Our Story: Week 29

Friday, March 14, 2014

Week 29

Major events: Bayou City Classsic 10K; daylight savings time (woo woo!); caught a super bad cold;

Size of baby: Butternut squash

Sleep: Usually bad, but it varies from night to night. I have been trying to stop drinking liquids early in the evening to help with bathroom trips throughout the night... seems to be helping.

Cravings: Sugar, chocolate, sweets. Always.

Movement: Tons of movement every day. Plenty of rib kicks, bladder stomps and somersaults.

Belly button in or out? In!

Missing: Those AWESOME 1st and 2nd trimester hormones that cause your sex drive to skyrocket. You basically turn into a dude and want action all. the. time. It's amazing. Not so much in the third trimester... Sorry Ryan :(

Best part of this week: Running a 10K and feeling GREAT afterwards!! I was so happy to be able to say I did it, I cried my eyes out in Ryan's arms immediately after I crossed the finish line. (I had my first "bad" run last week, just 3 days before the race. I was worried that I wasn't going to be able to run the 10K. Looking back, I think I just did too much that one day [yoga AND a 4 mile run] But I ran great, finished and felt so good!) It was one of my best runs in a while and I am so grateful.

Hardest part of this week: Getting sick! I was hoping to go this whole pregnancy without catching anything...but Tuesday afternoon it hit me. I haven't even felt pregnant at all these last few days because all of the symptoms from this cold have taken over my body. I am SO lucky that Ryan was working from home on Wednesday because we had a doctor appointment. I don't know what I would have done if I had to face that day alone. Also, OH. MY. GOSH. Holy heartburn. I have never had heartburn like this before and it. is. horrible. I woke up at 3:30 a.m. (the morning of the 10K of course) in so much pain. I woke Ryan up around 4:00 a.m. because I just couldn't bear it. I was never able to go back to sleep. Hot tea seemed to help a little. Luckily, it's been a few days since I have experienced this... (I even had pizza for dinner one night and had no issues. Yay!)

Looking forward to: Babymoon less than 2 weeks away! And also picking a name. There are still a couple of top contenders that we are debating between, but I think we are getting close!

Emotions: Excited for baby! Made a packing list for the hospital and a list of postpartum necessities to buy, which just intensifies the anticipation.

Some pictures from this past week...