32 weeks

32 weeks, 4 days

Slacker alert! I won't keep making excuses for my lateness but let's just say I've been busy. True story: I haven't even taken my weekly picture yet (by the time this publishes, I will have taken it though) and that NEVER happens. No time! I have a handful of posts that I want to write to update you on things but now I'm so far behind that I'm just going to include it all in this weeks post. This obsessive compulsive person is really annoyed at myself but it is what it is.





Anyway, we completed our last pregnancy class....Breastfeeding. Usually, I really look forward to going to these classes but I was just not feeling this one on this particular night. Maybe it was my attitude but I didn't really even enjoy the class. Our instructor was a sweet 60 something women who is one of the lactation consultants at the hospital. I wasn't a big fan. She was nice and all but seemed a bit old school. She just went through her normal schpeel and that was that. There was a question and answer section and Joe asked her how the dads can help in the breastfeeding process. Her answer was "to just be supportive." Uhhh...okay. We were kinda looking for more than that. Like maybe burp the baby half way through the feeding or make sure mom has a full water glass while she's feeding. Something! Also, she said that the milk will come in within 2-4 days. No explanation for what happens IF it doesn't come in within 4 days, which I know can be the case. I feel like those kind of statistics are the reason that many people "fail" at breastfeeding. End rant. Other than that, we watched a heck of a lot of videos of breastfeeding moms. TMI: Joe walked out of the room a little bit scared of all those nipples!

Now that I'm 8 weeks out, I've started to feel less prepared for this whole thing. It's weird because I've always felt confident in my pregnancy. I spent years reading and researching all there is to know about pregnancy and now I need to get going on the actual child raising and I'm dragging my feet. I have a list of books to dig into and I can't even make it to the store to purchase them. I know that all will end fine but it's just me having a freak out moment.


The time has come..... I've reached the uncomfortable stage. It's not awful (trust me, I know it only gets worse) but it's definitely harder than it used to be. Shifting positions in bed is a bit of a struggle and I can tell that parts of my body are shifting as well. Let's not even discuss the state of my feet. I have to bust out the yoga poses just to give myself a pedicure.






This week, I got in another ultrasound at my doctor appointment. This usually requires it's own post but you're lucky to even get a recap at all. Joe was able to meet me for this one since it has been 2 months since he last joined me. It was much harder to see the babe even in the 4 short weeks since my last one. He's obviously scrunched up in there. I've had quite a bit of a movement up in my ribs but after seeing his placement during the ultrasound, I'm not sure what it is that is actually up there. His head is still down and he is in a C shape with his head on my left side and curving around with his feet up by my left ribs. The kicking all happens in my right rib so he must really be flopping around in there if he switches sides. Good news is he's still head down. Kidneys, head, stomach, etc..all measure on time. He weighs in at 4lbs, some oz and technically only 2 days ahead based on the growth charts. He's basically been 2 days ahead this entire pregnancy so good news that there has been no major size increase thanks to the gestational diabetes diagnosis.

Profile view of Baby Rufio. His hands were up by his face the whole time and he kept opening and closing his mouth.


This is a harder picture to make out. It's his face straight on. You can see his right eye and nose and covering his mouth is his left arm.


It took me another hour to get in with Dr. Bennett but all was normal in there. I gained 1 pound from two weeks ago which is right on track, apparently. If I remember correctly, I'm up a total of 11 pounds. Blood pressure was 110/70. Heartbeat was 141. I've got a normal checkup scheduled in two weeks for my 34 week appt and then I will have another ultrasound at 36 weeks and likely 1 each week after that. They make sure to monitor the babies weight pretty strictly those last few weeks so I'm going to be seeing quite a bit of my doctor in Sept and early Oct.





If I remember correctly, this is Baby T's last week as a squash. Baby should weight 4 lbs by now (Yep!) and will start gaining about a half a pound a week. Looks like I'm on track for an 8 lb baby! He now has toenails, finger nails and hair. I forgot to mention but during the ultrasound you can see the little wispy hair sticking out of his head. Funny! His skeleton is rapidly hardening, turning cartilage into bone. Kicks will start being even stronger and likely aimed at your ribs. Good to know it's not just me!