i have to confess, i'm getting a little concerned over how big i'm potentially going to get. not weight gain-wise, i have no pretensions about "getting fat" as so many people annoyingly refer to pregnancy weight gain. no, it's more the actual size of my belly that is concerning me. i mean, how much further can that thing stick out? don't answer that, i'll find out in due time.
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how far along: 32 weeks.
how i’m feeling: honestly, so good, especially for what people apparently think i should be feeling like at this point. which is apparently like death. i have two more months left, yo! i'm not that uncomfortable, except you should hear me when i get on and off the couch, and in and out of bed. lots of grunting. maria sharapova would be proud.
total weight gain: my 32 week appointment isn't until next week, so this is all an estimation, but i'm going to go with 25 pounds total so far. it's still all in my belly, which never ceases to amaze me. how can it all just live there?? i'm very happy that's where it lives, but still. how?
baby z.’s size: this week we have the subtle hints of a jicama baby. meaning that baby z. weighs about as much as a jicama (around 3.75 pounds) and is almost 17 inches long. meanwhile i am figuring out how to make my way through tight spaces without forgetting that i have a giant belly attached to the front of me.
this week: this week my lovely, amazing co-workers threw a baby shower for us, and it was so much fun. i work with some of the best people in the world. oh, also, i taught Mister Man how to put a cloth diaper on a stuffed dog and fasten it with diaper pins. it was his first diaper ever. EVER YOU GUYS! and he was actually pretty good at it. ever want to fall more in love with your husband? teach him how to change a diaper. it's like taking all the aphrodisiacs at once.
maternity clothes: bahahahahahahahaha. yes. the answer is yes.
sleep: well, the other night i woke up at 3:30am and never went back to sleep. so that was fun. but then last night, miracle of miracles, i slept through the night (relatively speaking). so i'm holding out hope that i have some good nights left in me.
best moment this week: getting the furniture into the nursery! it now looks like the room we've been imagining since we started working on it. and it's so exciting! i can hardly wait to get in there and start organizing like a mad-woman. nesting forever and ever and ever.
movement: my favorite party trick is now making people stare at my belly until they see one of the gymnastics tricks this baby likes to do, and then watching them freak out like they just saw an alien. it's so awesome.
food cravings: give me all the ice cream. i only have two months left until i don't have this baby as an excuse anymore!
food aversions: nothing new here. still just trying to avoid the heartburn, so less tomato sauce for now. and more tums. berry-flavored, please and thank you.
belly button in or out: an interesting thing happened. it's out until this baby is here for sure, but it weirdly has flattened out. when i wear my bikini, i think it gives people the heebie-jeebies. i love it.
looking forward to: a weekend at the cabin with part of my family. it's been months since i've had a couple of days off work, and i have been living for this weekend for what seems like ages.
that belly style post is still in the works (typical). i’ve just got to get photographic proof of my favorite outfit combos and the words on the computer. those essays are still halfway in my head, but they’re coming along too. hope everyone has a fabulous weekend!
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