Since my 31 week pictures were taken a couple of days ago, there is probably not much change.
Here's the belly:
Zeus has moved way up and now has his head over my rib cage. This picture sort of shows what I mean. (I can not explain why I'm sitting in a sports bra on a random Wednesday evening. This is why it is important to tell us ahead of time if you plan to stop by!) That giant bump where my belly meets my chest is Zeus's head. It feels like this giant hard ball. I very accurately drew out how I imagine him using paint. If you are wondering why he looks so weird, I gave him boxing gloves and shorts.
How far along? 32 weeks !!!
Baby's size? 2 squashes! (They are each about 16.7 inches and about 3.75
lbs on average)
Belly Button Status: It is as out as it will ever be. Apparently I have almost no belly button,
it mostly just looks swollen and puffy.
At least it doesn’t show through my shirt I guess!
What I’m Wearing: I
bought some super cool men’s long sleeve t-shirts in way bigger sizes than I’d
normally wear. I won’t look very good,
but at least they will cover the bottom of my belly when I‘m wearing them.
Cody can wear them when I’m done if he wants, but I doubt he will. One is a Nebraska Cornhuskers shirt and one
is a Wisconsin Badgers shirt. I’m pretty
sure he will not support another team on purpose.
Symptoms: The back
pain is getting worse and it occasionally feels like the bottom of my belly is
going to rip open and spill out all my insides…. But otherwise I’ve been pretty
good. I do have some funny looking
swelling in my feet. My toes look like
little Vienna sausages.
Baby Movement: They
are back in an extreme movement stage.
There is no room for kicking or punching, so it feels like I have two
snakes swimming around under my skin. It
is really creepy and exhausting. They
both like to push their entire bodies out on opposite sides of my stomach at
the same time. That definitely
hurts. I know there are a lot of
movements I can’t feel because we watched them move a lot at the appointment
yesterday and I didn’t feel anything.
They also have started up their night time dance parties again. Silly boys!
Cody was feeling my belly a couple of days ago and one of
the boys was pushing back against his hand when Cody would poke him. So Cody would poke the baby and then the baby
would poke Cody back. That was a lot of
fun. The babies are also starting to get
the hiccups, I think. It is some sort of
rhythmic thumping that lasts for a while at least. Cody got to feel that a few days ago.
How I'm Sleeping: If
I manage to not have to get up to go to the restroom, if the baby that is on
the bottom is not pushing out causing pain while I lay on my side, if I get all
of the pillows set up just right, and if the temperature stays really cool….. I
sleep okay.
Cody has started waging war on the body pillow that I try to
sleep with. Our bed is too small for
the pillow, Cody, and me every night, but I’ll try to sneak it in when my back
and hips really hurt. Cody seems to take
offense that the pillow gets to sleep between us. He whines, but in the middle of the night I
sometimes have to kick his legs off of it because he is using it.
Things I miss: I miss
walking at a normal speed and a normal posture.
I definitely have the pregnant belly push out posture and I have to walk
super slowly. I’m sorry general public….
I’m doing the best I can!
Best moment this week:
We had a nice Thanksgiving. Amy
and Andre invited us to join them and their family. Amy is a super good hostess and so we had a
much more grown up Thanksgiving than I would have put on for us if we had
stayed home. Andre’s family was in town,
so we got to meet them. Cody spilled a glass of homemade wine on Amy's grandma's real silver serving tray.... the usual Thanksgiving stuff.
Upcoming Appointments:
I will be up there every Tuesday and Friday (at least) until
delivery. Friday is another appointment
like the one I just went to. Next
Tuesday is another one of those appointments plus a growth scan to make sure
they are still growing okay and that their growth discordance is still
acceptable. I might have another
appointment with a doctor then as well.
What I'm Looking
Forward To: We made it to 32 weeks! Now I’m looking forward to making it to 35
weeks as the next milestone week.
I’m now buying things from our registry that we still
need. It is always fun to get those
packages in the mail. We have pretty
much everything I can think of that we will need immediately. I’d still like to buy some swaddle blankets
(the kind that you just Velcro, not the kind that you have to wrap yourself)
and finish up the newborn cloth diaper supplies.
I decided that it would be a good idea to get some
embroidered hats with the name of each baby to make it easier for us and family
to tell them apart quickly and/or from a distance. I definitely cheaped out after seeing how
much it would cost to have someone make them for us. Sorry boys, your mommy doesn’t like to spend
that much money on infant caps. I’ve
been exploring other options now. It is
probably going to be hilarious and end up costing more than just getting the
hats made… but whatever. Cody and I get
a kick out of me and my crazy ideas. I
did suggest just using a Sharpie to write the names on the hats…. Maybe duct
tape? “Hi, my name is” stickers? Those iron on transfers for making weird
t-shirts using your regular ink jet printer?
I’m really excited to work this out.
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