Kelly Belly-32 weeks

How Far Along:  32 weeks!  Only 8 more weeks left!!  

Size of Baby: she is the size of a large jicama...I'm not sure I know what that is but I am going to look when I go to the store later!

Maternity Clothes: of course

Weight Gain:  +22 lbs. total.  I think that I have gained another pound this week but I don't go back to the doctor until next week.  

Sleep: same ol' same ol'.  When I am asleep I seem to be sleeping really hard.  I just wake up a lot.  It is getting pretty painful to turn over at night.  I am having a hard time waking up in the mornings...especially this morning because it is storming!

Best Moment of the Week:  I got my hair cut and highlighted!  It has been a really long time and I am so glad I did it.  It takes about 3 1/2 hours to do my hair because I have sooooo much (probably why I don't get it done all the time) but it is totally worth it!  

I can tell my husband is getting really excited for her to be here.  Yesterday afternoon when he got off work and while I was getting my hair done he texted me to tell me that he liked her bedskirt that came in yesterday.  He just randomly goes in her room to check it out...isn't that sweet?  

We finished our 4th childbirth class, only one more left.  I think when we finish it up I will do a whole post on that experience.  

We did a lot of work on my husband's office/man room this weekend and it is really coming along.  There is not much left to do in there and I can't wait to get it finished and show y'all before and after pictures!

I found out in the past two weeks that two of my best friends are pregnant!!!!  One is due in March and the other one is due in April.  When we got pregnant I always told my husband that I wished at least one of my close friends would get pregnant also but I didn't think it would happen.  So this is super exciting news!  Someone in my real life that is going to have a baby close to Blakely's age!!!!

Also, on a random note, my friend A (who just did IVF and got severe OHSS) is pregnant with twins!  She got her drain tube out of her stomach and is feeling tons better....except major morning sickness :(  I am so glad things are working out for her....it was a little scary for a while.  

Movement:  YES!  Baby hiccups are pretty awesome.  She seems to be getting those more and more.  

Symptoms:  I am feeling a little better this week.  I was pretty grumpy last week.  I am still irritable but just not as bad...I think ;)

I am still somewhat nauseated...just like I was at about 8 weeks.  It can be hard sometimes to find something that sounds good to eat.  Thankfully this is not all day...it is either in the morning or at night.  

I do have two brand new symptoms to report this week.  The first one I had never even heard of.  About a week ago I started noticing that the joints in my fingers were really sore when I would wake up in the morning.  I didn't think anything of it...just thought maybe I was clenching my fists in my sleep or something.  After a few days it was progressively getting worse.  I mentioned it to my husband and he seemed a little worried.  Little backstory here.  About 3 years ago I started having joint pain and swelling in my ankles.  It got really bad to the point that he would have to carry me to the shower in the mornings.  Then my knees started hurting also.  I went to the doctor and they checked me for all sorts of things but found nothing.  This lasted about 3 months and then started to get better on its own.  They decided it was some sort of virus and that I shouldn't have any more problems.  I was so glad when it went away because I thought I had lupus or rheumatoid arthritis or something! 

OK back to my story....so when I told Lonnie about the finger joint thing he said he hoped I wasn't starting to get what I had three years ago.  I hadn't even thought of this and it freaked me out!  I told him to google it right then (I was driving!).  He did and APPARENTLY it is a common pregnancy symptom to get around 30ish weeks.  Something about the DHA and calcium.  Isn't that weird?  I have started getting a little more calcium just to make sure baby girl is getting enough and not stealing all of mine but my fingers still hurt.  They do get a little better during the day.  WEIRD RIGHT???

The other new symptom this week is I had a random nosebleed.  We were sitting here eating dinner and I felt something splash on my lip and hello! it was blood!  Not super cool but the worst part was it seemed like most of it was going down the back of my throat and not out of my nose....which tastes disgusting and makes you want to puke.  Really hope I don't get anymore of those.....

What I Miss:  nothing this week!

Food Cravings/Aversions: just still pretty nauseous and want to eat fruit....breakfast, lunch, and dinner....

Gender: a sweet little girl :)

What I'm Looking Forward to:  my first shower is this weekend and I am so excited! 

Weekly Wisdom: fresh out of wisdom this week...

Milestones:   32 weeks!  I feel like the countdown is on.  My husband told me that I need to go ahead and pack our hospital bag...isn't that crazy!  I can't believe we are getting that close.  

And my belly pic!