33 Week Update

How far along? 32 weeks (The size of a pineapple.  Between 19-22 inches and about 4.9 pounds.)

Total weight gain/loss: +24 lbs

 
Maternity clothes:Yep.
 
Have you told family and friends?  Everybody knows now :)

 

Have you started to show yet? Yep.

 

Sleep:  I have just come to an understanding that there will probably not be a traditional good night's sleep for a really long time.  I wake up several times a night, have a very hard time getting comfortable and have weird dreams all night long.  My new definition of a "good" night's sleep is when I am able to stay in bed for a decent amount of hours and every time I wake up I am able to go back to sleep pretty quickly.  <------- Still that.

Best moment this week:  Two best moments this week!  One was our home church shower.  We go to a very large, very loving, very gracious congregation and they went above and beyond at our shower!  Let's just say Baby Shamrock has everything she needs to come home and just about everything she could even want!  The second best moment was just last night, I was awake (standard) and felt her punching me and thought how weird it was that I could feel the movement but not the actual arm moving plus how weird it was that she kept doing it over and over (it was 4am and I was exhausted, my reasoning skills weren't quite up to par) and then it finally hit me!  She had the hiccups!  I woke M up and made him feel.  It was a really fun moment with our girl!

Miss Anything? A good night's sleep.  Being able to take a deep breath.  Not constantly having a foot in my rib cage.  Not living on a diet where Tums is a staple.

Movement: We are now to the point where there is more baby in there than amniotic fluid so her movements feel a lot stronger.  Most everyone has been able to feel her or see her moving (you can definitely tell through my clothes when she is moving around).  She also is reacting more to sounds and light and you can usually make her move if she is awake.

 

Food cravings: The only specific "food" would be Sonic ice!  I love it and want to have it, fresh, at all times!  <----  Yep, I still LOVE it!

Anything making you queasy or sick? When she sticks her little foot in my rib cage it almost makes me throw up it is such a intense pain that comes on so fast.  That and the thought of childbirth being so close. 

Gender prediction: GIRL.  If she comes out a boy we probably won't have anything monogrammed wrong (since we CAN NOT agree on a name) but we will have A TON (like a ridiculous amount) of baby girl clothes that have to be returned.

Labor Signs: Nope.

Symptoms: Back pain, heartburn and some uncomfortableness in my stomach (as it is REALLY starting to stretch) and, of course, the inability to sleep.  <------ Still all of that!