Week 32 - Third Trimester
- Baby is about the size of a : Napa cabbage OR a plastic scooter board
- Weight : 4.2 lb. | 16.69 in.
- Baby's movements will increase until they plateau, but will not reduce even though there is not much room left in the uterus. Baby boy can now use all five senses! Baby is busy looking around, practicing breathing, grabbing whatever is in reach, tasting amniotic fluid and listening to the voices around him.
32 week appointment:
- heart beat: 127 bpm
- weight gain: 25 lbs.
- measuring: 33 weeks
- baby boy is head down!
Gender: boy!
Weight Gain: 25 pounds (...which I feel good about! I was at 30 lbs. at 32 weeks with Dayton.)
How I Feel: I don't know why, but for some reason being pregnant has just been hard this week. I feel like I have been struggling so much with my workouts, I am completely exhausted, I'm nauseus in the morning and my pelvis and hips just hurt, like a lot. I'm guessing that it's the end of the school year stress/exhaustion. Ever see this before?
Well, I need one that says, "There's no tired like end of the year, in her 3rd trimester, works out at 4:45 am, and chases around a busy boy toddler teacher tired." Seriously though.
- Stretch marks: none
- Belly button: popped out
- Other: varicose veins (right calf only), some swelling in my ankles, pelvis aches, a little bit of nausea in the mornings.
Food Aversions: fish (except shrimp)
Movement: little man is still moving around in there. His movements have changed though. I feel him at breakfast, around 10 am, after lunch, and from 9-10 pm the most. His movements don't feel like "kicks" anymore, they feel more like pushes. He still pushes his back and booty out to the right side quite often. Now that he's getting bigger it's a little uncomfortable. I just hope he doesn't flip one of these times!
Sleep: still sleeping well, but I am waking up to turn over more at night
Best Moment This Week: taking naps. I got 2 quick naps in this week! One on Monday when I was home in the afternoon with Dayton (he was sick) and one on Tuesday when I was home in the afternoon because my 32 week appointment was at 2:45 pm. It. was. glorious.
Looking Forward to: summer break. We're in the single digits people.
What I Miss: my hips and pelvis not aching. Not complaining, just saying!
Diet: I have been awesome this week at eating clean. After my binging on sweets last week I didn't feel so great after the weekend, so I cleaned everything up and I haven't had any kind of sugar (other than natural sugar from fruit) since Monday night (it was Bachelorette night at my house!). I'm feeling much better as far as nutritionally. Clean eating really is the way to go. I promise! Once you get the sugar out of your system, you don't crave it. I plan to at least have a bite (or two) of a sweet this weekend though. :)
Part of the reason I am trying to eat so clean these last few weeks is because I am trying to help prepare my body for labor. I want it in tip-top condition for a natural, un-medicated birth.
Exercise: I am still working out 6 days a week using Jamie Eason's LiveFit Trainer. I'm on phase 3 and it's pretty much kicking my butt. Wednesday I had a leg workout and I don't think I have ever sweat so much. I ended working out after school since Brad had to leave the house at 5 am that morning.
While I was stretching, a college kid said, "Good for you." I took off my head phones and said, "What?" He continued to tell me that he was impressed that I was still working out so hard and still running and doing sprints. He said he was a health/fitness something-or-other major and his professors had talked about how important it was to work out while you were pregnant. He said he hoped his wife worked out while she was pregnant. He was too sweet (not weird) and it was just what I needed to hear at the end of a hard workout.
Don't get me wrong, the hubs tells me how proud of me he is almost every day, but it was nice to hear someone else tell me "good job." I can't tell you how many negative comments I get about working out while pregnant. It's kind of dis-heartening sometimes. I know what I'm doing is best for me and my baby. So I'll continue to do it - negative comments or positive ones!
What's Happening This Week: Again, this week is pretty quiet. Dayton had a fever over the weekend, so we kept him home on Monday. The hubs stayed with him in the morning and I came home for the afternoon. That night the neighbor girls and some other friends cam over to watch the Bachelorette. I'm pretty darn excited about JoJo this season. I really liked her and hoped she would be the next Bach! I made skinny funfetti dip. It's my all time favorite! You can find the recipe here. (Also, I love that website - Eat Yourself Skinny. She has some delicious, skinny recipes!) Tuesday I had the afternoon off because my 32 week appointment was at 2:45 pm. My appointment was with my midwife Kim. She is seriously amazing.
Wednesday was quiet. The hubs got home a little late, but we were able to grill out and then I was off to my hair appointment. We don't have much of anything planned for the rest of the week. It is a three day weekend, which I am completely in need of! We plan to work out cleaning out and re-organizing the storage room downstairs and pulling out the baby items that we will need for the first month or two! I can't believe we're less than eight weeks away from my due date. Weird!
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