing inside me... all of these experiences are life changing and very memorable.

I think this is the exact position Gavin is in... I feel pushing at the top of my uterus and I think that is the result if his feet and I feel a lighter poking and pushing motion down by my lower belly area. I also have a strange sensation sometimes which feels like he is moving his head.

Starting Week 34

I am getting uncomfortable in this giant pregnant body... here are my pictures for this week.

Starting Week 33 -- DONE WITH 8 MONTHS

This is my week 32 picture... I can't believe I am 8 months already. We took our child birth classes yesterday and today, totaling about 12 hours. It was good I thought. We learned many techniques for massage (for Ian to do!) and all the stages of labor and what to expect... we even learned the breathing... HEE HEE HUUU

Starting Week 32

I am getting big and uncomfortable... I am so ready for Gavin to come... but I want him to be big and healthy, so I am happy to wait until he is good and ready! As you can see I am getting very big.

Starting Week 31

Here is my week 30 picture, starting week 31 now... I am starting to feel really tired and its hard to do much walking around... We did a hospital tour today to tour the materity area and it was very informative. Now the last few odds and ends need to be completed and I'll be ready to go!

-finish packing hospital bag

-get pediatrician that will work with me on my own immunization wishes

-get remaining things that are necessary for Gavin's room

-talk to the OB about all of my birth plan objectives

Starting Week 30 -- crazy!

We went out for our 1st anniversary tonight to Edihana Sushi, one of our favorite spots. We also bought our first christmas tree and put it up in the house. I feel so domestic now... pregnant, putting up a christmas tree, celebrating our marriage... I love my life and feel blessed every day!

We went to the doctor today after recieving another ultrasound to check up on his kidney's. The kidney's look okay however they said he is bigger than normal. He weighs 3lbs already and that is what he should weigh at the end of week 30. I guess this means he is 2 weeks ahead of schedule for growing. I will either have him earlier than expected OR have a very large baby... Good to know he is healthy and doing well. I had a gestational diabetes test yesterday and will know the results of this within a few days.

We have been buying all the baby gear we had not received yet from the showers. Shopping for baby is so much fun, especially your own and ESPECIALLY your first!

Starting Week 29

Starting Week 28

This week was good. Besides feeling and looking like a beached whale, I am feeling pretty good. I have been having pain in my lower right side but I have read it is from the ligaments trying to hold up a pumpkin size uterus... so I bought a belly bra basically... we'll see if that helps when I exercise. I can't believe I am starting 7 months. It is crazy how fast time actually went by.

I have no idea how much weight I have now gained but I am scared to get on a scale and see. I am guessing close to 20lbs but it feels like 100lbs... Gavin will be one healthy boy!

Starting Week 27

At home in NY... baby shower day!

Starting Week 26

Starting week 26... posting this late.

Starting Week 26

I did not post my weekly picture last week. I want to, but I am so busy and so tired this week with meetings from 7:30am - 10:30pm, that I can't find any time at all to post. I will do it probably Friday night if possible...