{"id":3052,"date":"2013-07-16T21:58:19","date_gmt":"2013-07-17T02:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/laurie\/?p=3052"},"modified":"2013-07-16T21:58:19","modified_gmt":"2013-07-17T02:58:19","slug":"38-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/laurie\/life\/38-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"38 weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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1 more week! We will finally meet little miss next Week! This is going to be one of the longest weeks of my life…I better think of things to keep me busy.\u00c2\u00a0 The majority of stuff for her is done, we are just playing the waiting game now.\u00c2\u00a0 The car seat base is installed in my car, her room is done (I promise I’ll post pictures of her nursery soon), bottles and such are put away in the kitchen, the only thing left to do is wash one more load of clothes for her and put them away.\u00c2\u00a0 We are having our carpets cleaned tomorrow – you know, so we can get them ready for another baby to spit up on!<\/p>\n

The boys keep talking about “Baby …” and know that all the baby stuff we have is for her.\u00c2\u00a0 I know they really don’t know whats about to happen, but hopefully it won’t be horribly rude awakening when she comes home.\u00c2\u00a0 We , or should I say I, keep going back and forth on when we will let them meet her for the first time.\u00c2\u00a0 I said I didn’t want them to meet her until the next day because I will be just out of surgery, still groggy and half asleep with an IV and can’t move from the waist down.\u00c2\u00a0 But we also want them to be the first ones to meet her…..its a huge dilemma and I have no clue what we’ll do.\u00c2\u00a0 I just say we’ll see how I feel the day she is born and go from there.<\/p>\n

I have been off work since last Tuesday and have had a lot of help from Jonathan, my mom and Jonathan’s mom.\u00c2\u00a0 I definitely don’t need to be alone with the boys by myself all day long.\u00c2\u00a0 I am trying to rest as much as possible but it is kind of hard when you have two 2 year olds in the house.\u00c2\u00a0 Jonathan has been on dad duty every saturday and sunday morning for the last several weeks and I can’t thank him enough for letting me sleep in, or at least try to, while he takes the boys to the park, to get donuts, etc.\u00c2\u00a0 He has done a great job with them and the boys love their time spent with dad!<\/p>\n

Here is one of the last surveys I’ll do!<\/p>\n

Due date: <\/strong>July 30 – C-section is on July 24<\/div>\n
How far along:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 38 weeks<\/div>\n
Gender:\u00c2\u00a0 <\/strong>It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a GIRL<\/div>\n
Total weight gain\/loss:\u00c2\u00a0 <\/strong>about 17, give or take<\/div>\n
Exercise: <\/strong>I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not allowed to exercise<\/div>\n
Stretch marks: <\/strong>the ones I got from the boys, that are ever so obvious now plus some lovely new ones!<\/div>\n
Swelling: <\/strong>a little in my feet and more in my hands the last few days.<\/div>\n
Maternity clothes:\u00c2\u00a0 <\/strong>yes, and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m so tired of them…I am outgrowing them<\/div>\n
Belly button:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong> It is definitely an outie<\/div>\n
Sleep: <\/strong>as long as I take an ambien \u00e2\u20ac\u201c which is usually only 1 time a week or maybe benadryl.\u00c2\u00a0 I wake up typically every hour to roll over because my hips hurt and i’m usually awake by 500am, except when I take something to help me sleep.<\/div>\n
Food cravings:\u00c2\u00a0 <\/strong>Cream soda<\/div>\n
Symptoms:\u00c2\u00a0 <\/strong>contractions that are getting stronger and more frequent \u00e2\u20ac\u201c all day long, heartburn and now my ribs are starting to hurt as she is pushing them apart.<\/div>\n
Movement:\u00c2\u00a0 <\/strong>All. The. Time. She likes to push her butt up in my ribcage and then stretch her (apparently long) legs out and kick me in the other side of my ribcage or hip bone.\u00c2\u00a0 The girl has to take after her big brother, Ian…he moved like crazy just like she does – and has never stopped moving since!<\/div>\n
Labor signs: <\/strong>just the contractions, but I don’t think they are doing anything.<\/div>\n
What I miss: <\/strong>not having to go the bathroom all day long and sleep<\/div>\n
What I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m loving:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0 <\/strong>That we’ll get to meet her in 1 week!!<\/div>\n
What I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m looking forward to:<\/strong>\u00c2\u00a0 seeing what she looks like<\/div>\n
Best moment this week:\u00c2\u00a0 <\/strong>looking forward to seeing her again (on sonogram) on Thursday.<\/div>\n
Milestones:\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong> reaching “full term” last week<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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