DISCLAIMER: this post was written yesterday, before my 39 week appointment (aka there's more to tell... stay tuned). oh, and no worries, he hasn't joined us just yet. :)
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how far along?
39 weeks.
how big is the baby?
well, every baby site is telling me that Ronin is the size of a watermelon (in other words, over 7lbs and about 20 inches long)... and damnit, I believe them. he's still growing and accumulating fat and he is still experiencing rapid brain development.
total weight gain:
no gain in the last week, so still sitting at 27lbs.
sleep:
terrible. absolutely fucking terrible. between the itchy belly and the contractions, I'm lucky if I'm asleep by midnight, and then I wake up to reapply ointment (and pee) a few times. thankfully I have the ability to sleep until 1pm if I want to.
best moment of the week:
finding out that we've made some progress! at my appointment on Friday, my doctor said that I had softened a bit and that I was about a fingertip dilated. it's not much, but it's more than the previous week. I also got all of our newborn cloth diapers prepped, woohoo!
food cravings:
carbs, carbs, carbs. yesterday I ate leftover mac & cheese and mashed potatoes for lunch.
food aversions:
nothing really.
symptoms:
the most notable (and recent) ones are the itchy belly (stretch mark related) and contractions. the contractions are getting steadily stronger, but they're still pretty irregular and not timeable.
BOY! :D
most looking forward to:
our OB appointment tomorrow morning. fingers crossed for more progress... Mama would like to avoid an induction if at all possible!
what I miss right now:
not wanting to rip my skin off. I'd rather have morning sickness again than the itch of these stretch marks.
next appointment:
tomorrow morning!
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