Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen Things in Twisted Cinderella’s world yesterday. Grandma great sent me a box of maternity clothes. I love them! I am one stylish mama now! We had fun going to the park yesterday. Princess had a great time.Princess is too funny. By the time we got off our street she had invited every kid on our street, even the big ones!! I don’t mind taking some kids, (the kids next door, for example, are good kids and would have been welcome to come with us) but not every kid on the street! And on top of that, I managed to get some things done in my house despite the amount of exhaustion I was feeling. That made me feel a little better emotionally. We did get some good pics while we were out though.

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31 weeks pregnant.

I am feeling really really extraordinarily tired again. I am thinking my iron may be low again. I have been neglecting my iron pills with these new vitamins the doctor gave me, but I am thinking, I should start taking them again. I can’t explain how incredibly tired I feel. Just standing at the bus stop seeing Princess off to school is an incredible feat of endurance. I am going look at these vitamins (which I take in two parts, one in the morning and one in the afternoon and I am going to work out the best time to take additional iron. This feels like more than a I am tired pregnant, this is an overwhelming, getting worse, I just want to sleep tired. And I slept for 10 hours last night! (If you don’t count the hourly need to call in a crane to turn over in my bed. Other than that complaint, I am doing good. Baby is doing well and I am loving the bond I feel with her as it gets stronger every day.

Your baby is continuing to grow each week that you remain pregnant. Your baby’s crown-to-rump length is nearly 11.2 inches and total length is approximately 18 inches. Your baby weighs approximately 3.5 pounds at this point. Your uterus is about 4.4 inches above your bellybutton and continues to get larger. An average weight gain at this point is between 21 and 27 pounds. The weight that you gain is made up of your baby, placenta, blood supply, uterus, breasts, fat, water storage and amniotic fluid.

Because the ligaments and muscles supporting the small of your back relax and loosen in order to get ready for childbirth, your back may be aching from now on. There is usually nothing that can be done to prevent backaches, only to make them more comfortable. Many women get heartburn during these last few weeks of pregnancy because the oversized uterus leaves less room for the stomach and the contents within the stomach. Eating smaller, more frequent meals can help relieve the discomforts of heartburn.

This week marks an incredible milestone in your baby’s lung development. Before now, the air sacs and branches in your baby’s lungs were present but not functional. The lungs were not able to inflate properly. However, now there is surfactant being produced in your baby’s lungs. Surfactant prevents your baby’s lungs from collapsing outside of the uterus and the baby is able to take in air and breathe properly. The fetal ear is almost completely developed both inside and out. Your baby can hear your voice and other familiar sounds that she will recognize after birth. Your baby is putting on white fat under the skin and the skin’s color is pink instead of red at this point. Your baby’s fingernails have grown to the end of her fingers and she may scratch herself while she is in the womb.

Funny to share

Ideas for a kids room

• Install a mirror so they can check out their dance moves as they rock out to some tunes.
• Make it easy for your kids to get to their toys—and to put them away. Lower the shelves and cabinets so your little ones don’t have to stretch.
• Paint a section of the wall with chalkboard paint, an acrylic paint that is durable and washable. When painted on a wall, it mimics a normal chalkboard, allowing your children to draw to their hearts’ content. After painting the wall, finish the look with a chair rail that can double as a chalk and eraser holder.
• Position a comfy chair in a corner to create a reading nook and to cuddle up and play.
• Give the little artist her own studio space, complete with a hanging gallery of work.
• Make your organization system the focus of the room by getting a wall-to-wall system. You find these systems at places like Ikea, the container store, or Stacks and stacks
• The container is everything. Use the containers to visually enhance the room. Your options are endless. You can use pretty wicker baskets to fill with toys and other items. You can use bright colored cubes that are all the same color, or different colored. You can also go for the clean look, and make them all white.
• All The Best Organizing Solutions In The “Organizer’s Toolbox”
• At Home: Organizing
• Trellis Display
  A painted garden trellis is an imagin-ative way to store and organize a young girl’s handbag collection. Fancy drawer pulls can be used to decorate the wooden pegs of the trellis. Sand, prime and paint the trellis in the color (or colors) of your choice, then screw it to the wall at child’s height.
  
• Labeling baskets or bins with titles such as “Legos”, “Power Rangers”, “Barbies”, etc. can help your kids learn where certain toys go. If your kids are too young to read, you could also take a picture of the type of toys that go in each bin to go along with the printed label.
• If your kid’s room is piled high with dirty laundry, the problem may be the hamper. Choose a hamper that is easy to operate for your child

Tuesday Talk

Not a very exciting post today.  I had a busy morning, I slept in and was late getting ready for our healthy baby club meeting this morning.  They had the room there all done up different and it was really nice.   We practiced our breathing and relaxation techniques today.  I have to say, getting up and down off the floor at 7 1/2 months pg is not so much on the relaxing side.  LOL.  I have signed up for 5 weeks of prenatal classes at the hospital this month as well.  Our neighbour offered to babysit Princess so it is nice to know that we can count on that and that Prince Charming will be able to go with me.

I am slowly working on getting our house in order.  I am going to try to finish Princess’s room tomorrow.  I will try to remember to take pics.  There is so much I want to do, but I can only do so much at a time.  I am NOT one of these jogging until you stop to give birth kind of ladies.

I am having fun doing research and planning my diet plan for after I have the baby.  I love to research new things and having a plan to lose weight makes me feel good about myself.

Menu Plan

As I count down to the end of this pregnancy, I am counting on easier and easier things.  I am resorting to BBQs and frozen meals a lot at the moment.  Here is this weeks menu:

1. Sunday:  Chicken Casserole
2. Monday:  Pork Roast and Rice
3. Tuesday:  BBQ Pork Chops
4. Wednesday:  BBQ Hamburgers
5. Thursday:  Lasagne
6. Friday:  BBQ Pork Chops
7. Saturday:  Spaghetti

Feeling good

It is funny but although I have had a headache ever since my glucose test, I am feeling proud of myself.  I was feeling overwhelmed by the number of things that needed to be done in our house.  But I have taken to doing one little thing at a time in between the breaks I need because of pregnancy induced exhaustion.  So that last night at 10 I was sweeping the floor, and this morning I was organizing a few things in the disaster known as a basement and packing things for Prince Charming to take out of the baby’s room to make room for her crib.  A little bit at a a time, I am getting things done.  I have laundry washed, dried and folded and a little at a time, I take a small armload upstairs to put away.  I am moving the mountain a spoonful at a time.  It isn’t the all-in, work until you drop way I usually do things, and it is taking forever, but at least it is getting done.  Now if I could just convince this headache to take a hike, I could really get some stuff done!

Saturday PhotoHunt — Self

Theme: Self Become a Photo Hunter

This weeks theme was Self. And my first thought was that the biggest part of my “self” right now is my big ole pregnant belly. So here is my “Self” portrait this time.

Home again and Princess funny

I made it through the test, now I just have to wait on the results. My veins cooperated and it didn’t go to badly. I am feeling a little nauseas from the whole thing now, but other than that, not too bad.

Princess was coloring a picture at the table the other day when she saw me drinking a cup of decaf coffee. She came out and said to me, “Mommy? I think you shouldn’t buy anymore decaf coffee, I think you should buy normal coffee. Because when you drink decaf coffee, you sleep on the couch and then I have to be quiet.” She didn’t understand that I am sleeping because I am pg not because I am drinking decaf. I explained it to her and she said, “Oooooh . . . I didn’t know that.” and turned around and went to play.

Bless her little heart. Whenever she sees me asleep, she goes into her room and plays quietly until I wake up.

Wish me luck!

I am about to head out to get my 3 hour glucose test done.  3 hours of getting needles stuck in my ever shrinking veins.  Wish me luck guys!

Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen Things I am priviledged enough to get in the third trimester of this pg. Backaches. I swear there are days, I walk like a crippled penguin, I sound a hundred and one when I get off the couch and I need a crane to turn over in bed. Shortness of breath. I get winded walking up the stairs (which is lovely when I am hurrying to go potty on time) Heartburn. I lay down and immediately start to get heartburn. Breast growth. God blessed me quite well when the breast fairy came to call but I am starting to wonder if this is some kind of joke at this point. Frequent urination. I run as fast as I can up the stairs to go pee so often that I am thinking of just moving in there. It would save on laundry. Weight gain. I know that the doctor says I am doing okay in this department, but I can’t help but wonder how long exactly it will take me to get some semblance of a shape back. Hip Pain. Sore hips and pelvis are becoming a normal part of my day, especially at night. Sciatica. OUCH!!! Need I say more? Fatigue. I nap all the time. If I am sitting down, there is a strong possibility I will soon be napping, and snoring is a new torture I am forcing Prince Charming to deal with. Bad Dreams. I have at least one ot two bad dreams every night. They are becoming so much a part of my routine that I don’t even remember them Nesting. I have this strong desire to get my house in order. Now if only I could get my body to cooperate. Nervousness. Despite the fact that I have come so far in this pg, I am still nervous that something will go wrong. More and More movement from the baby, deepening connection with my baby. As I feel her kick me harder, react stronger to her environment, I love her a little more every day. As the previous 12 things show this pregnancy thing is not at all glamorous, and when I glow it is probably because I am sweating from running up the stairs to pee for the 50th time but I love every minute that I get to spend with my baby. Every time she kicks, I feel a happiness that I could never hope to explain and I remember why I am putting up with the first 12 things in the first place.

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