31-35 week pregnancy update

Hey Ya'll!!!

HOW IS BABY RYLA?!?  

At 35 weeks, 1 day Ryla is unbothered! She doesn’t believe in naps for she moves all day long but the movement’s just reassure me that’s she doing fine in there. She is measuring where she’s supposed to be so no worries about her. 

Ryla has the hiccups at least 3 times a day. My baby trying to breathe out her mouth yall lol. I told my doc about them and she said hiccups are a good sign for she is trying to breathe out her mouth but in the process she's swallowing some amniotic fluid which is causing the hiccups. 

Also, since my tummy is small compared to other woman who are 8 months pregnant, my doctor predicted that Ryla will be a small baby, maybe around 5 or 6 pounds. That’s fine with me as long as she’s healthy.

HOW AM I DOING!?! 
I'm good.  I cut out my sweets a lot so I’m anxious to see how much I’ve gained at my 36 week appointment next week. My doctor told me that just from looking at me she can tell that most of my weight gain is from fluids so we’ll see after I have Ryla. I still try to elevate my feet every chance I get because they are so swollen.

I am feeling 8 months pregnant. I feel like my whole body is swollen. Not being able to do the simple things in life is kind of annoying but it just comes with the territory when you’re pregnant. I commend my husband for stepping up and doing things that I’m no longer able to do or basically don’t feel like doing anymore. He helps out with cooking dinner, he’s cleaning more, he stays in my ear about eating sweets lol, etc so I’m really thankful for him!

It’s also getting hard to sleep comfortably at night. With my leg cramps I toss and turn all night long. It drives my husband crazy but he’s going to have to deal with it lol! There is a nice, comfy leather couch in the living room for him if he can’t handle me tossing and turning all night :)

Stretch Marks??? I have no new stretch marks! I already had light stretch marks on my stomach and on my sides but no new stretch marks have popped up.

SYMPTOMS

Fatigue – I’m tired yall! Point, blank, and still period.

My poor feet – still swollen

Heartburn – still comes and goes

A new symptom are leg cramps rather known as Charlie Horses. They hit me early in the morning and they wake me up because I can feel them coming. I usually try to catch the cramp before it gets really tight so I just rub my lower leg until it goes away.

OTHER STUFF

I only have 4 weeks, 6 days to go! Can ya’ll believe that. My excitement is about to shoot out the roof. My baby shower is this Saturday (I know it’s a little late) and I’m overly excited for that. Ryla’s bow game is so, so, so serious. I seriously cannot stop buying bows and the funny thing will be if she doesn’t like wearing them but heck she doesn’t have a choice. She going to wear all these hair bows and head bands I’m buying for her lol.

I also took Maternity pics! I LOVE all of them. I'll post a few below.

Stay tuned for more pregnancy updates and maternity pics :)

30 week pregnancy update

Hey Ya'll!!!

HOW IS BABY RYLA?!?  

At 30 weeks, 1 day Ryla is still growing at a steady pace. At my recent doctor’s appointment she measured what she was supposed to be at 30 weeks. Her movements are all day, every day and they are starting to hurt. I don’t know what part of her body is in my ribs but when she’s there it hurts but as long as she’s comfortable I’m good. I just have to tough it out and suck it up!

HOW AM I DOING!?! 
I'm doing pretty good. At my 30 week prenatal appointment I learned I've gained 35 pounds so far. I try not to let the weight gain bother me because it’s expected but I never predicted I’ll be at 35 pounds weight gain with 9 more weeks to go but it is what it is. I am going to start cutting back on my sweets because my sweets game is serious! Ice cream, cake, cookies, Starbucks frapps, anything with lots of sugar I’m all for it but I seriously need to stop lol. My prenantal appointments are every two weeks then will get weekly starting at 36 weeks. Doctors’ orders are for me to cut back on my sugar intake and to stay off my feet as much as possible. I’m required to prop my feet up for at least 20 minutes every day after work.

I do want to share that about two weeks ago I had a pregnancy meltdown. Around midnight on a Saturday I just started crying out of nowhere. My feet were hurting so bad and were so swollen, I was tired, Ryla was in my ribs being unbothered and I just had enough. I was officially tired of being pregnant! I was just crying and crying and every time I looked at my feet I would just cry more. Then I started crying more because I felt like I was being selfish. I’m pregnant with a beautiful blessing inside me when there are people out there who can’t even conceive or carry a baby full term so who am I to complain and cry. My meltdown lasted about an hour then I finally stopped crying and went to sleep. I don’t even think Ryan knew what was going on because he was sleep upstairs and I really didn’t want to be bothered by him anyway lol! I’m much better now. I guess the hormones took over and I just broke down.

IN OTHER NEWS I PASSED MY GLUCOSE TEST!!!!!!!!!

SYMPTOMS

Fatigue – I’m tired yall! Point, blank, period.

My poor feet – My feet are still swollen. Like extra swollen. It’s ridiculous. I can’t fit any of my cute shoes. I can only fit about 2 pairs of my sandals so I just rotate them. I think I may have to start wearing flip flops to work with not a care in the world because my feet freaking hurt!

Heartburn – The heartburn is real but it isn’t like extra bad if that makes sense. It’s frequent but it’s not to the point where I need Tums.

OTHER STUFF

I only have 9 weeks, 6 days to go! My excitement builds higher and higher as the days go by. Ryla’s bow game is serious so I absolutely cannot wait to dress her up in cute girly clothes and put oversized bows on her head! Andddd I still have a bow addiction and it’s to the point where I’m buying bows on a weekly basis :)

Stay tuned for more pregnancy updates :)

29 weeks, 5 days

28 week pregnancy update

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27 week belly

HOW IS BABY RYLA?!?  

At 28 weeks, 2 days Ryla is growing at a steady pace. At my recent doctors appointment she measured what she was supposed to be at 28 weeks and she is no longer breeched...yayyyy!!! She is starting to move a lot more and I just love feeling her movements. My doctor said she is a healthy baby and is on track with her growth!

HOW AM I DOING!?! 
I'm doing pretty good. At my last doctors appointment along with Ryla I am experiencing a healthy pregnancy. All my blood work and tests have came back good, I've gained 30 pounds so far (not too happy about that because Ryla got me addicted to sweets but ah well), and I did take my glucose test the other day so I'm just waiting for my results. As I enter my third trimester I have noticed that I'm starting to feel fatigue again. Something as walking up the steps has me like extra tired. I just take things as they come day by day. I try not to complain because I know it's all part of being pregnant but pregnancy symptoms can be rough.


SYMPTOMS
My main symptoms are fatigue and my feet being extra swollen. Like I said before I'm extra tired all the time. When I get home from work all I feel like doing is sitting down and propping my feet up. My feet being swollen is the absolute worse. They are so swollen that they ache throughout the day. I can't fit any of my shoes so thank God I'm pregnant in the summer time where I can wear sandals because if I had to wear regular shoes I don't know what I'll do. My feet ache so bad that sometimes I have to wear sneakers to work just so I can be comfortable. I work in Corporate America so sneakers are a no-no but I consider myself an exception to that rule for now :) 

I still have restless leg syndrome and it only affects me at night. It's to the point where I just deal with it because there is really nothing I can do about it. When my legs get numb at night I just lay on the other side, when that side gets numb I flip over again lol. 

 

I haven't experienced a lot of heartburn lately. It comes and goes. It doesn't really bother me so when it comes I don't take any meds. I just deal with it as it comes. 

 

OTHER STUFF

I only have  11 weeks, 5 days to go! As the days go by my husband and I get more and more anxious to finally meet our baby girl. I absolutely cannot wait to dress her up in cute girly clothes and put oversized bows on her head! About the bows, I seriously have an addiction, I can't stop ordering them!

The baby shower planning is going well and her nursery is almost done. I cannot wait to show you all the nursery!

Stay tuned for more pregnancy updates :)

27 weeks, 5 days