Abram: 35 Weeks

So here is the skinny. That’s funny. Get it, skinny? Not so much…

Anyway…

I’m going to start with a random thought. I don’t think my baby belly is cute. It just sticks straight out. Literally I have beach ball under my shirt. If I were a few inches taller it would be a little more comfortable because he would have more room between my ribs and my hips to nest but he doesn’t so he just hangs out front. I am not saying he is ugly, I just think there are cuter baby bumps out there. It’s okay. I’ll be fine. Just, try to not give me anymore stretch marks, alright?! =)

I am 1 1/2 cm dilated and 30% effaced. Baby boy is head down and getting into position. Woop!

Total weight gain so far of 18lbs. I do not see how this is possible as I only eat CRAP but hey, I’ll take it!

From now on, I will be seeing my Mid-wife weekly. 5 weeks. That’s it. Holy cow.

I had the stomach flu last week. Terrible! Oh. Man. Lucy gave it to me. A HUGE thanks to my Sister-In-Law for taking Lucy while I was sick. It was an incredible blessing. She has 5 kids who she was willing to expose. Only 1/7 of them got it. Not bad odds. Ha…  And also thanks to my friend Mary who also exposed herself to take me to my Doctors appointment that day because I pretty much couldn’t function. Yay for AmAzInG friends!!!!

This heat… is ridiculous! I honestly never really mind the heat. It is summer and I live in Maryland. It is usually hot but I just deal with it. I have never really been too particularly affected by heat until now. Oh baby. In my bedroom, we have THREE fans plus A/C! Even with all of these cross winds I am still too warm and can not sleep with a blanket. Sleeping without a blanket is so uncomfortable! This is something I did not expect. Most women warned me about being pregnant in the heat but I did not believe them. Now I do. I wish I didn’t!

My eye has been twitching all day. It is annoying. I don’t feel stressed…

Yesterday Lucy and I were practicing how to burp a baby using a burp cloth. We have also been practicing dressing babies and talking about what babies do when they come home from the hospital. I have been trying to prepare her that though she is excited to play with her new little brother, he is only going to eat, sleep, cry and poop for the first few weeks. I am trying to give her ideas on things she can do to help Mommy when the baby is crying or how she can appropriately play with him. It is really cute seeing her get so excited. I am nervous though because I know it is going to really rock her world… she is used to being the only child and having life revolve around her… I am not sure what to expect when it actually comes true…

One last thing… She thinks Abram is going to come out of my belly button. She has a few times tried to open it and see him. That doesn’t feel real great.

Wait, one more weird thing. I want to eat smells that smell good. Not food smells, but fabric and air smells. I love the way things smell so much I want to put them in my mouth. My friend Ashley’s car smells so good when she turns on her AC I just want to let the air blow in my mouth. I made a special trip to buy Gain laundry detergent last week (because I was craving the smell (I’m a Tide girl)) so I could wash my sheets and breath in the smell all night. If I had towels to wash, I would have washed them in Gain too and chewed on them before throwing them in the dryer. I know, it is REALLY weird. I am currently having an oral craving for faom balls or sponges. I want to chew off a peice and well, chew on it because I think it would taste good and my tongue wants to feel it. You don’t have to commit me because I am not doing anything dangerous, but it surely is weird. But good. And weird.