I can’t believe I’m 30 weeks! Where has the time gone? Only 10 weeks to go…its amazing!
We spent all last weekend getting the nursery ready. Painted, hung a chair rail, cleaned everything out, put together the furniture and yesterday we hung her name over the crib. Seeing her room every night when I come up the stairs and every morning when I wake up has really made it all so much more real to me. I can’t believe in 10 weeks there will be a baby in there! My shower is in less than 2 weeks…we’ll be swimming in baby gifts which we will start putting into her room…that’s going to be another step at making it more “real.”
Today we are going to the Hospital Tour in Panorama City. I’m so excited to see the Maternity Ward! I saw a small part of the *new* hospital when I went there for Urgent Care last year, but I’m really excited to see everything. This is also another step at making things seem more real. I’ve only been to the hospital (in my entire life) to see both Gavin and Jerrod after they were born. Isn’t that scary? I have no idea what life is going to be like as a patient, hooked up to IV’s and giving birth…weird!
I think I’ve finally reached my threshold for “advice.” I am so sick of people chastising me because I don’t sit and talk to the baby all day! I’m seriously at work all day and when I get home at night it just feels weird talking to my stomach. She can hear Jeff and I talking and she listens to me talk all day. She’s not going to know if I’m talking directly to her or not, the only thing she can understand at this point is a heartbeat and the replication of a heartbeat with the pre-natal education system I wear. Maybe that’s mean and insensitive and it’s a sign I’m already going to be a bad mommy, but whatever. I just don’t think I’ve “connected” with her yet and maybe that too means I’ll be a bad mom. I feel like I can connect to her more now than 11 weeks ago, especially knowing her name and shopping for all of her clothes and nursery items, but I’m still not 100% connected. I’m only about halfway there. I’ve finally reached the point where I can picture her being born and all of the time we will spend as a family. I feel like it’s a process and I’m slowly getting to the point where I’m ready (at least mentally) for her to be part of our lives. Thank goodness this is a 9 month process because it’s taking that long for me to feel like I’m ready!
I still worry if I’m going to be a good mom and how I’m going to protect her against the world. Earlier in the pregnancy I couldn’t sleep at night thinking about these things and now I feel a lot more ready. I think more about labor and delivery every day and I think more about those first couple weeks after she comes home. Before it terrified me to even think about it and now I’m 95% ready.
She’s still moving and grooving in my belly! She’s also still pushing on (and feels like in!) my right rib which can get extremely uncomfortable. On my right side, just under my rib, I get pressure and then I can feel her foot come up and make a lump for a moment, and then go back down. She’s had some pretty hard kicks on my left side, but they’re more rare, seems like her feet are always on my right side. Last week she had some really hard ones on my left side, it was like a rolling motion of knees and elbows and for the first time it actually hurt a little instead of just startling me or being uncomfortable. She’s most active probably at night, just after dinner and sometimes after I lay down in bed. I get some movement in the mornings and the afternoon, but not nearly as much as at night. I think because that’s when I finally settle down and relax for the day, so that’s her time to move around.
My stomach has continued to pop. Although people still tell me I don’t look 7 months pregnant – I’ll take it while I can! My doc appointments are every 2 weeks now and I think they go down to weekly 1 month out. I’m glad they’re so good at monitoring everything and keeping an eye on me and the baby, but having so many appointments gets annoying!
I can’t wait to see everyone at the shower. It feels so great to surround yourself with people you care about during such a happy time in your life. I feel like events like this bring people together who haven’t seen each other or haven’t had much time together and I just love that. I want her birth to be one big celebration! There are already so many people that love her and she’s still got 2 more months of baking to do!
We took our maternity photos over the weekend. Despite the hot weather and all of the work, it was a lot of fun. About 40 came out that I actually like, which is a lot more than I thought would! I’m really happy to have these to look back on in the future. Hopefully she’ll think it’s kinda cool when she’s older and not super annoying and stupid, haha.
That’s it for 30 weeks!
We spent all last weekend getting the nursery ready. Painted, hung a chair rail, cleaned everything out, put together the furniture and yesterday we hung her name over the crib. Seeing her room every night when I come up the stairs and every morning when I wake up has really made it all so much more real to me. I can’t believe in 10 weeks there will be a baby in there! My shower is in less than 2 weeks…we’ll be swimming in baby gifts which we will start putting into her room…that’s going to be another step at making it more “real.”
Today we are going to the Hospital Tour in Panorama City. I’m so excited to see the Maternity Ward! I saw a small part of the *new* hospital when I went there for Urgent Care last year, but I’m really excited to see everything. This is also another step at making things seem more real. I’ve only been to the hospital (in my entire life) to see both Gavin and Jerrod after they were born. Isn’t that scary? I have no idea what life is going to be like as a patient, hooked up to IV’s and giving birth…weird!
I think I’ve finally reached my threshold for “advice.” I am so sick of people chastising me because I don’t sit and talk to the baby all day! I’m seriously at work all day and when I get home at night it just feels weird talking to my stomach. She can hear Jeff and I talking and she listens to me talk all day. She’s not going to know if I’m talking directly to her or not, the only thing she can understand at this point is a heartbeat and the replication of a heartbeat with the pre-natal education system I wear. Maybe that’s mean and insensitive and it’s a sign I’m already going to be a bad mommy, but whatever. I just don’t think I’ve “connected” with her yet and maybe that too means I’ll be a bad mom. I feel like I can connect to her more now than 11 weeks ago, especially knowing her name and shopping for all of her clothes and nursery items, but I’m still not 100% connected. I’m only about halfway there. I’ve finally reached the point where I can picture her being born and all of the time we will spend as a family. I feel like it’s a process and I’m slowly getting to the point where I’m ready (at least mentally) for her to be part of our lives. Thank goodness this is a 9 month process because it’s taking that long for me to feel like I’m ready!
I still worry if I’m going to be a good mom and how I’m going to protect her against the world. Earlier in the pregnancy I couldn’t sleep at night thinking about these things and now I feel a lot more ready. I think more about labor and delivery every day and I think more about those first couple weeks after she comes home. Before it terrified me to even think about it and now I’m 95% ready.
She’s still moving and grooving in my belly! She’s also still pushing on (and feels like in!) my right rib which can get extremely uncomfortable. On my right side, just under my rib, I get pressure and then I can feel her foot come up and make a lump for a moment, and then go back down. She’s had some pretty hard kicks on my left side, but they’re more rare, seems like her feet are always on my right side. Last week she had some really hard ones on my left side, it was like a rolling motion of knees and elbows and for the first time it actually hurt a little instead of just startling me or being uncomfortable. She’s most active probably at night, just after dinner and sometimes after I lay down in bed. I get some movement in the mornings and the afternoon, but not nearly as much as at night. I think because that’s when I finally settle down and relax for the day, so that’s her time to move around.
My stomach has continued to pop. Although people still tell me I don’t look 7 months pregnant – I’ll take it while I can! My doc appointments are every 2 weeks now and I think they go down to weekly 1 month out. I’m glad they’re so good at monitoring everything and keeping an eye on me and the baby, but having so many appointments gets annoying!
I can’t wait to see everyone at the shower. It feels so great to surround yourself with people you care about during such a happy time in your life. I feel like events like this bring people together who haven’t seen each other or haven’t had much time together and I just love that. I want her birth to be one big celebration! There are already so many people that love her and she’s still got 2 more months of baking to do!
We took our maternity photos over the weekend. Despite the hot weather and all of the work, it was a lot of fun. About 40 came out that I actually like, which is a lot more than I thought would! I’m really happy to have these to look back on in the future. Hopefully she’ll think it’s kinda cool when she’s older and not super annoying and stupid, haha.
That’s it for 30 weeks!
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I love your picture, its so beautiful! Can't wait to see more :) 10 more weeks for you it goes by so fast! Enjoy and I can't wait to see you!
PS I updated my blog with a few videos.
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