Week 34- Butternut squash

Feels like little Fishy has exponentially grown.  I can feel all the different movements, not just the hiccups & kicks but also her shifting and adjusting.  Sure looks it, I'm full on prego status.

I've read that she can hear and recognize songs, so now I'm motivated to sing some lullabys.  Too bad I don't know too many, might just end up singing Sam Smith ballads, haha

She's also urinating a pint a day, and I'm excited to see her estimated length & weight when I see my Obgyn tomorrow.  I've been having quite a voracious appetite so I'm hoping it's gone all to the baby

As for me, my legs and feet swelling remains the same.  Still having constant back aches on right dorsal muscle, worsens when sitting and really loosens up when I lay flat on my back.  This couples with rib tightness and pain right where boob meets belly, I'm always in aches.  Oh, the GERD has lightened up significantly but lower GI goes between constipation & the other end of the spectrum.  Someone's I'm unloading 2-3 times by lunchtime. 

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3/4/15 update

Today, little fishy measured 4 pounds 13 ounces via ultrasound. Right on target

Also, saw her looking around & even blink! 

Not many of these urine tests left..

Baby Shower

Today is my "fake" birthday, and my best friends hosted an incredibly beautiful baby shower.  I am blessed beyond words

Will update with photos once I get them 

Hiccups

For the past week, my bouts with insomnia has mostly been due to baby hiccups.

Been describing it as a slow consistent heartbeat.  Rhythmic, evenly paced with rarely a pause.  You know when your temples are throbbing from a headache?  Or you feel like you can actually hear your own heart beat after a sprint?  Well, feels just like those palpitations.  Sometimes my entire belly twitches at each hiccup, but right now it's vibrating through my insides all the way to my backside.  Consistent, about every second, for up to 30 minutes

Was told it's all part of Fishy's nervous system development, sending signals to work out her muscles and diaphragm, in anticipation of breathing on her own.  "When the diaphragm contracts, the baby will suck in amniotic fluid and thus cause a hiccup effect. The lungs are not yet fully developed and thus are not used to process oxygen, so drowning or choking cannot occur. There is no danger or discomfort for the baby. Oxygen is still being carried through the umbilical cord."

 

Currently a nuisance, but a beautiful reminder that I'm growing a healthy baby 

Week 33- Durian

Fishy keeps her eyes wide open while awake, which sounds just crazy.  But I saw her eyes move and even blink during last week's 2d ultrasound

Week 32- Squash

Getting bigger..

Now her hiccups would wake me and keep me up 

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2/18/15 update

At the ultrasound today, my Obgyn measured little Fishy right on target and estimated the weight as 4 pounds 5 ounces.  Seems heavier than all the online estimated based on due date.  Almost there!

Happy Lunar New Year

I'll remember this one forever since my little Fishy will be born the year of the Sheep 

Week 31- Pineapple or Coconut

Pineapple on one website, coconut on another. I guess, little fishy is feeling tropical this week 

Week 30- Cucumber

Strong enough to grasp my finger ;)

Been feeling lot more movements, even hiccups

As for me, I have it all.  Heartburn, swelling, discomfort, shortness of breath, trouble sleeping with vivid dreams