38 Weeks with Baby Shank
Baby Update:
I'm technically 38 weeks and 3 days
The day baby arrives I will deliver at 39 weeks and 3 days :)
Baby is doing well. Measuring at 36 weeks (fundal height) and doctor is guessing he will weight 7-7.5 lbs at birth.
Heart beat is staying steady at around 164 bpm. Once he was at around 170. Not sure if this is related but he was having an active afternoon and his heart beat was recorded after about 20 min of rolling and kicking!
I've had contractions ever since I was around 12 weeks. Super mild braxton hicks. But this past month has been nothing but terrible. Contractions that stop me from walking completely. I had a little scare a week ago while cleaning. I started having contractions that were a little out of the norm. They hurt. They were felt through my entire lower back. I went upstairs and laid down. I started sweating - literally. I was really nervous the baby was going to try to meet us that day. I could wipe the sweat off my hands. After around 45 minutes of breathing and relaxing - they subsided back to normal regular contractions. No- they weren't labor contractions but what were they???? I was scared. Kale was a little nervous. Not sure what happened but I'm really glad I didn't have to go lay in a hospital bed for a day or meet our kiddo before it was time. Thank the Lord for the contractions going away. I'm not meant to have a baby naturally and my worst fear (water breaking putting me into true labor) was gone within 45 minutes. WOW. What a scare. If I were to go into labor - I would still be full term last week but I surely wasn't ready to go down the road of being rushed to hospital by ambulance and having an emergency c-section either.
Weight Gain:
Wow. Well, I totally missed my mark BUT am totally o.k. with that. I've gained a whopping 136 lbs with this pregnancy and have 1 week left + whatever I've gained this week. I'm guessing if I count the last few weeks in I will have gained around 40 lbs total with this pregnancy by the day I deliver. I'm not worried :) Looks like a little more work for me after I recover and start a workout plan.
My favorite Moment:
Choosing a name. Finally. Kale and I have gone back and forth on a few of our favorite names and this week we finally decided on the one we will call our little man.
I really Miss:
Shouldn't this be called what I'm going to miss (pregnancy wise) since this is my last pregnancy post? Well, I'm going to miss being pregnant. I will never be pregnant again and that's kind of like ending a phase of my life. I'm a little sad and what's really cute...Kale is also a little sad. He says he loves me pregnant and will miss seeing my bump grow in the future. I think 4 kids is enough though lol
Other News:
Swelling in my feet started this past weekend. I took my last few shopping trips to baby stores and the mall since I won't be able to do any of this fun stuff for at least a month. Saying good-bye to driving, hustling it up at the mall, taking Morgan on lunch dates and cleaning my home. Oh, I'm sure I will live. But when I'm back on my feet - its going to be nothing short of supermom mode!
I'm really excited to finally be within days of meeting our son. The boys ask me every single day, "How many days until we meet him?" It's adorable. I seriously can't wait until Morgan meets her baby brother. She doesn't really understand and she says she loves her baby brother BUT when she sees him physically, it will be a whole new story :) I think a video will be required when she meets her new bubby. I can't wait!
Daddy Update:
Kale is good. He is ready to meet his son. He is excited about announcing his cute name, his baby face and can't wait to hold him for the first time. We are both pretty excited to get off the hormone train :)
We are 7 days away from meeting this cutie! We are excited and can't wait!
~ The Shank Family
