30 WEEKS PREGNANT - 31ST WEEK OF DEVELOPMENT
Oh my goodness, I'm 30 weeks pregnant. Holy cow! That's very scary and exciting all at the same time! Only 10 weeks to go (give or take). Crazy!
Baby Girl Geekling weighs in at about 3-3.3 lbs (about the weight of 4 navel oranges) and is about 16-18 inches long. She'll hit another growth spurt soon, so she'll really start to plump out.
This week:
-She will be able to turn her head from side to side
-Her arms, legs and body are starting to plump out as she gets her much needed baby fat
-Her brain is making more connections and she is learning to process information
-Baby is now tracking light and perceiving signals from her other four senses as well
-She is also sleeping for longer stretches, which I've definitely noticed from the outside
-She sometimes will play a fun game with Jim where she moves or kicks, he pushes on or squeezes the belly and she responds with more movement; it's a fun game, but she doesn't entertain us on demand very often
As for me:
-My nausea and heartburn have not at all subsided, but I'm well medicated, so that's working in my favor
-I have had a lot of nausea in the mornings and into the afternoon, which has hindered my ability to work out as much as I'd like this week (since the pool's not open all day for laps); I prefer swimming these days because too much walking stresses my hips, but I am going to try to walk more and see if they just need more activity
-It's hard to eat as much as I'd like these days since my belly's so squashed
-I've been feeling her move less and less during the day, but she's still pretty active when I'm sitting or lying down; I feel a lot less little kicking and more big movements
-I've also been having a lot more of what I think are a lot more Braxton Hicks contractions, when my belly gets really tight, my breath sometimes shortens and the belly feels really heavy
Other than growing a baby, things are pretty normal around here. Jim and I are both busy with school and Jim's busy with work. I've only got a few weeks of school left, so I'm really trying to study hard! I can hardly believe we'll meet our little one in just about 2.5 months!
sábado, 26 de septiembre de 2009
sábado, 19 de septiembre de 2009
30th Week
29 WEEKS PREGNANT - 30TH WEEK OF DEVELOPMENT
Baby Girl Geekling is still between 15-17 inches long now and weighs about 3 pounds, about the weight of a head of cabbage.
This week:
-She is surrounded by about a pint and a half of amniotic fluid, but as she gets bigger that volume will decrease
-If she were born right now she would only be able to see a few inches in front of her face; by the time she's born she'll be able to see about 8-10 inches in front of her face, so her eyes still have some developing to do
-Her brain mass is growing daily and is starting to look like a real, slimy brain with grooves and wrinkles, which help her brain tissue to develop. Our geeky girl is going to be smart!
-She can now regulate her own body temperature a little better and will start shedding the lanugo, the downy body hair that has covered her body up to now. Most, but maybe not all of the lanugo will be shed before she is born
-Baby Girl's bone marrow will take over production of red blood cells, which will help her ability to thrive outside of the womb
As for me:
-This was a pretty rough week, as far as pregnant weeks go
-My nausea is still holding strong, compounded, I think, by my rampant acid reflux and heartburn
-My weight gain was nonexistent over the past two weeks, in fact I had lost 1/2 a pound, so I was happy about that. I've gained too much already (5 pounds more than the limit that was set for me at my first appointment), and the doctor's scale makes it seem even worse (they went by the at-home weight that I wrote down on my paperwork, rather than weighing me at my first consultation appointment, and their scale is 8 pounds heavier than ours at home). So I'm good with gaining as little weight as possible from here on out, even though I'm supposed to be gaining now.
-I've been swimming as much as possible, but my acid reflux has been making that difficult, so I only went twice this week. Hopefully with the Zantac I'll be able to go more often next week.
-I took an infant/child CPR class this week and am now certified to save an infant or child, ages 0-12 from choking, resuscitate them if they are not breathing and able to perform CPR when necessary. Next week I am taking a first aid class, and the week after that I am taking an adult CPR class. It was more cost effective to take all three than to just take the infant/child class ($30 for one class, $40 for all three), so I signed up for all of them.
We had a doctor's appointment on Thursday and everything sounded great with the baby and with me. Baby Girl Geekling's heart rate was 155bpm, so she's holding steady. I passed my second glucose test and my iron levels are good. The doctor gave me a prescription for Zantac to help my acid reflux and it has helped immensely. I got my RhoGAM shot (because I'm Rh negative), which was not as bad as I thought it would be; it felt like a wasp sting and then the injection spot on my hip was sore all day. If the baby is negative, too, I won't have to have another shot, but if she's positive (they'll test her cord blood after birth) I will have to have another one after her delivery. My next appointment is not until 15 Oct, when I'm almost 33 weeks along; our next ultrasound won't be until I'm about 35-36 weeks, so the end of Oct/beginning of Nov. Before that I am taking a class called Bundles for Babies, and then I'll take my infant feeding/nursing class in November. After 32 weeks we can take our Labor and Delivery class at the hospital and get a tour of the Labor and Delivery floor. It's hard to believe in just a few months she'll be here!
Hope you all have a wonderful week!
Baby Girl Geekling is still between 15-17 inches long now and weighs about 3 pounds, about the weight of a head of cabbage.
This week:
-She is surrounded by about a pint and a half of amniotic fluid, but as she gets bigger that volume will decrease
-If she were born right now she would only be able to see a few inches in front of her face; by the time she's born she'll be able to see about 8-10 inches in front of her face, so her eyes still have some developing to do
-Her brain mass is growing daily and is starting to look like a real, slimy brain with grooves and wrinkles, which help her brain tissue to develop. Our geeky girl is going to be smart!
-She can now regulate her own body temperature a little better and will start shedding the lanugo, the downy body hair that has covered her body up to now. Most, but maybe not all of the lanugo will be shed before she is born
-Baby Girl's bone marrow will take over production of red blood cells, which will help her ability to thrive outside of the womb
As for me:
-This was a pretty rough week, as far as pregnant weeks go
-My nausea is still holding strong, compounded, I think, by my rampant acid reflux and heartburn
-My weight gain was nonexistent over the past two weeks, in fact I had lost 1/2 a pound, so I was happy about that. I've gained too much already (5 pounds more than the limit that was set for me at my first appointment), and the doctor's scale makes it seem even worse (they went by the at-home weight that I wrote down on my paperwork, rather than weighing me at my first consultation appointment, and their scale is 8 pounds heavier than ours at home). So I'm good with gaining as little weight as possible from here on out, even though I'm supposed to be gaining now.
-I've been swimming as much as possible, but my acid reflux has been making that difficult, so I only went twice this week. Hopefully with the Zantac I'll be able to go more often next week.
-I took an infant/child CPR class this week and am now certified to save an infant or child, ages 0-12 from choking, resuscitate them if they are not breathing and able to perform CPR when necessary. Next week I am taking a first aid class, and the week after that I am taking an adult CPR class. It was more cost effective to take all three than to just take the infant/child class ($30 for one class, $40 for all three), so I signed up for all of them.
We had a doctor's appointment on Thursday and everything sounded great with the baby and with me. Baby Girl Geekling's heart rate was 155bpm, so she's holding steady. I passed my second glucose test and my iron levels are good. The doctor gave me a prescription for Zantac to help my acid reflux and it has helped immensely. I got my RhoGAM shot (because I'm Rh negative), which was not as bad as I thought it would be; it felt like a wasp sting and then the injection spot on my hip was sore all day. If the baby is negative, too, I won't have to have another shot, but if she's positive (they'll test her cord blood after birth) I will have to have another one after her delivery. My next appointment is not until 15 Oct, when I'm almost 33 weeks along; our next ultrasound won't be until I'm about 35-36 weeks, so the end of Oct/beginning of Nov. Before that I am taking a class called Bundles for Babies, and then I'll take my infant feeding/nursing class in November. After 32 weeks we can take our Labor and Delivery class at the hospital and get a tour of the Labor and Delivery floor. It's hard to believe in just a few months she'll be here!
Hope you all have a wonderful week!
sábado, 12 de septiembre de 2009
29!
28 WEEKS - 29TH WEEK OF DEVELOPMENT
Little girl geekling will grow to a weight of about 2.5-3 lbs this week (about the weight of a butternut squash), and a length of about 15-17 inches. She will start to slow down in length growth and start to gain weight instead.
This week:
-She's packing on the pounds in preparation for her arrival. She'll at least double, and maybe almost triple her current weight in the coming weeks. I'm hoping she keeps it between 7-8 lbs, for my sake, but I just want her to be healthy.
-She's still kicking a lot these days, but her kicks are getting more controlled, and I know that's because she's running out of room. She'll be kicking less and poking more in the next few weeks as she gets even bigger and outgrows her little temporary home
-Her muscles and lungs are continuing their swift development, and her head is getting bigger to accomodate her geekling brain
-Her bones are absorbing about 250mg of calcium a day, in addition to her body soaking up protein, vitamin C, folic acid and iron from my daily diet.
As for me:
-My heartburn has not let up at all, and I've had a bad bout of acid reflux lately, which is not fun at all
-I've been really nauseated this week and didn't make it to the pool to swim laps nearly as much as I wanted
-I've also been really tired this week, something I know I need to deal with that won't get any easier; as exhausted as I've been, I haven't been able to get to sleep at night, so I'm just that much more tired every day
-Baby Girl has been in a weird position lately on my bladder, making things difficult for me
-I've been craving mashed potatoes, but I've been trying to balance out my intake of those with fruits and veggies
Last weekend we got to go into Tokyo for a fancy dinner at the New Sanno Hotel. It was great fun and a great way for us to get away from home and the hustle and bustle of our lives here. It's a quarterly event, and we've already signed up for the next dinner, scheduled for 5 Nov. I had my second (and hopefully last) glucose test done yesterday, and I'll find out the results next week. I feel like I'm okay, so I'm not really worried about having gestational diabetes or anything, but I guess we'll see. At my next appointment I also get to get my rhogam shot. We got our jogging stroller this week, and I'm really excited about that. I found it 10% off from a website that already reduced the price about that much, plus free shipping. And my awesome friends Kevin and Michelle sold us their infant seat attachment, so we got that about 50% off from what we would have paid for it new. We're trying to get prepared - only 12 weeks left!
Little girl geekling will grow to a weight of about 2.5-3 lbs this week (about the weight of a butternut squash), and a length of about 15-17 inches. She will start to slow down in length growth and start to gain weight instead.
This week:
-She's packing on the pounds in preparation for her arrival. She'll at least double, and maybe almost triple her current weight in the coming weeks. I'm hoping she keeps it between 7-8 lbs, for my sake, but I just want her to be healthy.
-She's still kicking a lot these days, but her kicks are getting more controlled, and I know that's because she's running out of room. She'll be kicking less and poking more in the next few weeks as she gets even bigger and outgrows her little temporary home
-Her muscles and lungs are continuing their swift development, and her head is getting bigger to accomodate her geekling brain
-Her bones are absorbing about 250mg of calcium a day, in addition to her body soaking up protein, vitamin C, folic acid and iron from my daily diet.
As for me:
-My heartburn has not let up at all, and I've had a bad bout of acid reflux lately, which is not fun at all
-I've been really nauseated this week and didn't make it to the pool to swim laps nearly as much as I wanted
-I've also been really tired this week, something I know I need to deal with that won't get any easier; as exhausted as I've been, I haven't been able to get to sleep at night, so I'm just that much more tired every day
-Baby Girl has been in a weird position lately on my bladder, making things difficult for me
-I've been craving mashed potatoes, but I've been trying to balance out my intake of those with fruits and veggies
Last weekend we got to go into Tokyo for a fancy dinner at the New Sanno Hotel. It was great fun and a great way for us to get away from home and the hustle and bustle of our lives here. It's a quarterly event, and we've already signed up for the next dinner, scheduled for 5 Nov. I had my second (and hopefully last) glucose test done yesterday, and I'll find out the results next week. I feel like I'm okay, so I'm not really worried about having gestational diabetes or anything, but I guess we'll see. At my next appointment I also get to get my rhogam shot. We got our jogging stroller this week, and I'm really excited about that. I found it 10% off from a website that already reduced the price about that much, plus free shipping. And my awesome friends Kevin and Michelle sold us their infant seat attachment, so we got that about 50% off from what we would have paid for it new. We're trying to get prepared - only 12 weeks left!
sábado, 5 de septiembre de 2009
28th week
27 WEEKS PREGNANT - 28TH WEEK OF DEVELOPMENT
Well, here we are, in the 28th week. 12 more weeks and counting! Let me just say that while I know that the hard parts are far from over, I'm so ready for this baby to come out. I have had such a hard pregnancy that it makes me admire and stand in disbelief of women who have done this more than once - voluntarily or not. And did you hear that the Duggars are expecting their 19th child now? Holy cow, that woman is either admirable or crazy - or a combination of both! (I must say, though, that their show on TLC is one of my newest guilty pleasures.)
Anyway...
Baby girl geekling will grow this week to about 14.8-16 inches long and weigh around 2.25-2.5 lbs (about the weight of a Chinese cabbage).
This week:
-She can blink her eyes, which now have eyelashes surrounding them (hopefully long, dark ones like Jim's!)
-She now enters the REM cycle of sleep and might be dreaming already, too. Hopefully her dreams aren't as crazy and vivid as mine, or we're going to have a lot of middle of the night waking up after she gets here.
-Her lungs are almost fully developed, but we're still hoping she'll hold out to be born on time so they have time to get stronger.
-She's developing billions of neurons in her brain.
-She's adding more body fat in preparation for her entrance into the world.
As for me:
-My nausea has not let up, but I'm learning how best to deal with it and when to avoid the triggers of active nausea.
-My headaches seem to have slowed down a bit, although they have not yet subsided completely.
-My weight gain is okay, even though I've still gained more than I should have at this point. I'm hoping that regular exercise will help to slow the weight gain, since the third trimester is when I'm supposed to gain a lot.
-I saw the doctor on Tuesday and I was measuring right at 27cm, so just a little big. This may just mean I'm measuring a little big, or it may mean I'm actually a few days ahead of where they put my due date. I guess we'll see when she arrives!
-Little girl's heartbeat was 145-150bpm, which means it's starting its gradual slowdown (it's been about 150bpm every visit since my first ultrasound in April!) in preparation for her arrival.
-I have been suffering from restless legs syndrome, another common symptom which is almost as weird to me as the leg cramps.
-This week I get to go in for some blood tests and my second one-hour glucose test. My next doctor's appointment is on 17 Sep.
-I also set up a bunch of classes in our community for this month, so I'll go to the Baby Care Basics, Infant CPR and First Aid classes. Then in October I'll go to the Bundles for Babies, breastfeeding/infant feeding and labor and delivery classes.
Jim and I are headed to central Tokyo tonight for a fancy dinner and stay at a nice hotel. We're really excited to get away, even if it's just for a night. Hugs to you all!
Well, here we are, in the 28th week. 12 more weeks and counting! Let me just say that while I know that the hard parts are far from over, I'm so ready for this baby to come out. I have had such a hard pregnancy that it makes me admire and stand in disbelief of women who have done this more than once - voluntarily or not. And did you hear that the Duggars are expecting their 19th child now? Holy cow, that woman is either admirable or crazy - or a combination of both! (I must say, though, that their show on TLC is one of my newest guilty pleasures.)
Anyway...
Baby girl geekling will grow this week to about 14.8-16 inches long and weigh around 2.25-2.5 lbs (about the weight of a Chinese cabbage).
This week:
-She can blink her eyes, which now have eyelashes surrounding them (hopefully long, dark ones like Jim's!)
-She now enters the REM cycle of sleep and might be dreaming already, too. Hopefully her dreams aren't as crazy and vivid as mine, or we're going to have a lot of middle of the night waking up after she gets here.
-Her lungs are almost fully developed, but we're still hoping she'll hold out to be born on time so they have time to get stronger.
-She's developing billions of neurons in her brain.
-She's adding more body fat in preparation for her entrance into the world.
As for me:
-My nausea has not let up, but I'm learning how best to deal with it and when to avoid the triggers of active nausea.
-My headaches seem to have slowed down a bit, although they have not yet subsided completely.
-My weight gain is okay, even though I've still gained more than I should have at this point. I'm hoping that regular exercise will help to slow the weight gain, since the third trimester is when I'm supposed to gain a lot.
-I saw the doctor on Tuesday and I was measuring right at 27cm, so just a little big. This may just mean I'm measuring a little big, or it may mean I'm actually a few days ahead of where they put my due date. I guess we'll see when she arrives!
-Little girl's heartbeat was 145-150bpm, which means it's starting its gradual slowdown (it's been about 150bpm every visit since my first ultrasound in April!) in preparation for her arrival.
-I have been suffering from restless legs syndrome, another common symptom which is almost as weird to me as the leg cramps.
-This week I get to go in for some blood tests and my second one-hour glucose test. My next doctor's appointment is on 17 Sep.
-I also set up a bunch of classes in our community for this month, so I'll go to the Baby Care Basics, Infant CPR and First Aid classes. Then in October I'll go to the Bundles for Babies, breastfeeding/infant feeding and labor and delivery classes.
Jim and I are headed to central Tokyo tonight for a fancy dinner and stay at a nice hotel. We're really excited to get away, even if it's just for a night. Hugs to you all!
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