Symptoms: Leg Cramps. Oh and the leg cramps. This is how it all goes down around 3 o'clock in the morning. I am a stretcher, always have been. Love me a good stretch. Apparently I love a good stretch in the middle of the night. So when I stretch my legs I point my toes down and get this horrible cramp in my calf and it wakes me up, so I hurriedly flip my foot back before I have a full blown leg cramp. Not all the time do I make it in time. This past week Ryan and I had to rub a cramp out in the middle of the night twice. I now have eaten my weight in bananas trying to avoid this nightly ritual. And drinking water. A lot of water.
Maternity Clothes: Oh my yes. Straight up maternity clothes. I always said I wouldn't like the full panel pants because it was a lot on my belly and I was right. However, it is very difficult to find pants/bottoms without a full belly panel. At the end of the day I find myself dying to peel off layer after layer like a banana to get to my bare belly and let it breathe for a little bit.
Sleep: This week has not been a good week for sleeping. I've been having some tummy trouble this week as well as some gas build up which I think is what is leading to the sleepless nights. Well this and the leg cramps. I'm not to the frequent bathroom visits stage of pregnancy yet so I have that to be thankful for. As long as I don't drink anything right before bed I can usually make it to the bathroom in the morning. Here's a funny for you though. In talking to my best friend this week who's a pro in the baby department she gave me some sage advice. You know that feeling you get after you're finally able to go to the potty after holding it for so long...yea, its going to be a while before you have that feeling again. Are you kidding?!?! What's funny though, is I knew exactly what she was talking about and have been missing that feeling. I chalk it up to the fact that I pee so often during the day and constantly feel like I have to pee that I've lost that lovely feeling until after Cullum debuts. And I'm a little sad about this. Too much information? Forgive me, I'm a bit of an overshare-er. Just wait until I get to the really uncomfortable part of pregnancy.
Cravings: Hello Ice Cream! I've never been a huge fan of ice cream. I mean its good, but I didn't HAVE to have ice cream. Until now. Its like how peanut butter has always been for me. I have to have at least one container open in the pantry and one waiting to be opened. I must say even with this new sweet tooth, I've still only gained 15 lbs so far, but this could change if I keep this habit up for very much longer.
Baby Size: As of week 29 weeks, Cullum is around 15 inches long and weighing in around 2 1/2 pounds. By the size of this belly I would say he's grown a good bit in the last two weeks.
Movement: Ryan and I had one of those first time parent scare/moments. Cullum is not a big mover and shaker. He was at first right when I would lay down at night, but since he's gotten bigger and his moves have become more purposeful, I don't constantly feel Cullum kick. I obviously have nothing to compare this to and constantly worried about this, but got good reports from the doctor and reassurances from family and friends. One day Ryan came home and said he too was concerned. I of course freaked out, called my mother and tried not to be hysterical on the phone with her. Of course she was the voice of reason and suggested drinking a real live Coca-Cola. If I didn't feel at least 10 kicks, then it was time to call the doctor. Sure enough about 15 minutes after drinking the coke, it was like the macarena going on in my stomach. I then had to go in later for blood work that week and nothing was abnormal so we have calmed down a bit, but it is still nerve racking to be in charge of this special gift and making sure nothing goes wrong.
On a lighter note, last week I dubbed Cullum Slug because he will slowly move from one side of my stomach to the other, but not kick or bump me very much. Really the only way I can tell he's moving is I can feel my belly getting hard in a little ball from one side of my stomach to the other. What was funny about the slug moves was that Ryan can feel him moving around in there if I'm laying down. Ryan of course loves to feel these movements, any movements really.
Today, though I began noticing that if I'm really still while Cullum performs his slug moves I can actually see my stomach move with his movements. Talk about strange. I get tickled when I feel him moving around in there, but it is strange when you see your actual body change shape as your baby moves from one position to the other. Weird!
Looking Forward To: Seeing my little man! I'm dying to see him! I have a doctor's appointment in a little over a week and I'm racking my brain for a reason to make the doctor do an ultrasound. Is that bad? After playing with my baby niece Cora and working in his nursery all this weekend organizing his clothes I'm so ready to have him here and get to love on him. Of course I want him to cook a little longer, but I cannot wait for December, it'll be here before I know it!
I leave you with the belly pictures for the past two weeks.
28 Weeks and 2 days at the Baby Tea in Birmingham. Here is my wonderful mother and I from the shower.
And 29 weeks pregnant. This was after date night to the local yummy Italian place close to our house. Yay for date night and yummy food!
And here are some more pictures from the Birminham shower. I loved my cake and it was yumm-o as well. Ryan just loved that Cullum now had four extra truck toys to play with...yes that's right...that Ryan played with. Hopefully Cullum will be okay with sharing his toys with his daddy.
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