35 Weeks!

Does he look bigger yet?  Or lower?  Like he's about ready to come out?  I hope so!  The end of pregnancy is rough.  SORE hips, stretching, stinging muscles, exhaustion, and oh so many more fun things!  I'm down to about 4 outfits that fit, so I apologize in advance for the repeats you will see in these next few pictures!

The baby will be full term in about a week and a half, so technically could come at any point after that.  Let's hope it's sooner rather than later!

34 Weeks!

Yikes.  I clearly should have made Dave take this picture earlier in the day.  Not one of my better shots.  Oh well, you win some you lose some!  This little guy will be full term in just 3 weeks.  Hard to believe.

Dave and I have been trying to take advantage of our last few weeks of freedom with late night ice cream dates, movies, and anything else we can think of that will be harder to do with a little one.

I know, all you moms are saying "everything is going to be harder, you have no idea what you're getting into".  I'll find out soon enough, don't burst my bubble yet!

Hiccups!

The little man had hiccups this morning.  I know lots of people are able to feel their babies hiccup - but this was a first for me!  What a sweet little feeling.  It made me laugh thinking of a little person hiccuping in my stomach - and almost made him seem more real.  Feeling punches and kicks is one thing, but for some reason, to me, a little guy in there with hiccups makes him finally seem like an actual person.

We can't wait to meet him in just a few weeks!  We spent last night washing and folding most of our baby clothes, and putting away all the wonderful gifts we got at the shower my mom hosted this weekend.  We are so blessed to have such wonderful, generous family and friends in our lives to share this special time with!

33 Weeks

32 Weeks!

I wanted to make sure and actually take a picture every week for these last few weeks to see how big this little guy gets - and fast.  Apparently they gain half a pound a week at this stage until they are born.  Yikes!

Baby Yar Bump

I have received several requests for more baby pictures from my lovely friends and family members.  So get excited everyone, here's Baby Yar over the last 8 months!  You can also see how the nursery has changed from a guest room as well.

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28 Weeks.

31 Weeks.  Dexter felt left out.

30 Weeks (and 5 days).

We’re getting there!  9.5 weeks at the MOST until Baby Yar’s BIG (literally I’m sure) debut.  I wanted to post a pregnancy update since I haven’t really written about any of it in a while.  I know, don’t judge me non-pregnant friends.

So a while ago now, probably around weeks 22 – 24 or so, I was in a self-defined pregnancy slump.  I was tired of being pregnant.  It seemed like it would never end; and my hormones were OUT of control.  I was maybe a little depressed, cried all the time, and was all around just whiny.  We had already found out the baby was a boy, we had no more chances to see him until he was born, and the list goes on.  Believe me, I am not kidding about how whiny I was, poor Dave.  The fact that I should be constantly grateful for my healthy baby and easy pregnancy was not easily remembered at that point.  

That was a large reason for no posts during that phase.  I didn’t want to appear to be ungrateful for this little guy, or to be that annoying person that is negative ALL the time.  You know you all know one of those people.  So, luckily for you, that time has passed.  However, I did buy a book that made me laugh about pregnancy during that time; called Sippy Cups are not for Chardonnay.  I highly recommend it if you need something to bring back your sense of humor while pregnant!

Then, around 27 weeks I went in for my routine 28 week labs and glucose test at my doctor’s office.  Talk about an eventful morning.  I chugged my red glucose drink and then had my appointment.  I started feeling super sugar high while I was waiting for the doctor to come in.  The appointment was fine, and as I left to pay I started feeling dizzy.  I sat down and still felt hot and dizzy and my vision started to blur. I decided I should probably see if I could lay down somewhere, so I went to the front desk and asked.  They ever so nicely were going to get a room ready for me, when, the next thing I know I’m laying on my back on the ground with 5 or 6 people standing over me trying to get me to wake up.  Oops.  Not the way you want to start your day.  So they had me lay down in the back in a dark room for half an hour or so, took my blood in there and made sure I was ok before I left.  Clearly, I was assuming I would have to take the 3 hour glucose test since obviously my body did NOT like all that sugar.  But, I passed with flying colors, so thank God!  No more sugar for me.

Since then, everything has gone back to being pretty much uneventful! However, at my last two appointments my blood pressure has been a little high (after being SUPER low the whole rest of the pregnancy) so they took some labs and are going to start seeing me every week just to watch it!  I’m sure it will be nothing, but they are watching for early signs of preeclampsia.  

Even so, the little guy is doing great.  Good strong heartbeat and he is VERY active.  He started really going crazy around 28 weeks or so, and in the past few days he has really picked it up even more.  The doctor said his head is down already, where it’s supposed to be to deliver.  But, incredibly, it still feels like I’m getting kicked all over the place.  I usually feel big kicks up by my ribs, and when I lay down tae-bo like punches on my side.  Also in the past two days or so, we have started to see and feel his whole body move back and forth across my stomach – weird.  

So that’s the big baby update for all of you.  More to come soon!  Including nursery pictures!