Breathe. Three weeks till full term. Breathe.
June Bug weighs around 5 lbs (!!!) and is almost 20 inches long from head to toe. He/she is tumbling around in my belly (to mine and Brad’s great delight) and is packing on the pounds. Apparently the hair that covered his/her body is decreasing and the vernix (think cottage cheese) is increasing in anticipation of delivery. To see how big June Bug is, click HERE. Read the rest of this entry »
Yep - 33 weeks. That means one month until I’m considered full term, and only 7 weeks until June Bug’s due date. By this week, June Bug weighs around 4.5 lbs (2 kg) and is around 19 inches long. His/her main job is to put on fat and mature those lungs! Read the rest of this entry »
And it gets closer and closer!
June Bug weighs around 4 lbs and is about 19 inches long from head to toe. Apparently, he/she may already have a full head of hair - although with genes from Brad and I to deal with, the likelihood is that the poor thing will never have hair! I’m pretty sure that June Bug’s head down now (from the location of the hiccups I’m feeling now!!) and I’m loving feeling little body parts poking out at me! Read the rest of this entry »
31 weeks + 3 days already. It’s flying by, people!! Things here are very good - I’m settling into my new routine of not having to go to school and have clinical for 24+ hours a week, and am enjoying the ability to sit down and rest. Read the rest of this entry »
Although it could really be anywhere from 8 weeks from now until 12 weeks from now.
June Bug currently weighs 3 lbs (like a cantaloupe!) and is about 17 inches from head to toe. He/she is getting very squished! June Bug is practicing breathing by breathing amniotic fluid in and out. Little toe nails are growing on some very tiny and very cute toes, and the bone marrow has taken over red blood cell production from the liver. I can’t believe how complex our baby is - God truly is amazing to have created the little one growing in my womb. We’re so blessed! Read the rest of this entry »
Wow - I’m in the home stretch - my third trimester! I can hardly believe just how quickly my pregnancy has flown. I’m sure it’s got something to do with my ridiculous work/school schedule, and it’s really been quite nice for this last two semesters to fly be so quickly. But yeah. Third trimester! It feels like just yesterday we saw that second line and spent our anniversary celebration in awe and shock and hushed whispers about the life I was carrying. Read the rest of this entry »
June Bug is going to start opening his/her eyes this week! Up until now, they’ve been fused shut, but he/she is ready to see the world ~ or at least the inside of my uterus! June Bug weighs just over 2 lbs (about 1 kg) and is about 15 inches long. I’m feeling June Bug move CONSTANTLY now ~ although he/she is still shy when other people want to feel! I’ve gotten to feel some really good pokes from little feet and I think I felt some baby bum the other day =)
Well, I know it’s a couple days late, but better late than never!
I was 26 weeks on Friday. June Bug is now 13 inches from head to toe and weighs very close to 2 lbs. He/she can (apparently) move in beat to music - although we haven’t tried this yet - and will soon open his/her eyes and respond to light! I can’t believe how big our baby’s getting!!
Well, I haven’t updated in a long, long time because I have been super busy. This past week looked like this for me:
Yeah. That’s how fun it was. This week I have three 12 hour clinical shifts, the next week I have NONE, the week after I have one and the week of April 1 I have two. And then I’m FINISHED! Read the rest of this entry »
Here’s a full profile pic of me from tonight! I *heart* my belly!
Today, I actually had the day off clinical and we went to Brad’s cousin’s for a debriefing of his other cousins’ missions trip to Haiti.
Or so I thought.
We arrived, and shortly thereafter, balloons were brought out and placed behind myself and his cousin’s wife.
Guess what the balloons were for? That’s right - surprise Baby Shower!
It was a lot of fun - and quite surprising, as neither of us had ANY clue! We played a game where there was a list of animals and space beside them all to write down the name of the baby type - ie. Goose - gosling. Brad’s mom won by a LONG shot - she got 24/33. To put that in perspective, I got 14, and Brad’s grandpa got 7! Brad’s mom also brought recipe cards and paper for people to write advice on to put in our baby albums - I’m looking forward to reading what other people have to say!
It was a cash shower, so I’m not going to specify what I got (how tacky would that be??) but it was enough that we shouldn’t be NEEDING much more after we’ve spent it. We have been so, so blessed to have so much given to us - or soon to be bought for us - and I really feel quite prepared, even though we don’t have tonnes of stuff.
(I’ll be eating my words soon when I realize how much the little stuff adds up to!)
Hello in there, little one!
