Yep, that's this week's View from the Glider Chair. It's Christmas Eve, and all the gifts are wrapped and ready for...er, UNwrapping. But I've got my favorite/best gift already this year - I've made it to 32 weeks! I'm SO grateful that Baby Sylvia is still happily in utero and that NEXT Christmas will be her first one with us (outside the womb). In celebration...a long-overdue crappy self-pic (woo hoo):
I look overjoyed, huh? What can I say? Seven weeks on bedrest, and I'm feeling a little...blech.
Oh, some good news, though: I did the dreaded three-hour glucose tolerance test a few days ago (for the record, it sucked...100 grams of glucose on an empty stomach, with blood draws every hour for three hours, makes for some nasty nausea/dizziness/grossness) - and passed this time. So, no gestational diabetes. Whew!
Baby is the size of a: Squash (15-16 inches long and almost 4 pounds).
Development: She's working hard at getting fatter every day - should be gaining about a half pound every week at this point!
Weight gain: Another growth spurt - four pounds in the last two weeks! Yikes...it made the doctor happy, though. That means a total gain of 15 pounds so far. To be honest, it's kind of hard for me to see the numbers on the scale going up, but I know it's good for Baby, so I'm trying to go with it and not already be in "How long will it take me to lose this post-baby?" mode.
Maternity clothes: Same as usual - a mix, though a lot of my shirts aren't fitting anymore. Belly's getting biiiiig. (I don't think the picture above does it justice.)
Sleep: Still rotten. Boo.
Aversions/Cravings: The last couple of weeks, I've been hungry alllll the stinking time and am eating probably double what I should. Oy.
Symptoms: Pelvic pressure - I won't know for sure until my ultrasound in a couple of weeks, but I think she's finally flipped head-down. She's also pressing upward, against my ribs and lungs, and the result is a pretty out-of-breath mama.
By the way, two symptoms that I'm grateful to be lacking: no stretch marks as of yet (knock on wood), and my belly button, though suspiciously shallow these days, remains an "innie." Woo hoo.
I feel: Still pretty "meh" most of the time. But, I admit, getting to spend time with my mother in law, sister in law, and stepson (and Alex, of course) this afternoon really made it better. Seeing my mom and brother this evening with make it even more better (mo' better). And lying here right now with dimmed lighting, Christmas tree lit, and the smell of spices and Crockpot cocktail sausages simmering...it's pretty nice...Christmas-y.
Looking forward to: Christmas Eve tonight with Mom and Adam tonight, and a quiet Christmas Day tomorrow with Alex.
Papi moment: I mentioned that Alex bought Sylvia a Christmas gift, right? Well, here's a picture:
Love it. Love her. Love him.
Merry Christmas, everyone!
Wonderful news to be at 32 weeks. Best Christmas present ever!!! Have a blessed Christmas with your family and rest up! You'll need it:)
ReplyDeleteOh Amber, I am elated that you've made it this far and continue to pray for more weeks, more weeks, more weeks!!! Merry Christmas to you and Alex and Sylvia and like Briana says, rest up! You'll wish you were on bed rest when Sylvia gets here! Love to all.
ReplyDeleteLoved reading your post - so, so thankful to hear of the baby's growth and safety (yours too). ;-) And love the name, so sweet!
ReplyDeleteI was brought back in time to my own pregnancies - pelvic pressure/pain, vanishing belly button, etc. But I DO have a ridiculous amount of stretch marks to prove it, ha!
PS - you look fabulous! :-)
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