Monthly Archives: January 2016

Jaderston Baby: 28 Weeks!

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How far along: 28 weeks! Hello 3rd trimester!

How big is baby: About the size of an eggplant… 14.8 inches long and weighs about 2.2 lbs.

Gender: It’s a BOY! This is still so hard to believe.

Movement: Yes. Lots of movement! So many kicks and flips and turns. I love it.

Sleep: Still sleeping great! I feel so lucky to still be sleeping well. I think it helps that I have always been a side sleeper so that is naturally really comfortable. I still have congestion waking me up and I’d be even more comfortable if I could breathe through my nose but I cannot complain one bit.

Symptoms: Congestion, lower back pain, pubic pain, light-headedness, and hungry often. My skin has also started to itch on my tummy. I wear maternity tanks under my work clothes and when I get home they have to come off immediately and I put on something loose (usually a tshirt of Mike’s). The loose clothes don’t irritate my skin as much as the snug stuff.

My lower back pain/pelvic pain is seemingly more manageable the last couple days. I feel more mobile than I’ve been in months. I am still having bad pain often, but also am grateful for a few moments of relief.

Cravings/Aversions: Lately everything has been sounding good (except chicken). I am trying to eat smaller more frequent meals and definitely am hungry WAY more than I’ve ever been. And I only want my water cold.

Maternity clothes: Yes and no. I am mixing and matching but I am mostly in maternity only shirts.

Workouts: No workouts and have been told very strictly from my doctor and physical therapist to take it easy. I am “exercising” though if you call my 3-5 minutes a day of PT homework exercising. I’m just grateful to be triggering muscles again and to hopefully be triggering the right muscles to help with the pain.

Nursery: Well, I think I’ve actually made some progress this week. I threw away two big boxes of junk and have another big box of stuff to take to goodwill from the future nursery. We still have a LONG way to go in this room but I’m excited to have it started. I can definitely tell that my “nesting” intuition is starting to kick in. I am organizing all the things and really really wanna get my house to its most functional before the baby comes.

Mike: He is fighting a cold this week which is always a bummer. He has a big youth event on Friday evening and then next week he is having knee surgery. I am trying to soak up all the mobile Mike time before he’s out of commission and on crutches for 6-8 weeks. That means lots of furniture moving and shopping is happening now. He so sweetly agreed to make a trip to IKEA last weekend and he’s been so helpful at setting our new furniture up. We had a lot of fun in KC for the day and got to enjoy one of our favorite foods/restaurants, Pepperjax. I love having whole days with him with no interruptions.

Missing anything: Nothing major. I am so happy to finally be in the final stretch of pregnancy.

Best part of the week: Our trip to KC was pretty great.

Looking forward to most: We have some friends coming to stay with us this weekend! It’s gonna be a wild time of food and board games. I cannot wait.

Worries/Concerns: None! I had my glucose test this week (and it was delicious – I am one of those) and haven’t heard anything yet. They said it could be a few days though. Doctor said everything is looking great!

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A Cold Wednesday Evening

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I have a couple random highlights today.

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If you follow along on Instagram you saw that we took our tree down last night. It was a sad night but it needed to happen.

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Alfie (finally) warmed up to the tree and its coziness so he was also pretty sad when it went away. He kept going over to that corner and whining. I am happy to have our living room back to regularly scheduled programming. It makes the room seem so much more open!

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After work today I made a trip to Aldi. I seriously can’t believe I didn’t know about Aldi a year and a half ago. But anyways, I came home and started washing and cutting up fruit/veggies to store. It started raining/sleeting as I was working and cleaning out our fridge. Sad.

I had a strange urge to pull the juicer out (which I haven’t done in probably a year). I forgot how fun it is to juice!

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We have this juicer and LOVE it.

I just made a simple orange and carrot combination. I used 3 oranges and a couple handfuls of carrots. I poured it over my last handful of frozen fruit that I needed to get rid of so it was nice and cold.

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Then I cozied up on the couch in my new (and super cozy) Gap leggings. I couldn’t find my pattern on their website but linked a similar one. They are seriously so comfortable and they’re on sale!

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It was a random afternoon activity but I really loved it.

Happy day!

Jaderston Baby: 27 weeks!

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How far along: 27 weeks! Can’t believe it is the last week of my 2nd trimester…

How big is baby: About the size of a rutabaga (?? What is that??)… 14.4 inches long and weighs about 1.9 lbs.

Gender: It’s a BOY! This is still so hard to believe.

Movement: Yes. Lots and lots of movement. He has moments of really high activity (usually when I’m laying in bed) but I also feel him throughout the day. The movement never gets old.

Sleep: Still sleeping pretty good. The lingering congestion from my cold last week/pregnancy congestion is annoying. I feel like I’d be sleeping even better if I didn’t have to breath through my mouth all the time. But seriously cannot complain in the sleep department.

Symptoms: Still fighting the remnants of a nasty cold/ear infection. I also have experienced some weird light-headedness and feeling faint this week. It’s like my body will shutdown for a little while. I’ve tried to up my water intake even more so and can’t really tell if that is making a difference but never hurts to be more hydrated. Also still having the pubic pain and lower back pain.

Cravings/Aversions: Still craving fresh fruit, french fries, and pop-tarts. I do feel like I’m getting better at eating small more frequent meals and my meals are getting healthier – slowly but surely.

Maternity clothes: Yes and no. I am mixing and matching. I love all my new Old Navy maternity shirts and I’m happy to have more options for work.

Workouts: No workouts and have been told very strictly from my doctor and physical therapist to take it easy. I am “exercising” though if you call my 3-5 minutes a day of PT homework exercising. I’m just grateful to be triggering muscles again and to hopefully be triggering the right muscles to help with the pain.

Nursery: Umm.. I started going through some stuff last night? And I’ve kinda figured out where my office will relocate too. A trip to IKEA is in our future.

Mike: He had a birthday this last weekend! It was so fun celebrating him even though we couldn’t do much with my mobility. But I love taking any opportunity to celebrate him. It’s so hard to believe that this year we’ll be bringing a new little life into this world. I wouldn’t want to do it with anyone else.

Missing anything: I miss being active.. I miss being able to be on my feet for longer than 20-30 minutes without rest. But it will all be worth it.

Best part of the week: Celebrating Mike’s birthday and just having him home.

Looking forward to most: Next week is the third trimester! I am looking forward to working on the nursery more/reorganizing our life to make it the most functional for when the baby comes.

Worries/Concerns: None! Doctor says everything is on track and looking healthy.

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