baby bump – Schatzi

40+ weeks pregnant

Past my due date and now I am sitting, waiting, wishing…

How far along: 40+ weeks
How much do I weigh: around 61,8 kg (+12 kg)

Baby size: Who knows… big enough to enter this world for sure
Belly size: The circumference (2cm under the belly button) is 103 cm and from top to bottom it’s 46 cm

Belly button in or out: even/out
Sleep: Pretty good
Food (non) cravings: the usual
Symptoms: contractions every day since Monday April 9th, sometimes more, sometimes less, mainly in the evening, hoping they come more regularly and stay 🙂 I had contractions in my last CTG on Friday but none two days before that.

Cervix is open a bit, one finger fits through
Cervix is very very soft, the gyn said I shouldn’t wait too long to get to the hospital as it will probably open quite quickly
I have contractions
my neck of the uterus is pretty much non existent anymore
Baby’s head is tight in my pelvis

My body is ready – when will the baby be?
Maternity clothes: Well, they are getting quite tight. I wear my leggings or shorts and wide tops
Stretch marks: None yet
Linea negra: above the belly
Miss anything: No, I’m feeling good and I really want to meet our little kiddo!
Looking forward to: Holding my second child
Best happenings this week: Seeing progress at the last GYN appointment.
Movement: Luckily still daily
Gender: I would say we’ll prolly know in a week or so? How exciting
Happy or moody most of the time: Happy
Sports: Nope

The weather for this coming week looks quite good so baby#2 might be born on a sunny day.

39 weeks pregnant

How far along: 39+ weeks
How much do I weigh: 61,2 kg (+ 11,5 kg)
Baby size: Around 3,4 kg maybe?
Belly size: The circumference (2cm under the belly button) is 104 cm and from top to bottom it’s 45 cm

Belly button in or out: out
Sleep: pretty good. Getting up once or twice to pee
Food (non) cravings: sweets but that’s a normal craving
Symptoms: pain when the baby is moving, heartburn at times, nausea at times, pain when I get up, I walk like I have a sunburn between my legs 🙁 Once I stand or walk for a while it all settles
Maternity clothes: It’s warm outside since this week so I wear leggings or even shorts (non-maternity shorts).
Stretch marks: None yet
Linea negra: above the belly button… getting longer
Miss anything: Contractions?
Looking forward to: BIRTH, although I feel quite good now…
Best happenings this week: Toddler’s third birthday & easter in one day, sunny weather
Movement: yup
Gender: Boy? Girl? Boy?
Happy or moody most of the time: happy
Sports: Did it twice a week but as of April 1st I pause for three months

32 weeks pregnant

How far along: 32 weeks
How much do I weigh: 57,8 kg (+8 kg), seems like I’m not gaining or just very slow at the moment.
Baby size: around 1,8 kg, the baby is gaining for sure though 🙂
Belly size: The circumference (2cm under the belly button) is 100 cm and from top to bottom it’s 41 cm
Belly button in or out: even/out
Sleep: Not good, I’m awake for 2-3 hours a night 🙁 luckily not every night
Food (non) cravings: chips in the evening on the couch
Symptoms: Tired, Braxton Hicks (ouch)
Maternity clothes: always and everything
Stretch marks: none yet, I hope
Linea negra: none yet
Miss anything: sweets!!
Looking forward to: enjoying my maternity leave
Best happenings this week: Bought a new dining table for the kitchen, a cute little one and some new chairs on which I got a great deal. Seeing we were home alone Q and I spent the whole weekend eating our meals on our new dining table and we enjoyed it lots
Movement: heavy kicking with his butt against the right side of my belly
Gender: Now I’m not sure if boy or girl but still think that two same gender kids are what we’ll have, kinda
Happy or moody most of the time: Happy
Sports: chest, back, biceps, triceps, gluteus maximus, legs

30 weeks pregnant

How far along: 30 weeks
How much do I weigh: 57,0 kg (+ 7,3kg)
Baby size: about 1,5kg maybe?
Belly size: The circumference (2cm under the belly button) is 97 cm and from top to bottom it’s 39 cm

Belly button in or out: both
Sleep: as always, quite good actually, I get up once to pee
Food (non) cravings: no cravings for special food
Symptoms: out of breath faster, sometimes my belly hurts, a lot of Braxton Hicks contractions, gas, lazy, baby’s movement hurts at times
Maternity clothes: pants, tops, panties
Stretch marks: none yet
Linea negra: not yet
Miss anything: I miss being in the mood to be more active. I love sitting on the couch too much
Looking forward to: The next appointment on Feb 08th 2018
Best happenings this week: Q’s cold turned out to be a one/two day thing. He looked bad one day but the next day all was good again
Movement: A lot when I lay down with Q at noon and night or drive home from work at 17:00. Baby’s back is mostly on the right side of my uterus.
Gender: well, we are slowly talking about names for boys and girls. Finally – only about ten more weeks!
Happy or moody most of the time: I’d say happy
Sports: At least once a week at the gym and one time a big walk. Or then twice a week at the gym.

28 weeks pregnant

Welcome third trimester!

How far along: 28 weeks
How much do I weigh: 56,7 kg (+ 7kg)
Baby size: 1,2 kg
Belly size: The circumference (2cm under the belly button) is 97 cm and from top to bottom it’s 36 cm

Belly button in or out: even
Sleep: quite good. I haven’t had a full night of sleep since 3 years so, that’s how it is now too.
Food (non) cravings: nothing really
Symptoms: Feels like baby’s butt or head is always pushing its way down, pimples on my back, lower back pain (not so often)
Maternity clothes: always, everything. Panties, pants, bra, tops. Just my socks and boots are non-maternity 🙂
Stretch marks: none, I think?
Linea negra: not yet
Miss anything: I miss not worrying about what I eat when. I’m lucky that I don’t have gestational diabetes yet the doctor said I should stop eating white flour completely.
Looking forward to: every free minute
Best happenings this week: Big ultrasound yesterday and I finally got a photo again. Baby is laying with its head down, everything is fine. It moved a lot and had a hiccups

Baby#2 - 28 weeks — Baby#2 – 28 weeks
Left: Uterus
Right: umbilical cord
Bottom: fingers

Movement: lots, I feel everything
Gender: hmm… yesterday in the ultrasound it really showed its gender so good and I hoped that the doctor would say “well look at this boy/girl”… but no. I was so close to saying we DO want to know the gender now but I didn’t. Still going to be a surprise.
Happy or moody most of the time: Depends on if I’m hungry, sleepy, if my son does what I ask him to do, if my bubby does what I ask him to do… depends on all those things
Sports: In the gym twice a week, treadmill for 30 minutes and lifting weights (chest, back & legs)

26 weeks pregnant

How far along: 26 weeks 2 days
How much do I weigh: 56,4 kg (+6,7 kg)
Baby size: Length: about 14 inches; weight: almost 2 pounds.
Belly size: The circumference (2cm under the belly button) is 97 cm and from top to bottom it’s 36 cm (have to measure tomorrow morning)

Belly button in or out: in and out
Sleep: so so
Food (non) cravings: pickles
Symptoms: Can’t breathe so good, it feels like the head or popo of the baby are pushing its way down, heartburn
Maternity clothes: Day and night
Stretch marks: none
Miss anything: sweets
Looking forward to: always looking forward to the next gyn appointment. Right now I’m looking forward on going to the diabetology in a week to find out if I have gestational diabetes or not.
Best happenings this week: New Years and spending time with Oma and Opa, spending time with my boy every day
Movement: lots lots lots
Gender: I still think it’s a boy. My bubby has a brother. My bubby’s brother has two boys. My sister has two boys. My friends all have two kids of the same sex (only one has one of each), so… this is why I think we’re having another boy.
Two colleagues think it’s a girl, mainly because of my “flat” belly (how is this even possible?) and because my blood results during pregnancy were good.
My dad swung – a girl.
My bubby thinks it’s going to be a girl.
My sister dreamt it’s a girl.
My other sister thinks it’s a boy.
My mom thinks it’s a boy.
Happy or moody most of the time: Happy
Sports: None atm due to the Christmas vacation and not being home