35 Weeks

Dear Wyatt,

You are 35 weeks along this week and about the size of a butternut squash!

Your mommy is this size:

Can you believe my uterus has grown 1000x it's original size?!

Stretch marks are attractive, no? And that's the GOOD side! The other side looks like a cat scratched me and wouldn't let go.

You are about 17.2 - 18.7 inches long and probably won't get much longer. You are around 4.2 - 5.8 lbs and are going to just keep plumping up until your delivery, putting on about a 1/2 lb a week. Room is getting sparse in my belly, limiting your stonger-than-ever movements.

At this point you should be head-down, and I feel like you are, but she will ultrasound on Wednesday just to be sure. I feel like your feet are pushing up into my ribcage, making my ribs sore and making it hard to breathe and eat comfortably. I lay back a lot in the recliner with my arms above my head just to get some relief. My mom told me I was always in her ribs too, and she would lean back the same way to help breathe easier.

The baby showers were this past weekend, you can read about them here.

Melanie and Mike stayed with us and Melanie took my blood pressure for me, which is a lot easier than me trying to do it. My BP's still range from the 130s-140s over 80s. I've been writing them down to keep track in case Dr. W wants to know what I've been running.

Bedrest sucks. Everyone worries about you being up. You feel guilty when you are. You try to keep as busy as you can while sitting down. Today I spent hours writing out Thank You cards and online shopping. I wanted to leave for lunch to get the crab rangoon that I have been craving for days now, but your daddy told me to stay home and relax and he would pick up Chinese for dinner. Honestly, I am looking forward to this Wedneday appointment more than anything. I don't know how I am supposed to get through Tuesday!

I was having a lot of pain last night trying to sleep. I woke up every hour. My uterus was very hard and I was having terrible back pain. I was wondering if I was going to go into labor, or if it was false labor. I remember thinking: Oh my God it can't get any worse than this! How do those women doing "natural births" handle it!? I would get up and walk around trying to calm things down. I thought about calling my mom, but knew she wouldn't answer at 3:30 AM. When it got bad enough I thought about having AJ take me to the hospital. Eventually things calmed down and I haven't had an issue since. I hope that was just a fluke and I don't have to do that again.

Last night at 6:30, Allie went up to the hospital to be induced! This AM they broke her water and started her on pitocin. Haven't heard any update yet, I keep checking Facebook for updates but there hasn't been any word yet. I can't wait to see that little Lilly girl!

Love,