Round 2: 34 Weeks

How far along:  34 weeks

Baby Size: 

Weight:  It flucates but I'm up between 29-33 lbs depending on the time of day etc...

Symptoms:   

• Reflux
• Out of breath
• Restless legs
• Decreased appetite
• Nausea and it's been bad
• Wild dreams (I had one involving a giant lobster and a giant grasshopper loose in my house.  Grasshopper freak me out a bit with their buggy eyes)
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• I don't feel like I get up to fast, but sometimes I see little dancing lights when I get up from loading the dishwasher/or bending over. 
• Night sweats
• TMI Symptoms: Increase in discharge and bowel movements

Maternity Clothes:  I found some more long sleeve tops I didn't know I had.  I put one of them on.  It was already to short.

Sleep:  Up every 1 1/2 to 2 hours

Cravings/Food Aversions:  I still don't eat much.  Food just doesn't sound good.

Belly Button:  Out 

Rings on or off: On

Gender:  Still thinking girl although every so often I think boy.  Overall I say like 70% sure it's a girl

Name:  Rob's wishy washy on the girl name still, but I say we keep it because I don't want to search again.  

Movement:   Generally enough but it will have it's quiet moments where I don't like

Stretch Marks:  I haven't really been looking and checking but I still have only seen the belly ones.

Best moment: 

Looking forward to:   Christmas-not related to this baby- but I'm excited to celebrate with Eleanor.

Nervous about: 2 kids

What I miss:  Not being so anxious and paranoid about things all the time.


Labor signs: Lots of Braxton Hicks

Appointments:  Next week

Misc. I've begun to compile a list a things to get and to do.  Thankfully it's not a huge list and some of the things are things to do in Eleanor's big girl room actually. 

I ended up paying way more than I intended for our maternity/family pictures because I couldn't just narrow it down to 10 pictures. 

To Get

• New pump parts
• Ring sling
• Newborn diapers
• Size 1 diapers 
• Gripe water
• A baby book
• Receiving blankets (we used this as burp clothes)
• New bibs
• Pacifiers (just a few in the smallest size)
• Some fleece sleepers

To do:

• Wash clothes/nursing pillow covers/car seat cover/newborn cloth diapers
• Check Snuza Battery
• Hang up wall art, and shelving in Eleanor's big girl room

The Eleanor Update: 34 weeks

Feeding:  
The latch issues got a little better.  There are still nursing sessions everyday that are painful but it's not every one at least.

I don't think we tried any new foods this week.

Sleep:
Naps are getting a little better.  When she naps in her crib she will get closer to an hour most times.  It's getting her to sleep that's a problem.  Yesterday she was up from around 7am -1:30 (with a 20 minute nap in there) and then she slept for THREE hours.  Unheard of.  But she had been up several times the night before wide awake.

Then last night she went to bed around 9 pm, slept for an hour and was up at 10 pm and didn't go back to sleep until 1:45 pm.  I was about to lose my mind-or get in the car and drive to get her to sleep.  It was horrible.  She would fall asleep nursing, I'd put her in the crib and she would scream.  So I'd put her in bed with me and then she would want to play.  So annoying!  So you would think that she would sleep in at least right?  Nope up at 6:30.  She fell back asleep finally at 11:30 and is sleeping right now (it's 1:30).  But I have to get her up to feed her in a few minutes because we have to go to work.

Misc:
I noticed yesterday that she is starting to get teeth.  They are still below the gum line but I noticed little bumps there.

Also yesterday she sat up on her own for the first time.  I was sorting clothes and she was playing by me and then I looked over and she was sitting up.  She's been close and I even said to Rob the other day that she would have it down in the next week and she did.  I'm a little sad that she's growing up but I was proud of her. And judging by the picture I took I think she was too!

Trying to get into the container of baby proofing supplies

She loves that ball.  $2 well spent. 

Not a fan of her pool

This chair is a new $2 garage sale find

She get's mistaken for a boy every week. It happened right before I took this picture. 

Visiting the kids I used to watch and all the neighbor kids

34 weeks pregnancy update.

How far along:  34 weeks!  This just blows my mind. 

Baby Size: 

Weight:  I think I need to stop weighing myself.  I'm up 34lbs.  I'm going to pass the 40lb mark. Ugh!

Symptoms:   

• Acid Reflux
• Restless legs, really bad last night
• Sore all the time

Maternity Clothes:  I'm running really low on tops that fit.

Sleep:  2 hour stretches.

Cravings/Food Aversions:  Still avoiding dairy when possible.

Belly Button: Flat to out

Rings on or off: Engagement ring won't fit, so I'm only wearing my wedding band. 

Gender:  I'm irrationally concerned she's going to come out a boy.

Name:  Eleanor Rose

Movement:  All throughout the day, and sometimes they are even a little painful.

Stretch Marks: Yeah, and I don't think Rob likes them.

Best moment: I had a baby shower for Rob's family and one for my mom's side.

Looking forward to:  My best friend will be in town this weekend!

Nervous about: Not having a job and having nothing lined up. 

What I miss:  Bending over, walking with out getting out or breath, feeling sore every time I stand up or get out of the car.


Labor signs: I've been having a lot of braxton hicks this last week.  So I drink more water, and then at night I have to pee every 5 seconds. 

Appointments:  Next Friday.  

My appointment last week went well.  Baby measured at 34 weeks & heart rate was good.  It was the first time I had to do the whole pee in a cup to test protein thing.  Usually I just pee on the stick and I had a tough time a few weeks ago.  The belly is just getting in the way.

I had my tdap shot at my appointment and my arm hurt all weekend long. 

Misc.  The amount of clothes this girl has is crazy.  I don't have anything over 3 months in her room because there isn't space for it.  I have so many totes in the basement.   I'm kind of getting overwhelmed on how to organize all of it (not just clothes, everything).