AHMAGAD! Normally I would wait until Friday to keep up my every other week belly posts, but I can no longer contain all the info in my brain.
Let us begin with a riddle and a game.
Riddle: What do my pregnant body and a mullet have in common?
Answer:
HOLLA!
Game: Bump vs. Bum
One’s the baby bump, and one’s the bum… but which is which? Give me your best guess in the comments section! I dare you!
Ok, so now that we’ve got all that fun out of the way, here is my update:
Medical stuffs: Holy giant baby Batman! You may recall that at my last appointment I was told we’d be monitoring growth and perhaps another ultrasound would be in order if growth continued at a crazy rate. Well, Baby H has gone from measuring 3 weeks ahead of schedule to 5 weeks ahead! I’m 30 weeks, 4 days today, so this basically means that my little 30 week munchkin is measuring the same size as a large 33wk baby, average 35 week baby, or small 37 week baby (and oh, btw, 37 weeks is FULL TERM, people). Can you say heart attack? I’m actually not freaking out that much because I’m 99.9% sure my due date is still Nov 9th and he’s just a big boy… how do I know? Well, there is the fact that I just know… and also the fact that he’s already so FAT!
He has little dimples in his knuckles already and was moving around like a wiggly worm (ok, so maybe he’s more Jabba than worm-like, but whatever). He’s my munchkin and I love him!
29 weeks 2 days
Yes, I was a little afraid going in because truth be told 3D ultrasounds creep me out a bit, but I was really glad we did it. First of all, it confirmed that our little man is indeed 100% a little man. I’ve heard too many stories lately about mixups at the anatomy scan and I was worried! Nothing wrong with baby girls, but when you’ve had it in your head for weeks that it’s a boy, you want it to be a boy when all is said and done! Second, seeing his little baby face and those big squishable cheeks was incredible. I know that I could have waited and maybe we’re too impatient these days, but I don’t care! I saw my bébé and it made me happy.
In other medical news, I’m happy to announce that I do not have gestational diabetes! WOOHOO! I can continue to gorge myself with sugar. Seriously, I’m eating it straight out of the bag now. Ok, I made that up, but I think I would if I were desperate.
PFT. I so would!
Cravings: Cinnaminaminamon! And J bought Cinnamon Toast Crunch and Cinnamon Eggo Waffles for me… Mmmmmmm.
Symptoms:
1. Good to know that after my massive scary weight gain over the last month that I only gained 1lb in the last 2 weeks.
2. Holy swelling. My feet look like they belong to the Michelin Man. If I press on them the dent stays. This is so far beyond cankles. I can’t even talk about it anymore because it’s too scary.
3. Braxton Hicks. I have been feeling these practice contractions for a couple of months now, but today they actually hurt! Also, the shapes my belly take when I’m having one are just bizarre.
These were all taken during BH contractions today
4. The hormonal saga continues, except now they are not urging me to commit murder. Instead they just cause me to cry. All the time. My mom dressed a doll in one of Baby H’s outfits and I sobbed my head off. I don’t even like dolls! And now saying that I don’t like things that look like babies makes me want to cry. So I should go now. While I can still see well enough to hit “publish”.
You would cry too if it happened to you! Do-do-do-do-do!
Great post Shannon! I would be at cinnabon every day if i didnt have GD! Lucky you!!
Merci! If I still lived in Toronto I’d be in trouble because there is a Cinnabon in Eglinton station, right near my old apartment…
Wow, big baby! I swear he’ll be born walking and talking! I always find it funny how full term singletons are so much bigger than my twins were when they were born. They were 5.5lb and 5.95lb not bad if you consider I was carrying 11.5lb of babies in total. Your LB is probably about the same size as what my boys were each when they were born.
And I can’t for the life of me figure which is which so going for a wild guess top bum, bottom belly.
Tell me about it… he’s pretty heavy already!
Yes, I think there is a good reason twins are smaller. Can you imagine if you were carrying 2 9lb babies!? Yeesh!
18lb of babies!!! *faint* hell no!
Pseudo-baby!!!!
first pic=bum!
People will think you’re calling my baby a pseudo-baby. I ensure you, he is real :p And yes, Pseudo-baby is tucked away at my mom’s where he can’t make me cry.
Business is the back! Haha thank you for that. Also, im craving cinnamon toast crunch like crazy right now too! Oh my god, it’s heaven in a bowl.
I also really want Cookie Crisp, but apparently it’s hard to find in Canada. Boourns.
I can be your American hookup, you know…
The butt is for ballast. Without it we would fall over. Tru fax. At least that’s what I told myself for both of my pregnancies…
Well no wonder I’m so fertile then… I was built to birth babies with this ballast bum. I have it, pregnant or no! haha
GAH! I LOVE this post! I can’t WAIT until we have our babies!
But now you’ve freaked me out…what if Bob Marley isn’t a Bob? OH NOES!!!
Why thanks!
He is most likely a Bob! I think most mistakes happen the other way around, but I can’t lie and say it never happens…
My big freak out right now is that this ultrasound will reveal that he’s already a giant and I will have to choose between induction or risking going full-term and having a C-section. Ugh! I mean, and October baby wouldn’t be the worst thing, but pitocin? Yuck.
Oh I second the giant yuck for pitocin! I’m keeping my fingers crossed for you!
I had the good luck of winning the gestional diabetes hand- my prize? a pregnancy that concluded with a weight gain of a whopping 16.4 lbs the upside? all the blueberries with superdisgustingandultraucky plain yogurt all I was able to eat-and believe me- there wasn’t a lot of that I either could nor WOULD eat. so not fun when all I wanted a entire cherry cheeesecake from junior’s-not a facsimilie but the real deal itself- it was junior’s or NOTHIN’!
Now here I am nearly 14 years later with a gorgeous girl who is the MOST precious being I’ve ever encountered and I’m happy to report I went and stayed down to my pre-preggo weight. So yep PARTY ALL THE TIME not just in the back but everywhere. ah the joys of mothering a teenage girl (ha). luckily mine aint the nightmare I hear other mom’s complain about. so shannon…. there you got it…in a huge nutshell. enjoy the rest of this time – your son is adorable.
Ughhh… Cheesecake = heaven, but for me it can only be from the Cheesecake Factory. Sadly, we don’t have those in Canada… but I did find an authorized retailer only 40 minutes from here! (Haha… only 40 minutes? Close enough when you’re craving like a mad woman.)
And thanks, I agree, he is a schmunchkin (translation: smushable munchkin).
got one word for you girl…
http://www.thecheesecakefactory.com
I’d debate the factory vs junior’s with you but you have the unfair advantage of being hormonal. ha. okay so enjoy… dig in.