Week 30!
29 May
*Week 30!*
Look at that poor Rudolph nose =/
CURRENT STATS
Percentage Cooked: 75%
Baby Size: 3 pounds, 3 ounces says today’s ultrasound measurement…GROW BABY, GROW! Baby’s in the 40th percentile for growth, less than a week behind absolute “average.” We are THRILLED! That SUA ain’t stopping Baby T.!
Countdown to Baby: 10 weeks (211 days down, 69 to go!)
Symptoms: I have created quite the setup in order to sleep comfortably. As much as I’ve wanted to buy one of these since the first trimester…
…I couldn’t spend the 70 bucks. Seriously with her whole body pjs? I’d be sweating my face off! Instead, I use a bolster pillow (one of those pillows that looks like a tootsie roll) to hug up top and put a full pillow between my legs. That makes a 4-pillow commitment with the 2 behind/under my head. It is NOT fun to re-situate this arrangement after I pee (5 times) in the middle of the night!
My veins are bigger, bluer, and more noticeable! Apparently your heart pumps 30-50% more blood than normal when you’re pregnant!
My Braxton Hicks have gotten stronger (OR the ones that I thought were Braxton Hicks before, definitely were not!). No Scott, Toni Braxton and Taylor Hicks did not get married! Baby hurts me now sometimes. And so it begins, right?!
I skinned my finger with a fork while putting it in the dishwasher. No blood, just a scratch. Scott says I should live in a bubble. Agreed.
Cravings: Oreos and ice cold beverages
Weight Gain: Official update as of today: 22 lbs. (up 2 pounds in 3 weeks – I’ll take it!)
Related Purchases: For the nursery – lamp shades, a trial curtain (we think we like it, so we need to get another!), 3 red fabric totes for the cube organizer (still figuring out what other color we’re going to go with for the other 3).
For our room – blinds for the windows…FINALLY!
Lovely and thoughtful gifts continue to find us (or our neighbors – ha)…everything we have gotten has been put together!
Fear of the Week: Our trip to New York.
Relief of the Week: 3 MORE DAYS OF WORK UNTIL SUMMER BREAK!!!
Randomness: I was sick ALL weekend with a wicked cold. I’m completing solid day #4 and am getting very frustrated. I stayed home from work to give Baby and I one more day to get our act together. FYI: Pregnant women should be exempt from getting sick. It’s just cruel – we have enough going on!
I can’t wait to see my bestest friends and family in NY in just ONE week!
Easy tasks (like reaching for my purse on the floor in the car) are no longer easy. I have to bend around this belly to get anywhere. Ridic!
We have our maternity photo shoot this weekend downtown – SO excited!
Scott’s Quote of the Week: Me: “We should probably get a preemie outfit or two, just in case Baby comes early.”
Scott: “Well if the Baby comes early, can’t someone just run out to the store and get the clothes?”
Me: “Well yes, I suppose, but I’d rather be prepared.”
Scott: “So while we shop for preemie clothes, can we get me a just-in-case-I-get-fat wardrobe? Ya know, just to be prepared.”
Me: [insert annoyed look and no words]
I hope everyone had a better long weekend than I did (buried in tissues)!
xoxo
p.s. A possible 4 inches of rain was predicted to fall today from what’s left of Tropical Storm Beryl. So far…maybe half an inch? We were lucky – thanks for everyone’s concern!
Beach Count: 75
Pool Count: 29
High Temperature: 84°
Oh girl! I had the WORST sinus infections when I was pregnant. Had bronchitis once AND had to have a tooth pulled during my first pregnancy (when you can’t get the good stuff for the pain and your threshhold for pain meds is higher and they don’t give you enough to start with and then try to pull when you can still feel it)! Make sure if you get an epidural that they anesthesiologist stays in the room until you know for sure you aren’t feeling anything. My last one the dr. had to keep upping the dose because I was burning right through it. I learned from # 3 when the baby was born and the only thing that was on it’s way to being numb were the toes on my right foot. In that round about way I was trying to say I agree with you…pregnant women have enough to deal with…they should be exempt from colds, etc. Hope you are feeling better VERY SOON!
Oh yes…and pillows will be your best friends during pregnancy. My husband bought me a body pillow (not the curved on in your picture but an extra long pillow) and I named him Herbie. He meant more to me on some nights than my husband did
It was a lot easier to roll from side to side with him too. Herbie and I carried on our affair until my fourth was about 18 months then he had to retire! I think my husband was jealous 
Been following your post….thought I would let you know I am an official transplant to Mt. Pleasant area…..we do NOT know a soul. You made your move sound super easy.
Any thoughts or suggestions on finding the local secrets or when half off burgers/appetizers are? Seems like we hear of ALL events AFTER they happen. Where do you get weather updates? Someone should compile a “list” for transplants…just saying ;P