KC thinks it’s hilarious that that t-shirt is one of my go-tos these days, as it’s a souvenir from this Amsterdam beer tour.
Well this is it guys, the last update for babe #3. Pregnant bellies are sort of fascinating and terrifying all at the same time, but since this is the last update for what I am 99% sure will be our last kiddo, I guess I can pitch any remaining pride I have for the moment and show off what a crazy and amazing thing the female body is. And also the pajamas, dirty mirror, and not-at-all picked up bedroom is just the byproduct of #momlife and being so damn pregnant.
weeks: 36.5 (almost 37, really)
baby’s size: papaya. I had an ultrasound on Monday and baby was measuring in at close to 6 pounds now, so he seems to be on track with Prim’s birthweight at this point. (And yes, I’m little and tend to make not-huge but still totally healthy babies.)
i’m feeling: really pregnant. At this point I’m getting into the really physically uncomfortable part of pregnancy. The end is quite the mind trick, as you get so uncomfortable that you start to think “labor doesn’t seem so bad…” I guess that’s ultimately a good thing?
food love: honeycrisp apples. I bought some at Costco recently and if it weren’t for the damn glucose intolerance I would eat them constantly.
food hate: diabetes-friendly breakfast foods (like eggs and Kodiak waffles). I can’t wait to be able to just eat normally again!
3 pros for october: 1. I am really close to being ready for this babe. I’ve got my hospital bag packed (aside from a few last-minute items) and have the house mostly ready. 2. Bedtime with the girls has recently been really tough. Prim going back to school and Lark simultaneously being potty-trained and deciding she was ready for a big-kid bed has meant a lot of big developmental/transitional meltdowns and feelings in general (not to mention that these intuitive babes know that a big change is forthcoming!), but I think we’re mainly through the worst of it now (thank the lord). 3. KC’s mom is making the girls’ Halloween costumes again this year and I couldn’t be more excited. We’ve had a few sneak peeks and my heart can hardly take it — they’re so dang cute!
3 cons for october: 1. I am so pregnant, and SO uncomfortable most of the time. The end of pregnancy is just exhausting. 2. I’ve already been getting some early signs of labor, and while I think it’s still way too early for anything real, it’s a little stressful to weather the waves of consistent Braxton Hicks contractions while KC looks at me in a panic asking, “Are you in labor??” 3. Sometimes I worry that this kiddo is going to be really early (this is definitely the earliest I’ve ever had labor signs) and sometimes I worry he’ll just stubbornly stay put until they force me to be induced on my due date (gestational diabetes means I can’t go past 40 weeks, so one way or another this kiddo will be here sometime in the next few weeks.) Fingers crossed I can avoid pitocin!
currently living in: pajamas, mostly.
looking forward to: meeting this sweet babe! (But cook a liiiiittle bit longer, please!)
dreaming about: eating all the carbs with reckless abandon once this kiddo is out.