33 weeks

How many weeks? 33

From thebump.com
What changes are occurring with your body? You are one hot mama -- literally. A 20 percent metabolic rate increase throughout pregnancy can leave you begging for a cool breeze no matter what the weather is like. Distract yourself with an exercise in blind identification. Try to distinguish between baby's feet, fists, knees, and elbows -- all doing some major pushing and nudging inside of you.

What is happening with your baby? Things are heating up inside as well: Baby may grow up to a full inch this week alone, and his brain is developing like crazy. Pretty soon, he'll be able to coordinate breathing with sucking and swallowing. Also, his bones are hardening, and he's started to keep his eyes open when he's awake.

Baby's now the size of a honeydew!


Doctor Appts? No doctors appts until 2 weeks but we’ve had a few classes. We started Childbirth class on the 13th and we have our second class tonight. We also had our breastfeeding class on Saturday which I’m glad we took cause it helped ease my anxiety about breastfeeding.

Weight Gain? 21 lbs

Stretch Marks? None

Belly Button In or Out? It’s sticking out just a little bit now but for the most part still in.

Maternity Clothes? Combination of both and now that the weather if finally warm I plan on wearing lots of dresses.

Sleep? NOT GOOD :( I’ve had some really bad heartburn/acid reflux/ indigestion and what I’m noticing is that it happens when baby girl seems to be shifting. I had it last month for 2 days and then it went away when she settled into place. I’ve got it again and it’s been so bad that I can’t lay down at all, not even at an angle. I have to sleep completely sitting up which means I don’t really get a good nights’ sleep :( I also had a bad cold/sinus headache this past weekend which didn’t help with sleeping. I’m feeling better today but still have a slight headache. The knee/hip pain continue only at night as well. Now I see why being in the 3rd trimester can be no fun. 7 more weeks to go :)

My favorite snack? At this point anything that doesn’t make me feel so full and icky from the heartburn.

What I miss? SLEEP

Baby Preparations? We are getting pretty close to having the room done. The crib arrived and hubby put it together, we ordered the mattress which arrived pretty quickly. I just need to get all the bedding in there. Hubby also set up the chair/ottoman that we got as a present and which I love. We went and bought a nice rug yesterday and I need to go to Bed, Bath & Beyond and buy the curtains and rods. Last week we installed the car seat into my car and I took it to CHP to have it inspected and of course we had done it wrong….LOL! I’m glad I took it in and now I know how to do it right so we can do Rocky’s car and I also learned a few tips from the officer that we wouldn’t have known from just reading the manual. We had our baby shower last weekend and although it’s in an organized pile it’s still just in a pile all sitting on the bedroom floor so we really need to start figuring out what will go where and get it all organized. I’m still waiting for a shelf to arrive that will need to go up on the wall which will have more storage. We lack in storage space in our home so we’ve had to get creative in getting furniture that will look nice but will also provide storage area.