34 week 4 day US and appointment

I don't usually separate little man's updates/US into a new post, but this appointment was different so I thought I'd follow suit.

We had our 34 week appointment at 34 weeks and 5 days, and he was measuring small. He was in the 12th percentile, which is down from previous. The MD was happy with how he looked overall, and knew this is my trend in past pregnancies, but wanted to start doing weekly US at her office on Fridays, and weekly non-stress tests at the regular OB on Tuesdays.

The MD asked when my C-section was scheduled for and when I told her at 39 weeks and 4 days, she said "Well, lets just make 37 weeks our new goal!" Bummer. 

I was told that I wasn't being put on bedrest, but needed to "conserve my energy" and make sure to eat a high protein diet. Otherwise we would just take it week by week and monitor his growth.


We are just taking it week by week, monitoring his growth, and if he drops below the 10th percentile, I will most likely have to head home, get my bag, and head to the hospital for an early C-section.

Our prayer is that his lungs are developing, he's growing, and he can be born healthy and strong. We want to be able to take him home from the hospital with us!! We are used to having tiny babies, but are praying he can stay put for at least a few more weeks!

Overall he was moving great and his HR was in the mid 140s. He was being majorly camera shy and kept putting his arm up over his face and head, so we never got a great image of him. Bummer!

34 Week Bumpdate!

Wow, I seriously cannot believe we are at the less than 6 week mark! Somehow this pregnancy has been an equal mix of "How am I ONLY this far along!?!?" and "How am I ALREADY this far along!?!?"  So here we are, with just 5 more weekends before we are a family of 5 (because isn't everything fun measured in summer weekends!?) Oh BOY!!!

How Big is Baby: The size of a cantaloupe!

Weight Gain: +0 in the last 2 weeks, so +17 overall

Workouts: I think I'm just going to stick with the whole chasing after 2 little ones, gardening, tending to chickens, and overall house projects as my workouts from here on out, because that has seemed to be the theme lately. 

Maternity Clothes: Yes please.

Belly Button: It's visible with fitted shirts, and definitely pops out when I laugh. Jon thinks it's hilarious. 

Sleep: For the most part, I'm sleeping really well. I usually wake up once to pee, but can go back to sleep a majority of the time relatively quickly. I'm falling asleep around 9 or 9:30, and waking up usually in the 6 o'clock hour (unless it's a night that I had trouble going back to sleep after the bathroom). 

Cravings: Fruit, ice cream, pizza, Indian food, caprese sandwiches, charcuterie boards, sushi

Aversions: Nothing much. Rotisserie or grilled chicken never sound good to me, but I'll eat them. 

What I Missed: Margaritas, ice cold beer, just general nice cold summer drinks!

Symptoms: Feeling really tired and heavy these last couple weeks. Oh SO heavy! Even when I get a great night sleep, by mid-afternoon my body is toast. Mild, occasional heart burn. Serious gas (super fun!). Lots of Braxton hicks contractions. But the worst is just really bad, sharp shooting low back pain. I'm super fun to watch walk after sitting for a bit of time! If I stay moving around, it's ok. 

Movement: I will say he seems pretty chill overall, kinda like how Isabella was. His most active time is around 8 pm and he just is moving and shaking in there. 

Gender: It's a BOY!

Best Moment this Week: Getting lots of house projects accomplished sooner than I expected. Jon and I are both definitely nesting! Also celebrating our 13th anniversary! How are we that old!?!?

Worst Moment this Week: Flat tire on our anniversary date night. But if that's the worst thing I'll take it because Jon changed that tire crazy fast and we were home only about 45 min later than we were expecting. 

What I am Looking Forward to: Getting all of our house projects and "to do" list done before this baby comes! We have been quite productive, but I look forward to the slower days ahead. And summer fun with the girls! More swim days, ice cream dates, running around as the sun goes down, and just general summer fun!

Maternity Photo Shoot - 34 Weeks

Third and final maternity shoot. Can I get an amen on that one!? 

Two lessons I learned this time around. 

1.) Not a great idea to not get your hair cut or trimmed for 14 months and then take pictures, and then expect to love them. So there's that!

2.) Set the bar low, like REALLY low when said photo shoot involves a 34 week pregnant woman, a crazy husband, and 2 little kids. Like aim for 1 decent picture out of 264 and call it a day!

All that being said, I am grateful we took the time to do them (and special thanks to my sister and mom for playing photographer and child wrangler for the morning). I don't want my third kid to be the one without pictures, or things the first and maybe second had. But, if you're that mom, NO judgement here. Because I get it. It's just hard the third time around. And exhausting. And so hard to keep up!

On that note, here they go...

And of course we had to get a few of just the girls...

And of course what would a photo shoot be without a few good ole out takes.