34 Weeks

"And I lost my faith, in my darkest days,
But she makes me want to believe." - Parachute, She is Love


So this quote has summed up the past couple days for me and because this will be a part of Braelyn and our little families story I will blog about it.  I finalized all of my dates for maternity leave with HR this week only to be told yesterday by my boss and HR team that after my maternity leave I will not have a job unless we decide to pack this little family up and move back across the U.S. to Chicago or New York.  Talk about having the wind knocked right out of your sails...  The last thing I wanted to do was bring a newborn into the world feeling anything other than completely stable but what's a gal to do!  I will continue to update the situation as we go but as of now we are just processing and trying to stay calm so little girl will stay right where she is for another 5 (give or take) weeks!


We haven't done much else this week but we did take our baby class last weekend and are feeling lots more prepared for delivery.  We practiced not hyperventilating, lots of labor positions and found out all the wonderful risks/rewards for the medications I can be given.  If nothing else we are more informed than before, especially Danny who kept saying, "did you know that before" :)  


Baby is measuring at the size of a (fatter) Honeydew Melon this week!
"Baby can recognize and react to simple songs...time to start practicing your lullabies! In fact, baby will recognize frequently sung tunes after birth and probably find them soothing. Less cute news: She now urinates about one pint per day. Get the diapers ready"

How far along? 34 weeks and 5 days.

Maternity clothes? Yep, still in 'em!

Stretch marks? Still no worse, lots of cocoa butter lotion.  I know it doesn't really help but I smell yummy!

Sleep? This week hasn't been so great, but I used some PTO and have everyday next week but Monday off so I am going to try to sleep in and get some more sleep!

Best moment this week? Ha, wellllll ;)  The best moment of this week has been feeling the support from my husband and family.  Knowing that you have amazing people that care about, love you and are there to give you the support you need has made this week so much better!

Food cravings: I am boring in this category, still none.  Danny thinks apple juice may be, but I think I just like apple juice.

Movement? This is starting to get a little painful, we are having lots more twisting, turning and I am pretty sure she has some sharp weapons in there that she is using to try to escape!

What I miss? Well this week the only thing that even comes to mind is missing that security I had for little miss about 48 hours ago.

What I'm looking forward to: I am really trying to look at this in a positive light, so for this I will answer with that side.  I am really looking forward to the maternity leave and getting to know my little girl, I am also very excited to get a change to release the familiar and look inside at where it is I really want and need to be.  I am also looking forward to THANKSGIVING with our family!

Milestones: After this week they won't stop labor if that should happen, but I am crossing my legs and my fingers that she will stay in till her due date :)