The Inside of My Belly Button Gets Easier to See Everyday!

The Inside of My Belly Button Gets Easier to See Everyday!

Just a pregnancy update.

I am 29 weeks and 2 days pregnant. I really, really cannot believe I am that far along. Craziness.

The funniest question I get all the time is when people ask with a sweet little smile on their face, “Is your  nursery all prepared?” and I just laugh and laugh and say, “No…no IT’S not!” We’re working on it though. See, the plan is to move upstairs closer to the babies room and before we can do that we have to move all of the crap out of the room we’re moving into, move it downstairs, move our stuff upstairs, move the office downstairs, move the guest room to the room next door and THEN, only THEN, can we concentrate on the nursery. We partially moved upstairs today. One room switcharoo down, two to go. This is causing me to stress out if you couldn’t tell by the tone in my writing.

So yea, back to the pregnancy.. (sidetracked!)

One more thing before we get back to that. Do you think it’s a good idea to watch Alien III when you’re pregnant? I’ve only seen it once when I was a lot younger and it’s on right now. I’m about to get sucked in. But with my dreams and all being as vivid as they are right now I’m not sure it’s a good idea. Plus having a child inside you feels like what I imagine an alien inside you would feel like. (sidetracked again).

We’ve narrowed the names down to three we really like: Henry, Lincoln and Augustus. I really like one syllable names so it’d be Hank, Linc or Gus. What do you think? We’re working on middle names now.

My little boy’s kicks and punches that were once so awe inspiring are now not so cute and sweet all of the time. Sometimes they hurt and sometimes I just think he’s going to pop out of the side of me. It is pretty cool though. I like to lay on my back and feel him rolling around, kicking and punching me. Alan likes it, too.

My last appointment was the gestational diabetes test. I passed! I am anemic though which is no big deal, I just take an extra vitamin. So far my weight gain has fluctuated between 12-15 pounds which is great for someone of my figure type. It’s right there withing my goal of not gaining more than 20lbs. One thing I am noticing is that this whole experience has turned completely physical. It takes loads more energy to stand up, sit down, walk, go up stairs, go down stairs…anything remotely physical just takes me longer to do. It’s not a complaint, just an observation.

I hope I don’t sound too stoic about this whole experience. Today may have not been the best day to write about pregnancy. It’s been a rough day for us. I am seeking help for my anxiety levels and I’m not sure how much of that I want to share on this blog, but the important part is that I am learning new ways to deal.

I am currently reading Secrets of the Baby Whisperer and The New Mother’s Guide to Breastfeeding. Both are really informative, as you can imagine, but not very entertaining.

So there you go, that’s what’s been going on with the whole baby thing! Keep your fingers crossed that my pregnancy continues it’s healthy path!