We had our 30 week check up yesterday and everything went great. Baby is head down, which is good! (Except for the pain I get in my ribs... but I can deal with it for her) I am weighing 150 lbs, which is a 20 lb gain so far, which they say that is great and I should be gaining 1 lb per week now.... My waist is measuring 38.5", which is a total of 8.5" growth since the beginning. The baby weighs about 3 lbs up to this point and is about 16 or 17 inches long in total length... She is now at the point where she will start putting on baby fat- they say about .5 lbs per week until she delivers. It is so hard to believe that we are "close" to delivery.... I just think that at 36 weeks you can really go into labor at anytime and that is not far away at all!
My pictures from this week are below: ignore the silly grin on my face in the last one- Brent was making me laugh... but you can see how round my belly looks.
I am still participating in my workout class once a week and trying to walk a few other days with my Mom. I am the girl in the back of the class that is doing my best to keep up and do the low intensity option that the instructor is so sweet to do with me sometimes :) But it really feels good to be active still, while I can.
I am looking forward to next week, I have my first baby shower! It is going to be at work, hosted by one of the faculty members I work with. My friend Kim is having brunch for me next weekend also which I know is going to be fun!
I am sure most of you know this already, but we have decided that her name is going to be:
Lydia Averly Svensson
Brent and I have always liked the name Lydia and then we had a few options for the middle name and Brent came up with Averly... which we love! (combination of Avery and Everly)
Last weekend we participated in a childbirth class that is offered at the Medical Center, which is where we are going to be delivering. The class was very informative and although it was long (7 hours, but we got an hour for lunch) it was really great. I feel more comfortable now with the whole process.... we got a tour of the hospital so we know exactly where to go when the time comes. There is one room for having the baby and then another room for recovery. They both seem nice and spacious, which I am sure will seem way smaller once we are all in there... We did practice a few breathing techniques and a few things to do for comfort once the contractions start... We learned more about an epidural and pain medicines that are available during labor for patients and how all of that works. There was a video they showed us of a natural childbirth so that we could see from start the finish the ENTIRE thing.. which I thought was interesting and it scared me... but Brent kept his head down most of the time.. lol. :) I think mostly it just scares me because I have never done this before and don't know what to expect... it made it seem more real that day because we are getting very close and I know what I am going to have to do.... but I am sure it will all be fine!
I haven't had any real weird pregnancy cravings or anything- Brent says I had one when he ordered mexican and I didn't want anything- not even cheese dip or salsa.... which I guess that is kinda odd for me.. I do crave sweets a lot- like chocolate! Brent bought me a bag of dove chocolates for Valentine's Day... :) he is so sweet!
I will send more updates soon and hope to have pictures of the nursery soon too since we are close to getting it complete :) Until then... have a great weekend!
