36 weeks! This little man should be around 20 inches and almost 6lbs. I took care of many 35/36 week babies when I worked postpartum who went home healthy the next day, so it's getting real! Connor stay put until after the beach! Derek's been daddy nesting big time, mainly with outdoor work, but he's got me into now and we spent all week deep cleaning the house. Nothing better than coming home from vacation to a sparkly clean house!
I'm actually feeling better this week. My back seems better which is so great. Still not sleeping good, up for hours at a time at night. Too much thinking I guess, and driving Derek crazy with all of my pillows ;) Connor isn't moving too much at night anymore, or even during the day. He has a few dance parties a day and my stomach jumps everywhere which is fun to watch. He's in Colin's old position now and I mostly just feel a foot in my right ribs when I sit down :) I'm starting to get puffy everywhere with this heat, which I had the whole summer with Colin. At least my shoes still fit this time! Overall, still able to haul Colin on my hip and able to take him on un play dates which is great and I have a few clothes that still fit! haha
Colin likes to lift up my shirt and say 'beep' as he pokes my belly button :) We talk a lot about 'baby' and 'Connor' but nothing is registering of course. He'll be a good brother, may just take a few months :)
I went to the OB Thursday and had a good visit. Measuring right on schedule! The 'checks' have started and thankfully I'm not dilated yet! Had to do more blood work, so I'm thankful my mom came with me since I'm a weenie. We had a nice lunch downtown afterwards too before she headed back home. Fun story- since we changed insurance when Derek changed jobs 2 weeks ago, my insurance required me to get a referral from a Primary Care doctor to see my OB. While it is very obvious that I'm pregnant and need medical care for that issue...I had to go to AFC and get proof. They made me do a pee test, ha. Lets just hope the insurance will be happy now. If not, they will say I can't see this OB and we'll be moving to a doc at UAB for the last few weeks. Always something exciting...just gotta laugh!
Looks like he's still in there ;)
Having 1 kid can be tough some days. I'm not dumb, I know adding a 2nd will be wild and exhausting some days. But thank goodness in the last 2 weeks I've been encouraged by 2 sweet strangers. It's tiring and stressful to only hear 'oh you just wait until Connor comes, your world will be flipped upside down' or 'you'll have your hands full', etc. I absolutely will :) those things are true and I know Colin and I will have a tough transition. Most women do have 2+ kids, so it's obviously done all the time. It's been nice to hear positive sibling stories. Even if it doesn't work out perfectly peachy the first few months, my attitude towards adding #2 has become much more positive thanks to those fellow mommas :) Strangers are usually the ones telling you horror stories. We need to lift other mamas up more often, it helps so much! I can't wait to see our boys together!! Right now, I have 4 weeks to focus just on sweet Colin and I'm so excited that when this post is up, we'll be arriving at the beach for a week. Derek and I are excited to get to have a fun family trip and just enjoy our little man all week!
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