How big is the Baby?
By now, your baby weighs 3.75 pounds (pick up a large jicama) and is about 16.7 inches long, taking up a lot of space in your uterus. You're gaining about a pound a week and roughly half of that goes right to your baby. In fact, he'll gain a third to half of his birth weight during the next 7 weeks as he fattens up for survival outside the womb. He now has toenails, fingernails, and real hair (or at least respectable peach fuzz). His skin is becoming soft and smooth as he plumps up in preparation for birth (via babycenter).
How Life's Changing
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| Ya know, just chillin' in bed. Ha |
I am happy to report that I went on a walk this week and had no shin pain!!! I don't know if it was a fluke or what, but it made me so happy. I really miss going on long walks and hope this is a sign that my shins are getting stronger. Maybe all the stretching and icing is finally paying off?!
Just a couple days ago I noticed that my fingers are starting to swell!! I am still wearing my wedding rings and they are comfortable, but they are starting to get hard to take off! I am not ready for my hands and feet to swell. I know I need to drink more water, so I need to get on that ASAP!
Lastly, I'm still tired. So tired. I am hoping I re-gain some energy before the nugget arrives! I have stuff to do and a nursery to decorate and time is flying by! This weekend I am hoping to paint the bookcase that we are putting in the nursery and make a framed chalkboard (I have an old frame that just needs a coat of paint and then some chalkboard paint). I will post pictures once I am finished so you can see what I'm talking about! ;-)
How I'm Feeling
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| Can you see the little munchkin snuggling with me? :) |
With a new season (Fall) around the corner I have been thinking a lot about the various seasons in a person's life (mine specifically). Right now I am definitely in a season of change. Good change, but scary / unknown change.
There was only 1 other time in my life that I can remember where I felt this much "fear" and anxiety about my future and it was when I decided to pick-up and move/go to school in Colorado so that I could be closer to Nate. While I definitely felt God leading me, it was so scary. I didn't know if Nate and I would "work out" (thankfully we did), I didn't have a job (which I needed), I was moving in with 5 girls that I'd never really met before, and I was leaving my friends and family. It was scary and definitely not easy, but it all worked out in the end and I look back at that time in my life with so many great memories. Heck I even loved Colorado so much that I hated to move and I still miss living out there!
During times like these when I am so fearful, I have to remember the times in the past when God has provided and things have "worked out". It doesn't mean everything will work out just as I would hope or dream, but it does mean that I can trust that He has a perfect plan and none of this is a surprise to him. He knows what will happen in 2 minutes and in 2 years. It was no secret to Him that I would get pregnant when I did (it was his perfect timing) and he will provide. I am so thankful that I can stand on that promise.
I am also thankful that Nate and I will have had almost 5 years of marriage under our belts by the time the nugget arrives. It's been a wonderful 5 years full of laughter, tears, moving across the country, stress, fear, dream vacations, mistakes, fights, more laughter, love, friendship...I could just keep going on. A part of me is sad this time of "just the 2 of us" is coming to a close, but know that the new addition will bring joy (and I'm sure lots of tears) and a new sense of 'normalcy'.
All that to say...I am excited and scared, but that seems pretty normal. I do know one thing for sure, I cannot wait to hold my sweet baby boy in my arms. I have a feeling that a lot of my worries and fears will melt away once he is here and that the decisions and sacrifices we are making now will be totally worth it and not seem so huge or overwhelming once he's here.
Pregnancy Milestones
* Total weight gain: 23 poundsThere was only 1 other time in my life that I can remember where I felt this much "fear" and anxiety about my future and it was when I decided to pick-up and move/go to school in Colorado so that I could be closer to Nate. While I definitely felt God leading me, it was so scary. I didn't know if Nate and I would "work out" (thankfully we did), I didn't have a job (which I needed), I was moving in with 5 girls that I'd never really met before, and I was leaving my friends and family. It was scary and definitely not easy, but it all worked out in the end and I look back at that time in my life with so many great memories. Heck I even loved Colorado so much that I hated to move and I still miss living out there!
During times like these when I am so fearful, I have to remember the times in the past when God has provided and things have "worked out". It doesn't mean everything will work out just as I would hope or dream, but it does mean that I can trust that He has a perfect plan and none of this is a surprise to him. He knows what will happen in 2 minutes and in 2 years. It was no secret to Him that I would get pregnant when I did (it was his perfect timing) and he will provide. I am so thankful that I can stand on that promise.
I am also thankful that Nate and I will have had almost 5 years of marriage under our belts by the time the nugget arrives. It's been a wonderful 5 years full of laughter, tears, moving across the country, stress, fear, dream vacations, mistakes, fights, more laughter, love, friendship...I could just keep going on. A part of me is sad this time of "just the 2 of us" is coming to a close, but know that the new addition will bring joy (and I'm sure lots of tears) and a new sense of 'normalcy'.
All that to say...I am excited and scared, but that seems pretty normal. I do know one thing for sure, I cannot wait to hold my sweet baby boy in my arms. I have a feeling that a lot of my worries and fears will melt away once he is here and that the decisions and sacrifices we are making now will be totally worth it and not seem so huge or overwhelming once he's here.
Pregnancy Milestones
* First monogramed item arrived for the lil nugget!
* 13 days until my next doctor's appointment
* 1 day until our childbirth classes - all weekend long. :(
* 16 days until my MI baby shower!!
* Approximately 50 days until we meet our little guy!!!
2 comments:
You're baby bump is SO cute! I'm glad that your shins are feeling better. Enjoy your week :-)
Thanks Sue. You're too kind! Hope you're having a great week too!
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