32 Weeks Along...
I'm a little late with this post since we were on vacation!
I'm a little late with this post since we were on vacation!
Along: 32 1/2 weeks along now. I'm in the home stretch. I will not last until my due date, due to scheduling a C-Section, so I really have less than 8 weeks left. I can schedule the section at my next appointment in two weeks.
Size of Baby: Baby 2 is anywhere from 17-19 inches long and weighs more than four and a half pounds. Baby 2 could grow a full inch this week alone. Weight gain can range to a third more growth to a full doubling before his big debut.
I just had my 32 week appointment yesterday and found out that Baby 2 is BREECH! He still has a couple more weeks where he can rotate before it gets too tight in there to move around, but my doctor thinks that it is highly unlikely he will move since Owen was breech too, and since I'm pretty petite it is pretty tight in there for him already.
After much thought and weighing pros and cons, I had already decided to do a scheduled c-section. Since I had one with Owen, I got to choose if I wanted to do another one with this pregnancy. I decided to go ahead with the c-section because I was worried I would have these plans of a natural birth and then something would happen and I'd have to have a c-section anyway. Scheduled c-sections are so much easier to recover from than emergency ones. You don't even go through labor (well, unless he comes earlier than the scheduled day!). With Owen, the worst pain I felt was the IV in my hand! My recovery was excellent with Owen too, I did not think it was nearly as bad as everyone had made me feel like it was going to be. After all this thought I put into what I wanted to do, turns out Baby 2 may have decided for me!
Gender: BOY! I'm so excited to have two boys so close together. They are going to be best friends! Now that I am home with Owen every day and I see how much he would love a friend, I'm even more excited for him to have someone to play with.
Sleep: For a couple weeks I was having some insomnia and only sleeping a few hours a night. But since we got home from vacation I have been sleeping great!!! The past few nights I haven't woken up once!
What I Miss: Enjoying a nice cold (alcoholic) beverage on a hot summer day and being able to move around easily. I was a little sad at the beach last week because I couldn't drink and hang with everyone the way I wanted to. I also couldn't move and chase Owen around as much as I wanted to. I'm really relying on Jimmy to be the one to chase Owen when he is home (kid is just SO active). I'm sure this would be the case no matter how old Owen is during my second pregnancy. Having a basketball tummy just limits what you can do!
Cravings: Ice cream, peanut butter, cookies, pineapple... Lots of sweets. I craved the same things with Owen. I wonder if it's a gender thing?
Symptoms: Lower back pain. Although it is not as bad as it was with Owen, it is still pretty bad sometimes. Some days it hurts to walk or pick up Owen. I've also been having some acid re flux which I didn't have with Owen at all. It's not that bad, nothing a couple tums doesn't fix. I wonder if this one will have more hair than Owen did when he is born?
Best Moment this Month: Our beach vacation! You can check out my previous post for more pictures and stories of how it all went. :)
Family Update: I'm officially off work and hanging out with Owen during the day! I'm loving every moment and soaking in all this special time with just me and him before number 2 comes along. It is amazing how much he learns and grows each day. Mimi swears he is a genius baby!
I hope everyone is enjoying their summer so far!
Love,
Judi
Size of Baby: Baby 2 is anywhere from 17-19 inches long and weighs more than four and a half pounds. Baby 2 could grow a full inch this week alone. Weight gain can range to a third more growth to a full doubling before his big debut.
I just had my 32 week appointment yesterday and found out that Baby 2 is BREECH! He still has a couple more weeks where he can rotate before it gets too tight in there to move around, but my doctor thinks that it is highly unlikely he will move since Owen was breech too, and since I'm pretty petite it is pretty tight in there for him already.
After much thought and weighing pros and cons, I had already decided to do a scheduled c-section. Since I had one with Owen, I got to choose if I wanted to do another one with this pregnancy. I decided to go ahead with the c-section because I was worried I would have these plans of a natural birth and then something would happen and I'd have to have a c-section anyway. Scheduled c-sections are so much easier to recover from than emergency ones. You don't even go through labor (well, unless he comes earlier than the scheduled day!). With Owen, the worst pain I felt was the IV in my hand! My recovery was excellent with Owen too, I did not think it was nearly as bad as everyone had made me feel like it was going to be. After all this thought I put into what I wanted to do, turns out Baby 2 may have decided for me!
Gender: BOY! I'm so excited to have two boys so close together. They are going to be best friends! Now that I am home with Owen every day and I see how much he would love a friend, I'm even more excited for him to have someone to play with.
Sleep: For a couple weeks I was having some insomnia and only sleeping a few hours a night. But since we got home from vacation I have been sleeping great!!! The past few nights I haven't woken up once!
What I Miss: Enjoying a nice cold (alcoholic) beverage on a hot summer day and being able to move around easily. I was a little sad at the beach last week because I couldn't drink and hang with everyone the way I wanted to. I also couldn't move and chase Owen around as much as I wanted to. I'm really relying on Jimmy to be the one to chase Owen when he is home (kid is just SO active). I'm sure this would be the case no matter how old Owen is during my second pregnancy. Having a basketball tummy just limits what you can do!
Cravings: Ice cream, peanut butter, cookies, pineapple... Lots of sweets. I craved the same things with Owen. I wonder if it's a gender thing?
Symptoms: Lower back pain. Although it is not as bad as it was with Owen, it is still pretty bad sometimes. Some days it hurts to walk or pick up Owen. I've also been having some acid re flux which I didn't have with Owen at all. It's not that bad, nothing a couple tums doesn't fix. I wonder if this one will have more hair than Owen did when he is born?
Best Moment this Month: Our beach vacation! You can check out my previous post for more pictures and stories of how it all went. :)
Family Update: I'm officially off work and hanging out with Owen during the day! I'm loving every moment and soaking in all this special time with just me and him before number 2 comes along. It is amazing how much he learns and grows each day. Mimi swears he is a genius baby!
I hope everyone is enjoying their summer so far!
Love,
Judi
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