29 Weeks

THIS WEEK
I am 29 weeks pregnant, holy bananas, I can't believe I am almost thirty weeks pregnant. If my ob delivers us at 37 weeks, as he mentioned at our last appointment, we have 8 weeks until we meet our baby girl! TWO MONTHS! Ah, I can't believe it. Had a scare during the week, late in the evening I suddenly had a very strong pain shoot down my side. I tried to sleep through it and hoped it would go away but by 3am I was wide awake in pain and terrified something was wrong. I decided that I would go to the hospital, this was the first time I would have to go without Dyl and that made me very nervous (and highly emotional). They let me have my phone on so I could let him know what was going on, which helped and once I was hooked up to the nst I was much calmer. After about 3 hours later and a good looking nst (they are always so impressed with how good of an nst we get from our strong little girl) I was discharged, just pain of some sort. But the ob told me to rest, if I was working to stop and no lifting - she also reassured me that I did the right thing coming in and told me not to hesitate to come back if I am worried about anything. So stressful, but so grateful that our baby girl is still safe and growing strong.

BABY UPDATE
Baby girl is the size of a pineapple for these next few weeks, over the next few weeks she will weigh approximately 2lbs 5ounces to 3lbs 7ounces and measure between 15 inches to 16.5 inches from the top of her beautiful head to her little toes.

Baby girl's brain is now responsible for regulating her temperature and controlling her breathing! All internal organs are fully formed and preparing to function at birth. Her irises are able to respond to light by dilating and contracting, she is now able to react to changes in lights, sound and even the tastes she is experiencing through mommy (especially sweets).

MOMMA UPDATE
Feeling okay, excited to meet our baby girl it feels like there is such a small amount of time left but I'm also scared to get through these next weeks - we made it this far, please Lord let me carry her safely for the next two (ish) months. My belly button has popped, when I'm standing or laughing haha, when I'm sitting it is flat and I think it is so funny! Started craving fruit, mandarin oranges especially, and peanut butter granola bars ontop of my ongoing craving for cereal with cold milk. Still lots of aches and pains, what sent me to the hospital aside, my whole body is feeling the last trimester and all those aches that come with it - but she's worth it. I previously mentioned having a runny/stuffy nose during the second trimester, that seems to have shifted to just a stuffy nose now.

Belly is measuring 44 inches.

DADDY MOMENTS
Just seeing how much he loves us, it is amazing and we are so lucky.

FAVORITE PART OF THE WEEK
Hearing the medical staff at L&D praise our strong little girl for her good nst (non-stress test) they are always so impressed and we are so proud of how strong our miracle is.

LOOKING FORWARD TO
Our next ultrasound, I can't wait to see how big she's gotten!

xo, Anne.