32 weeks!

How far along? Somehow we have made it all the way to 32 weeks already. Sometimes I feel like it has gone by really quickly, but other times I forget what it was like to be able to touch my toes.

Total weight gain/loss: +28 lbs. Our little man is going through another growth spurt - I've been eating great and walking everyday, but I gained 5 pounds in the past 2 weeks. And I'm never full for long :)

Maternity clothes? I wore that shirt on purpose today - to show you how short it has gotten! If I don't keep pulling it down, you can see that lovely secret panel in my jeans :)

Stretch marks? My stretch mark under my belly has some new friends these days...

Sleep:  Ugh... sleep patterns during pregnancy must be training for taking care of a newborn. Will I ever sleep through the night again? Before he's in kindergarten?

Best moment this week: Ben and I have sat down at the table and eaten dinner together every night this week. It's been great! And he's not on call again for two more weeks - even better!

Movement: Henry has learned some new yoga moves lately. He's really stretching things out in there. I read today that for each pound I gain (about 1 per week) from now on, half of it goes directly to him. Uh... say what?? There's not room for 4 more pounds of baby in there!!

Food cravings: I saw a commercial for Dunkin' Donuts the other day. This time, I did not eat several boxes of them though - I made some strawberry whoopie pies (without any actual filling) instead. Yum! And at least they're whole wheat, right?

Nursery: No changes this week, but soon!

Labor Signs: Nope - I wonder at what point I will start having these? The last couple of weeks?

Belly Button in or out?  I keep getting bigger, but it keeps staying in place :) 

What do we want to teach Henry about?  How to swim!

What I miss: Bending down to get things off the floor, rather than squatting down. Seriously - so annoying!

What I am looking forward to: Trip to southern IL! This will probably be our last visit before the baby is born. Maybe not, but we don't have another one planned and I don't see that four hour trip getting any easier as I get bigger... :)

Weekly Wisdom: Sometimes people are not actually being more irritating. Sometimes it's just the hormones. If only it were easier to tell the difference...

Milestones: Are there seriously only 8 weeks left until our due date? That blows my mind. I'm excited and nervous at the same time. And tired - oh so tired.

Daddy's Thoughts:

My gosh we're getting close.  Too close.  Can we move further away or something?  Nicki keeps putting my hand on her tummy when Henry is kicking, and he's doing that all the time now!  I realize sometimes that I have taken care of babies in the NICU that were younger gestationally than he is now.  He could very well be here and that would be okay!  Of course our NICU bill would be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, but that's neither here nor there.


I've been getting busier at work with my new responsibilities as chief, which has been great.  I'm going to have plenty more in the next year which will surely take up a bit more of my time, but the trade off I see is I won't be on call anymore!  Hot times!  Instead I get to be on Henry call, which will probably be a lot less demanding than a bunch of sick patients.


It's weird how I go back and forth on my anxiety about him being here.  Some days I'll be happy about it.  Some days I have no idea how I'll adjust.  Some days I'll realize that the majority of what he'll do is sleep at first, so really, what do I have to worry about?  So much.  So much.

Nicki keeps telling me that she's "really over the whole pregnancy thing".  I can tell.  I feel bad for her not being able to get comfortable most of the time, but apparently I started snoring recently too.  I've never done that before.  Good luck getting to sleep now, Vark.


32, 32.  Next week is one week closer!


  - Daddy