Week 36

How Far Along:

It’s hard to believe we are so far along!

36 Weeks and 5 Days already.

24 days until we get to meet our squishy little baby!

I mean technically only 5% of babies are born on their due date but a countdown is necessary!

We are so incredibly excited.

Gender:

I can’t believe in [roughly] 3 1/2 weeks we are finally going to find out if we are having a boy or a girl.

I am so shocked I actually was able to not find out the gender.

Let me tell you… it is SO incredibly hard.

I wanted to find out so bad!

Especially when you see other people on Facebook and Instagram posting their gender reveals.

But, we are finally in the home stretch and the wait is almost over!

I’m still pretty convinced it’s a baby girl!

How Big is Baby:

The babe is the size of a Honeydew Melon.

Approximately 18.66 inches & 5.78 pounds!

Movement: 

Baby actually woke me up yesterday having a little dance party from about 12:30-1:30 A.M.

I have mixed feelings about it haha.

I mean I would love to be asleep of course, but feeling my sweet little baby kick and wiggle around makes my heart so happy.

Feeling: 

Completely exhausted!

Literally everything and anything makes me tired.

Last week Friday I napped 3 times. THREE haha.

I have also been getting a lot of cramps late night.

I think it’s my body trying to tell me to rest.

Nesting is in full force though and I feel like our house needs to be spotless at all times just incase.

Nursery Update:

The nursery is mostly done!

The bookshelves, picture frames, and curtains are all hung.

Thank goodness for my sweet husband who did everything while I sat and watched because my arms got tired just holding them up to try and visualize it haha.

We bought a rug and ended up returning it and decided to get a more gender specific rug and order it once baby is born!

Working Out: 

Working out consists of things like walking around target or sitting up.

I wish I was kidding.

I am physically exhausted all the time and even the thought of going to the gym makes me tired.

Sleep:

I am officially up 2x a night for the bathroom now.

My biggest news is that we bought a new bed!!!!

We upgraded from a queen to a king so I am super pumped about that.

It is getting delivered today!

Is it bed time yet?

Appointments:

We had our 36 week appointment yesterday!

I had the group b strep test and a pelvic exam to see if I was starting to dilate at all.

I am 1cm dilated and 50% effaced!

Even though that doesn’t necessarily mean labor is near it does mean progress has been made which makes me excited!

I now officially go to the doctor weekly.

My doctor did however tell us that if she was a betting woman she would see us at my appointment next week.

As much as I am ready for this babe to make their appearance, we have been planning for a March baby so hopefully they wait it out until then haha.

Baby will probably be a little stinker and come on February 28th!

It obviously doesn’t actually matter to us and we know baby will pick their perfect birthday <3

Every day we wake up and say one day closer to meeting baby.

It makes me smile every morning.

We just couldn’t be happier!

Love,

Nicole B