Baby K - 36 Weeks!!!

July 11, 2016

Y'all - we could have a new baby living in our house in less than 30 days!!! 

Baby K is the size of a chihuahua this week - weighing in somewhere around 6 lbs and 19 inches long! What a big baby! Most of the baby's systems are fully developed at this point, except the digestive system, which will continue to develop through when baby reaches the outside world and begins to eat. I'm feeling the baby up in my ribs more. It's still not painful, just weird feeling.

My symptoms are still staying mostly the same. Some swelling, sore feet, lower back pain, carpal tunnel and not so great sleep. Baby has dropped a little and I can definitely feel that pressure on my bladder more. I try to go pee before I really feel like I have to. If I am sitting and I wait until I feel like I have to pee, once I stand up, there's more pressure on my bladder and it is super uncomfortable. Basically, if I'm near a bathroom, I just make myself go pretty much all the time, just to be safe.

I have a new craving that isn't cereal. Hummus. I have been eating it every day for the past week or 2. I'm loving roasted red pepper hummus and I purchased some individual sized serving packs to bring to the birthing center for a snack. At least it's a decently healthy craving.

I'm feeling so many emotions. I'm excited to meet the baby, but I'm sad that pregnancy will be ending soon. Maybe it sounds silly, but I will miss my bump. I will miss these little kicks and nudges. I know I will have other things in return, like baby coos and smiles (and lots of poopy diapers and cries). I'm sad that I'll get even less sleep than I do now, because I really do love sleep. So, mostly I'm a mixture of excited and sad. I'm not scared yet. Hopefully I won't be, but I'm sure I will be as it gets closer. I'm staying optimistic and regardless of how things unfold, we're both committed to making our delivery and bringing Baby K into this world the best experience we can! 

As far as progress, we've done some decorating and organizing in the nursery. Things are finally starting to come together! We took care of a couple more big (and small) purchases and we have our baby monitor now! We feel confident that we have everything we'll need for at least the first few weeks. Over the weekend, we installed a pallet of sod in the back yard (not baby related - but it was on our must do list before baby arrives). We got my dad to install dimmer switches in our master bathroom and in the sitting room where we will keep the baby in the early days. I think this will make middle of the night diaper changes a little easier. Now, I think we may have him install one in the baby's nursery the next time he visits. That way we will be able to check on Baby K during the night without turning on a bright light. We also caulked the the area where our granite meets the backsplash in our kitchen. This is something that has been on our to-do list for a LONG time, so it felt great to get this done. I organized the area under the kitchen sink (which had become a disaster area) as well. We both feel really good about our progress this past weekend! We celebrated our productive weekend by going out on the boat with Andrew and Kristian!

We've set a goal for ourselves to be finished with projects by the end of this coming week, so Saturday is supposed to be it! After that, it's just supposed to be maintaining the house and such. This will give us the opportunity to relax a bit before the baby comes if I go full term or late. If I end up delivering early, at least we've gotten our must do items done (assuming the little one waits until at least 38 weeks) and it will be a little less stressful for us.

Josh is getting more excited too. He still has daddy time each night with the baby and I love it. It's probably the cutest thing in the world to me. I can't wait to see him interact with the baby on the outside.