end of pregnancy musings

at the end of this month Bump will be 21 months old

and at the end of this month

or at the beginning of next month

she will be able to kiss her baby brother's belly instead of my belly ;)

she's been fun w/ this new baby thing

she knows his name

she holds things up to my belly for him such as her soother, food, etc.

several times throughout the day she asks to give kisses and hugs to the baby

i'm curious if she'll connect the dots when he actually arrives

this pregnancy has been different than the last one

this pregnancy i was able to keep active for the first 2 trimesters but the 3rd trimester has been a bit tougher. 

i'm tired. 

my back and belly have started hurting. 

and pushing a stroller up hills w/ a 24 lb. toddler about does me in!

my last pregnancy i didn't do a whole lot for the first 2 trimesters

but was able to go to the gym several times a week during the last trimester

"running" on an elliptical and doing the stationary bikes were perfect exercise those last couple of months.

now that i have a toddler, the gym isn't really an option

and just getting out is a lot more work than it use to be! 

right around 27 weeks i started having ligament pain in my lower abdomen so i had to stop running

crazy that 10 weeks ago i ran 21 km and now i can't even run 1!

the plus side is that i'm not nearly as hungry as i was the first 2 trimesters

and i'm enjoying just taking a break and just letting my body rest for a while

another difference this pregnancy is that i've been having braxton hicks

they sure are annoying!

the other day i had them most of the evening and i was starting to wonder if i was going into labor

thankfully i wasn't

i'm pretty sure at 4 weeks early they would have choppered me out to another hospital

i also feel like i've been more hungry this pregnancy

and my craving unfortunately is SUGAR!!!

i could probably eat cinnamon toast crunch all day long lol

so far i've put on 6 more lbs. than i did w/ Bump

kind of a bummer...but such is life

i feel like it's just been a bit harder to be disciplined this pregnancy

mostly because my days revolve around Brighton and not just myself

it's much easier to just get out and go when you don't have a little one in tow!

who knows what will happen when i have 2 little boogers to chase around and not just 1!

this baby is carrying bigger and lower than Brighton did

i'm sure some of that has to do w/ the fact that my stomach muscles are already stretched out now

Brighton was so tight in my belly that her leg bones were super bowed for the first year of her life

she also kicked me in the ribs ALOT

super painful!

this little guy is being much kinder :)

this Friday i will be 37 weeks along

so he could come anytime!

but i'm not counting on it lol

Brighton was 4 days overdue

i've always found this stage in pregnancy to be a bit weird

basically you have a whole month where the baby could come anytime

3 weeks "early"

2 weeks "late"

who knows :)

i think they mostly just come whenever they're ready

and some just need to incubate a bit longer than others :)