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Week 30

March 1st, 2014

How far along:
30 weeks...whoa Mama!

Baby is the size of a:
Cabbage

Total weight gain:
20+ lbs at my last doctor’s appointment.

Maternity Clothes?
Nothing new, but I bought another nursing bra and another nursing tank top.

Stretch Marks?
No new ones. The area around my belly button looks bruised though! 

Sleep?
Still miserable. I used to love to sleep in, but nowadays, I’m glad when I can get up, because it’s too painful to lay there. 

Best moment of the Week:
Katie’s aunt sent us a baby present, which was so sweet and thoughtful of her! I also found out that one of my friends is coming to our baby shower, she moved to Texas a year ago and I’m so excited to see her again and that she can share this special day with us!

Movement:
All the time! 

Food Cravings:
Still smoothies. What’s weird is, that Katie has been craving smoothies as well, she never usually drinks them!

Belly Button in or out:
Still in. 

Gender:
Sweet baby boy!

Symptoms:
So I found out what’s going on with my backaches. Apparently, our little one is in the posterior position, which means his spine is facing my spine and causing me a lot of pain. I hope he’ll decide to turn around before he is running out of space. The good news is that he is head down!
I can’t sit down for more than a few minutes until the pain becomes unbearable, so I’ve been standing and walking a lot.
What else? My stomach and sides are showing off a map of hundreds of veins, it looks crazy! Katie said I started to waddle this week as well...haha.

Anything Making you queasy or Sick?
Luckily not! 

Have you Started to Show yet?
Definitely! I’m still looking at myself in the mirror and can’t believe that this giant belly belongs to me! Katie comments quite often that it seems to grow overnight! 

What I miss:
Same as last week!     

What I'm looking forward to:
Getting this week over with...it’s Show Week at work!   

What I'm not looking forward to:
Labor! Getting scared!

Weekly Wisdom:
Pregnancy is no joke! I’m still trying to convince Katie to carry our second baby, but I’m not doing a very good job with all the whining and complaining I’m doing! She’s still telling me that she wouldn’t even do it if I paid her $1 Million Dollars! Ha!


Wie weit:
30 Wochen

Baby ist so gross wie ein:
Kohl

Insgesamte Gewichtszunahme:
Bei meinem letzten Arzttermin waren es etwa 9kg. 

Umstandskleidung?
Nichts Neues. Ich habe mir allerdings noch einen Still-BH und ein Still-Oberteil gekauft.  

Schwangerschaftsstreifen?
Keine neuen. Ich habe nun aber blaue Flecken rund um meinen Bauchnabel! 

Schlaf?
Immer noch fuerchterlich. Frueher habe ich gerne lange geschlafen, aber heutzutage bin ich froh, wenn ich endlich aufstehen kann, weil es zu schmerzhaft ist, zu liegen.  

Bester Moment der Woche:
Katie’s Tante hat uns ein Geschenk fuers Baby geschickt, was so lieb von ihr war! Ich habe ausserdem herausgefunden, dass meine Freundin zu unserer Baby Shower kommen kann, sie ist vor etwa einem Jahr nach Texas gezogen und ich freue mich riesig, sie wiederzusehen und dass sie diesen besonderen Tag mit uns teilen kann!  

Bewegungen des Babys:
Staendig!

Heißhunger:
Immer noch Smoothies. Das komische an der Sache ist, dass Katie nun auch Heisshunger auf Smoothies hat und sie trinkt normalerweise nie Smoothies!    

Bauchnabel drinnen oder draussen:
Immer noch drinnen!

Geschlecht:
Ein Junge!

Symptome:
Ich habe herausgefunden, wo meine Rueckenschmerzen herkommen. Anscheinend liegt unser kleiner Mann mit seiner Wirbelsaeule gegen meine Wirbelsaeule, was mir grosse Schmerzen bereitet. Ich hoffe, dass er sich bald umdreht, bevor er keinen Platz mehr dazu hat. Die gute Nachricht ist, dass er mit dem Kopf nach unten liegt.
Ich kann nur fuer ein paar Minuten sitzen, bevor die Schmerzen unertraeglich werden, von daher stehe und laufe ich viel.
Was noch? Auf meinem Bauch und meiner Taille kann man nun unzaehlige blaue Venen sehen, es sieht verrueckt aus! Katie sagte mir ausserdem, dass ich diese Woche anfing, zu watscheln...haha.

Gibt es etwas, wovon dir schlecht wird?
Zum Glueck nicht!

Kann man dir die Schwangerschaft ansehen?
Auf jeden Fall! Ich gucke immer noch in den Spiegel und kann nicht glauben, dass dieser riesige Bauch zu mir gehoert! Katie sagt mir oft, dass sie das Gefuehl hat, dass er ueber Nacht waechst! 

Was ich vermisse:
Das gleiche wie letzte Woche!  

Worauf ich mich freue:
Auf das Ende dieser Woche... wir haben Show Woche auf der Arbeit! 

Worauf ich mich nicht freue:
Auf Wehen...ich bekomme langsam Angst!

Wöchentliche Weisheit:
Schwangerschaft ist kein Witz! Ich versuche immer noch Katie davon zu ueberzeugen, dass sie unser zweites Baby austraegt, aber ich bin nicht sehr ueberzeugend mit dem ganzen Jammern und Beschweren, was sie Tag fuer Tag hoeren muss! Sie sagt mir immer noch, dass sie es nicht einmal tun wuerde, wenn ich ihr eine Millionen Dollar zahle! Haha!   



Comments

  1. My veins have been insane since the first trimester! So crazy, right?
    Did you get an ultrasound that showed your little boy was in a posterior position or just figure it out? I'm sure there's a chance for him to turn around at this point. Hopefully he does soon to give you a little peace!
    xo kristen genevieve

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    1. Hi Kristen,
      I asked some moms I know about this backache that I've been having and one asked if he was in the posterior position because she is having the same pains and her son is in that position as well. I didn't know what it was at first and had to google it, and then realized that this must be it. We had an ultrasound just days prior and could see his sweet face, which would've been impossible if he was facing my spine. I will talk to my doctor about it during our next appointment in two weeks.
      Thanks for your sweet Encouragement, I always love to hear from you!

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