31 weeks

31 weeks

Wow baby ticker, 4 pounds, really?  He does seem to be rolling more than kicking these days.  When he does kick, he seems to favor my right hip.  I've been having pretty consistent pain in my hips again when I'm sleeping.  It was coming and going for awhile but has been pretty annoying these past few days.  I don't get what's going on but it's always the hip that's on the bed that hurts.  So I flip over, feel better for a bit, and then about 2 hours later I wake up in pain again.  Between the hip pain and bathroom breaks I haven't gotten a good stretch of sleep in awhile.  At least it's preparing me for when the baby arrives I guess!

Our first birth class was this past week.  I was pretty nervous about it going into it, but I actually felt better and more prepared afterwards.  Who knew, the birth class actually did what it was supposed to!  I think what stuck out to me most this week was the reminder of how important it is to stay hydrated at this stage.  I didn't know that dehydration can cause preterm labor, so I've been really working on getting 8 glasses a day.  There were a lot of other interesting things she went over that I won't bore you with :)  Point being, I got a lot out of it, and I'm glad we're taking this class!

I forgot to mention last week that at my last checkup at the doctor they confirmed that I had passed my glucose test which means I don't have gestational diabetes and I'm not anemic!

Just like any pregnant girl, I wonder a lot about how Ezekiel will look.  I'm especially curious how his skin color will turn out.  I know babies of color usually come out lighter and turn darker in time.  I really hope he has a good amount of color to him!  I've also been wondering about his hair.  Micah and I were both born with hair.  I, especially, had a thick head of black hair when I was born.  So I assume Ezekiel will be born with dark hair as well.  What's weird is that I haven't had any heartburn.  I guess it's just an old wive's tale but it seems to have some truth to it.  Heartburn or not, I'll be pretty surprised if I give birth to a baldie!

30 weeks

30 down, 10 to go!

My parents visited us today, and gave us the carseat we were hoping for!  It was nice to spend a few hours with them, and visit.

There will be a lot happening this week in the French household.  Micah will be out of town on business for a few days again.  He'll be back in time for our first birth class Thursday night.  I'm a little nervous about it for myself, but especially for Micah, haha.  Hopefully it'll be helpful and informative in a non scary way!  We are also back at hunting for a home as the offer for the townhome fell through.  Sometimes it feels like our heads are spinning with everything going on, but we are so thankful we have all of these things to be thinking about!

29 weeks

29 weeks, 2 days

Every week I'm amazed at how much closer I am to 40 weeks.  As if I don't know that Sunday is coming, and that means another week along in my pregnancy.  I guess I never get over the fact that I'm a week further along before it's time to be yet another week along!
Had another check up today.  I'll be going every 2 weeks, until I'm 35 weeks where I'll start going every week (holy cow that's only 5.5 weeks away!!!).  Everything looked great again at my checkup.  My doctor said it feels like he's head down but he might wiggle around to another position, maybe not.
There is a new labor & delivery wing being built at the hospital.  It's scheduled to be done by mother's day, which is about 2 weeks after my due date.  I really really hope I'm not 2 weeks late, but that the construction workers get it in gear so that it can open early!

I'm a little late getting this 29 week post up because we were pretty busy this past 3 day weekend.  Now that Micah is out of town on business for the next three days I can focus on getting things like this done.  (My way of pretending like I don't mind that he's gone but really I hate when he has to go out of town!)  Micah & I had a great valentine's weekend.  We watched movies, made heart shaped dinners and breakfasts, exchanged gifts, enjoyed 3 full days off of work together.  It was wonderful!  I have to brag, Micah got me a cute gift.  I've been craving fruit my whole pregnancy.  So what did I get for vday?  A box of chocolate covered strawberries.  He knew exactly what I wanted.  And they were awesome.

Monday night the girls in our small group from church made a big dinner for our husbands.  I had a lot of fun spending the day in my friend, Kristie's, kitchen cooking.  I am so thankful we have friends like this here that we can do this with.

28 weeks

28 weeks today!

Ezekiel is about 2.5 pounds, 15 inches long

Had my checkup this past Tuesday.  The glucose screening test went well.  I chugged the drink like a champ.  I got a headache, my stomach flipped out for a bit, and I crashed when I got home, but it wasn't so bad with Micah keeping me company.  The nurse said they would only call if I failed the test, and that would probably be by Thursday. So it looks like it's safe to assume that I passed! Yes!  Everything else with me and Ezekiel seemed to be right on track and looking good.  Micah got to hear Ezekiel's heartbeat for the first time which was neat :)  Now I get to go for a checkup every other week!

A change I've noticed in the past week or so is that my appetite has really increased.  I feel like I'm always hungry!  I've woken up a few times in the middle of the night kind of sick to my stomach.  It's the feeling you get when you've been hungry for awhile, and you get sick from not eating.  I'm not sure if I'm getting really hungry at 3 in the morning or if I'm randomly getting nauseous.  Haven't figured that one out yet!

Yesterday we cleaned out the car that Micah usually drives.  I'm going to start driving that car, since it's a 4 door, and it will be a lot easier to get a baby in and out of!  It felt good to have a way to physically prepare for Ezekiel since I can't do much with his nursery yet.

Most of my students haven't made any comments since I first announced my pregnancy at the beginning of my second trimester.  I think they expected my stomach to pop out over night months ago.  It's been funny to catch some of them studying my stomach recently like they are just now noticing my stomach growing.  Some parents of other students in the school have started to apprehensively ask if I'm expecting.  It's been fun to have other moms to be excited with.  One boy in another teacher's class started to notice my stomach, and asked a couple of weeks ago if I was pregnant.  Last Friday I saw him at carline and he exclaimed, "GEEZ, is the baby gonna come out yet?!?"  It's funny to go from no one noticing or saying anything to this where I have a student who acts like I'm about to pop!

27 weeks

In my third trimester today!!!

I had a burst of energy for a few weeks that seemed to have disappeared this past week. I'm really hoping it was just a fluke and this week I get some of that energy back!  I really can't complain though.  This pregnancy has been going great!

Tuesday is my next ob checkup.  This is also when I have to take that glucose screening test that I am d-r-e-a-d-i-n-g. Ya know when you're a kid and you know your dentist checkup is coming?  Yeah, that's how I feel. I get a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach every time I remember that's coming up.  I didn't want to take off of work so I made my appointment for 1:30 (the earliest after lunch that they schedule).  My ob only says you have to fast for an hour beforehand but if this is how much I am dreading the one hour test, I am determined to do all I can to prevent from having to take the 3 hour test.  Some girls fast hours before so I think that's what I'm going to do.  Just eat a bland breakfast at 6am and fast from then on.  I'm just really scared of passing out or getting sick from this whole thing.  Thankfully, after overhearing me whine about it to multiple girlfriends, Micah has decided to take a half day at work to go with me for support.  That makes me feel better.  At least now if I get sick he'll be there to hold my hair back while I puke.  That's romantic.  No, I'm sure I'll be fine, hopefully... :)

A friend of ours let us have her old crib bumper that she used with all of her kids.  This is what we'll base the theme and colors of the nursery off of.  I think it's super cute and I love that it reminds me of them :)

Speaking of the nursery, we haven't started clearing out our current office/guest bedroom because we put an offer on a townhome! That actually happened back on my birthday, December 28th. It's a short sale so the bank has 90 days to respond and we are at about day 30 now.  We could potentially be moving a month before my due date! However, we're just ecstatic that we're able to be shopping for a home right now!

26 weeks

Today begins the last week of my second trimester! Wow!

By this week Ezekiel should be almost 2 pounds, and a total length of about 14 inches!  Ezekiel's little room in my belly is about the size of a soccer ball. That's frightening from my perspective.  His eyelids in the past few days have finally separated and he's able to see around him! Also around this time they start to grow the hair on their head.  If the amount of hair that his parents have is any indication, I have a feeling that's well on it's way.

We have a crib and dresser on the way that we're really excited about.  Micah's grandma has very generously offered to purchase both for us, and ordered them last week.

Originally we had picked out a crib that was a dark espresso. It seems like that or white is the most popular choices out there right now and it's hard to find a natural wood color like this. Most of our other furniture we already own is dark, but we decided it didn't look right for a nursery. We found this crib and dresser in natural, and really liked how much "happier" it felt.  I can't wait to set them up! Or well, for my wonderful husband to set them up ;)

25 weeks