Total Weight Gain: Only one pound this week for a total of 33 pounds. I guess another piece of silver lining about this small baby and piss-poor placenta performance is that I'll have less pregnancy time to gain weight. High five to that!
Maternity Clothes: Still no more maternity clothes. I must say that I am getting very very sick of the clothes I have available to me, and I will be really happy when I have the whole plethora of my wardrobe available to me again. I feel like I wear the same 5 things over and over again. I also have a piece of advice for any pregnant divas out there with large ta-tas: I have found that layering makes me feel like my boobs aren't the center of attention when people look at me. I try my best all the time to wear at least two pieces on top, whether it be a shirt or tank with a cardigan, or some kind of top with a scarf. I really think it takes the attention away from my big boobies and puts it more on my big belly. I will remember this when I am ready for child #2 and I think I want to have a summer baby. Layering options are minimal when it's 95 degrees outside.
Sleep: I don't sleep. No funny Jake stories to share. Monday night after we went to the doctor I slept about 4 hours because I was up all night worried about little bitty Sam. I will be thankful in 25 years when I get a good night's sleep again.
Sam's Things:
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| Button canvas from Jake's big sister, so cute! |
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| My Pinterest inspired masterpiece that needs more decor around it. Why do my nursery walls look green? They are gray... |
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| Yes those are pink sparkly baby Uggs and yes I am obsessed with them. Thanks Aunt T and MAJ :) |
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| Diaper cake with a tutu - so adorable! Thanks to Aunt T and MAJ again :) |
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| Cute homemade hat from Jake's aunt and cousin! Love the polka dots! |
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| Just wanted to showcase the amount of clothes this child has even before she's born. |
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| She is definitely going to take after her Momma. |
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| Yes, her closet is fuller than mine and Jake's combined. |
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| She is ready for Santa if she comes before Christmas!! |
We also really enjoyed Thanksgiving with our families on Thursday and on Saturday. We got to see some high school friends on Friday and catch up. Saturday Jake's sisters threw me a wonderful baby shower where we got some really really cute things from all of Jake's families. Considering the fact that Monday started off the week making us feel pretty down in the dumps, it ended on a really good note. I feel truly blessed by love and support from everyone in our lives and I am so thankful that live the wonderful lives we live each day.
Movement: This is a topic that has sort of changed for me over the course of the past week. Last week I felt sort of freaked out and inconvenienced by the midnight parties she was throwing in my belly. Now, I am more than happy to feel any movement I can. Doc said that the movement is a good thing and that I need to let him know if it decreases. So far, so good. Keep partying in there during the wee hours of the night, Sam, Momma doesn't care.
Food Cravings: Now that we're nearing the end of this fabulously uncomfortable, somewhat miserable, but very exciting journey, I'm a little bit sad I never craved pickles and ice cream or some other bizarre combination. None of that for me, just plain old sugar, sugar, and more sugar.
Symptoms: My belly button legitimately hurts when it's touched because it's so stretched out. I'm developing a rash under my boobs because they are basically sitting on my belly. I made some progress last week and I only had one emotional breakdown on Tuesday after work. Although I do feel that was somewhat warranted considering how the doc went on Monday. Maybe my hormones are calming down? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
What I Miss: Everything about not being pregnant. I have reached the point where I need Jake to help me get up off the couch because my center of gravity is so out of whack that it just takes a lot of effort for me to move once I've sunken into a seat. I miss wearing most of my boots because my calves are too fat and swollen to fit in them. I miss my wardrobe. I miss sleeping. I miss my old normal sized bras and not having a rash under my boobs. I miss shopping. I miss having a flat belly. I miss not feeling like an emotional, hormonal nightmare on a regular basis. I actually miss working out - like a good ass kicking, sweat dripping, makes you sore for days workout. I miss eating a meal without feeling like I've just erased any possibility of breathing. I miss looking down and seeing my pretty shoes instead of a big belly. I miss not having to pee twice an hour. I missed having wine on Thanksgiving. I miss not being pregnant.
What I am Looking Forward to: Hopefully we will finish all of our home projects up this weekend so we can have our house completely put together when Little Miss decides to make her appearance. We are nesting machines over here at Casa de Donelan. I hope we decide to stay here for a while now.
Exercise: Now that I know that my baby is small, I feel like I shouldn't be working out at all anyway. I was a little overwhelmed at the doctor on Monday and asking about going for a nice long walk wasn't really the first thing on my mind. I'm going to ask this week if I'm allowed to do any workouts. I'm thinking it might be good for me to do my video a few times so that recovering from surgery is a little bit easier. I guess we'll see.
Noteworthy Items:
-I would just like to note that I'm still wearing heels. And no, they don't hurt any worse than they did before I got pregnant.
-I have been saying this whole time how much I hate being pregnant and how I would like her to come a little bit early. However, now that my time to prepare for this monkey has been virtually cut in half, I feel like I have a billion things to do and no time to do it. If she comes 3 weeks early, then I have 3 weeks from today to get all of my ducks in a row before she gets here. I have a lot of work to do at work and at home in order to feel remotely ready for my life to be taken over by a newborn child. Better get crackin'.
-I am feeling completely overwhelmed by Christmas shopping. If there was one year that I should have tackled this shopping task early, this was the year. Too late for that. Now I'm scrambling trying to think of good gift ideas that I can purchase sometime in the next 3 weeks. I hope my creative juices start flowing sometime soon!
-I am seriously kicking myself for not thinking this whole Christmas baby thing through. With my birthday on the 17th and Jake's on the 22nd, I feel like I have done my child an extreme injustice by basically guaranteeing her a birthday within a week of Christmas. Not only that, but it's making this year's holiday season seem a lot more stressful than normal. I just hope if we do have to schedule her appearance that we can do it on a day that's not my birthday or Jake's birthday, so she can have her own special day. Add to the mix that this year is Jake's 30th birthday, and we have one stressed out momma who is hoping and praying that somehow everything works out and everyone can have their own little special time at some point this holiday season. Mark my words: no more sexytime for me and Jake in March or April ever again!
-In case this Monday after the holiday sucked as bad for you as it did for me, here's a picture of my dog looking mighty special in Sam's tiara from her diaper cake. Enjoy!
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