35 weeks

Sunday July 29 2007
9:00am EDT

Baby is moving more often now during the day. She never wakes me up at night if she moves. She doesn't interact with us -- she doesn't react to noises or if we poke her when she's poking me. I have to assume this is just how she is, and that it doesn't mean there's anything wrong. We went to see Sonic Youth last night (they were playing the wholeDaydream Nation Album -- it was really good but we missed the first song... Teenage Riot. Bummer!!) and she wasn't active at all while they were playing, but I was also standing up and swaying a bit, so it didn't really surprise me. As soon as I sat down in the car again she was poking me.

Today we're planning to go to Babies R Us to try to get the carseat and some assorted extras.

So, yesterday Jon got most of the condo totally cleared out. Just the basement is left. Our tentative move date will be August 17th. I'll be a few days shy of 38 weeks.

34 weeks

Tuesday July 24 2007
2:32pm EDT

We closed on our condo one week ago, July 17. It was uneventful.

Appt this week was fine. Saw Dr. K. Heartbeat was strong, my weight is actually down about a pound from last week. The nurse said it's possible I was a little swollen last time. Either way, I'm happy because I was up 5lbs last appt. So now I'm at 160, started at 136... total gain of 24lbs. The doctor told me I can go to weekly appts now, and I'll have the GBS swab at the next appointment. Fun. Baby gets the hiccups between 2-4 times a day now!

We headed up to Albany on Saturday for my shower. It was great to see everyone who came and the food was yummy. We got a bunch of good stuff off our registry, and some stuff not on it. Not a ton of baby clothes, which was good.

Thursday we go see the pediatrician I think we want to work with.

32 weeks

Wednesday July 11 2007
5:10pm EDT

Maya's been moving a bit more. The past couple days she's been on the quiet side, but I had another appt last night. Met Dr. K for the first time, he's nice. I gained 5lbs in 2weeks!! No wonder I feel huge all of a sudden! She was head down yesterday, hopefully she'll stay that way until she's born! I can't believe it's almost over and she'll be here with us soon!

31 weeks

Sunday July 1 2007
9:29am EDT


Baby was moving/kicking a bunch yesterday on our drive down to Long Island. In fact, I could feel something hard at the top right of my belly. It was so neat.

Baby's been quiet this morning. She was moving a bit as I was laying in bed on my right side, but now she's quiet. I hope today's an active day. I love when she moves. I love this baby so much!!

Almost 31 weeks

Saturday June 30 3007
8:06am EDT

I was bumming out last week because this little papaya child was very quiet. I know it's because my placenta is cushioning everything, but it bums me out when she's like that. She perked up after my last appointment, which was Wednesday. She usually does. Dr. Rinato got her heartbeat at the middle of my tummy, below the belly button. I think she might be transverse, head on my left. C'mon baby! Flip!

Met with Margaret the doula yesterday for lunch. She was late, but it was fine. She brought me a crapload of books to read and a couple videos. She makes me feel confident! :)

The past few days baby's been fairly active... not all day or anything, but at least one nice burst of activity. Last night we got ice cream again (yum!) and afterward, I was laying in bed reading and she was kicking my right side like crazy. Jon came in and felt it and she had this really strong kick and we both laughed it was so crazy.

Still feeling good physically... some heartburn here and there, my butt hurts if I sit too long, my back hurts if I stand too long, my lower back hurts if I don't sit properly. It's great.

29 weeks

Sunday June 17 2007
10:02am EDT

So last week we went to our infant care/breastfeeding class at the hospital. It was taught by Linda LeMon, lactation consultant. It was great! I wish we could've videotaped it or something. There was so much good info I didn't want to leave to go to the bathroom!! (But I did).

I'm feeling fairly good still. This little one still has days where she's relatively quiet, or at least I'm not feeling too much if she is moving around. I feel kicks usually on my right side, and some flutters on my lower left/pelvis, so I'm wondering if she's head down. My next appointment is with the other midwife, Sue. I want to ask her if she can tell the baby's position... although the baby could still flip around after that point.

27 week appt

Tuesday June 5 2007
8:41pm EDT

So, I passed my 3-hour test!! Woohoo!! I asked the nurse what the cutoff for the 1 hour was and she said 130 and my number was like, 160. Now, it seems that the cutoff number is different for like, every doctor's office. It's so ridiculous. Anyway, at least I passed, woohoo! The midwife also pulled out the tape measure for the first time to measure my belly! Neato! She said I'm measuring perfectly, and everything else is perfect too. I'd been a little anxious because the last few days the baby hasn't been all that active that I could tell. She said that because of the placement of my placenta (right up top, anterior), that this cushioned things quite a bit and I'd only feel the big ones, but they'd feel like thumps. She said it's normal for movement to still be erratic, which made me feel better. When she whipped out the doppler, I told her that the midwife at my last appt couldn't get a good heartbeat because of the crazy ninja moves my kid has, so she felt around and determined that the baby is on my left, so she pressed down on the right side of my belly and said "I'm gonna trap her." Hahaha... and then the baby kicked the doppler, which was hysterical. I go back again in 3 weeks and then I'm down to bi-weekly appointments once I hit 30weeks. Woohoooooooooooooo!!!!!