Welcome to Week 32! If you’re counting in months, that makes it 8 months of 10. If you’re counting in weeks to full term, that makes it 5-8 to go. We have some kind of important and life changing things happening around March 1, so we’d appreciate if the baby came pretty much right on schedule.
This week, BabyCenter says the baby is the size of a jicama ! It says it is 16.7 inches long and 3.75 pounds. That is a serious real baby. I feel it all day long. The site also says the baby has toenails, fingernails, and real hair. We are pretty sure this baby is going to have a lot of dark hair when it is born.
Most notable this week is that I am feeling very big and pregnant. I’ve been falling asleep early, feeling more uncomfortable, and feeling like my maternity clothes are getting more snug and aren’t as long on me as they were. I really don’t want to buy more clothes, so hopefully I can make them last! However, I think many people have two stages of clothes, one when they get really big at the end.
To see how I’ve grown, the third picture of this post is me at Week 26 wearing the same shirt. I’d say I have definitely expanded in six weeks.
Over the weekend, I walked at Memorial Park, a 3 mile loop, on Saturday. Pre-pregnancy, it used to take 40 minutes tops to walk it, and on Saturday, it took me an hour with one porta-potty break. I also felt very sore the next day! I really can’t wait to feel more fit again one day. On Sunday, I spectated the Houston Marathon and ended up not having a formal workout, but was on my feet a long time. And then on Monday, I went to the gym and walked the treadmill and did light upper body weights.
My weekday exercise has all but been forgotten. When I get home from work, I have been putting my feet up or running errands, and then taking it easy the rest of the day. Lily makes sure I get some exercise by making me chase her up and down the stairs a few dozen times, go on many walks each afternoon, and play with her and her toys. That’s going to have to be exercise enough probably until the end! I will still try to keep up weekend workouts.
(pic above, at 26 weeks, same shirt)
Also this week, we went to our first parenting prep class. This one was Infant CPR, and while we hope to never use the skills we learned, I think it is important to know what to do. We learned about CPR and choking. We have our second class this weekend, which is the big one. It’s called Prepared Childbirth and is all day Saturday and Monday night. Then there are two more we’re doing in early February (Breastfeeding and Infant Care).
That’s about all the highlights for this week in baby news!
Welcome to Week 32! If you’re counting in months, that makes it 8 months of 10. If you’re counting in weeks to full term, that makes it 5-8 to go. We have some kind of important and life changing things happening around March 1, so we’d appreciate if the baby came pretty much right on schedule.
This week, BabyCenter says the baby is the size of a jicama ! It says it is 16.7 inches long and 3.75 pounds. That is a serious real baby. I feel it all day long. The site also says the baby has toenails, fingernails, and real hair. We are pretty sure this baby is going to have a lot of dark hair when it is born.
Most notable this week is that I am feeling very big and pregnant. I’ve been falling asleep early, feeling more uncomfortable, and feeling like my maternity clothes are getting more snug and aren’t as long on me as they were. I really don’t want to buy more clothes, so hopefully I can make them last! However, I think many people have two stages of clothes, one when they get really big at the end.
To see how I’ve grown, the third picture of this post is me at Week 26 wearing the same shirt. I’d say I have definitely expanded in six weeks.
Over the weekend, I walked at Memorial Park, a 3 mile loop, on Saturday. Pre-pregnancy, it used to take 40 minutes tops to walk it, and on Saturday, it took me an hour with one porta-potty break. I also felt very sore the next day! I really can’t wait to feel more fit again one day. On Sunday, I spectated the Houston Marathon and ended up not having a formal workout, but was on my feet a long time. And then on Monday, I went to the gym and walked the treadmill and did light upper body weights.
My weekday exercise has all but been forgotten. When I get home from work, I have been putting my feet up or running errands, and then taking it easy the rest of the day. Lily makes sure I get some exercise by making me chase her up and down the stairs a few dozen times, go on many walks each afternoon, and play with her and her toys. That’s going to have to be exercise enough probably until the end! I will still try to keep up weekend workouts.
(pic above, at 26 weeks, same shirt) Also this week, we went to our first parenting prep class. This one was Infant CPR, and while we hope to never use the skills we learned, I think it is important to know what to do. We learned about CPR and choking. We have our second class this weekend, which is the big one. It’s called Prepared Childbirth and is all day Saturday and Monday night. Then there are two more we’re doing in early February (Breastfeeding and Infant Care). That’s about all the highlights for this week in baby news!