Pregnancy Update: 32 weeks!

Wow, it’s June! That means baby will be here next month (WHOA) and we are def­i­nitely now in the home stretch with just single-digit weeks left to go!! And, it shows–both in my big ‘ole belly and the com­mon 3rd trimester aches & pains that have started to become more com­mon. From time to time, I have those lovely things like pelvic pain, sci­at­ica, short­ness of breath, and the preg­nancy wad­dle. But, it makes a lot of sense when you look at the changes in just a few short months. Here’s a glimpse:

See…big belly!! With my crazy short torso, I think I’m already as big as many gals at deliv­ery! And, just think, I very likely have 8 more weeks to go!! Just for fun, I thought I’d fill out some of the ques­tions I see on the typ­i­cal week-by-week preg­nancy sur­veys:

How far along? 32 weeks and 4 days
Total weight gain: 10 lbs.
Mater­nity clothes? Def­i­nitely, yes! But, there actu­ally are still some non-maternity shirts & comfy pants I can wear just fine .
Stretch marks? Very few new ones, but elas­tic skin is not some­thing the women in my fam­ily have been blessed with. From the pre­vi­ous two preg­nan­cies, my abdomen looks like it’s been clawed by a moun­tain lion!
Sleep: Mostly ok, but get­ting harder & harder to eas­ily switch sides.
Move­ment: Lots!
Gen­der: Still a BOY!
Labor Signs: No (thank good­ness!)
Belly But­ton (in or out?): Almost out–mostly flat right now, but not sure if it can hang on for 8 more weeks!
Wed­ding Rings (on or off): Still on, though I’m assum­ing on for a cou­ple more weeks at most (I usu­ally swell a fair bit toward the end).

The best part about this week was once again an ultra­sound! We had Baby #3’s 2nd growth scan and once again, every­thing looks great! It’s def­i­nitely clear that he is fol­low­ing in Lit­tle Brother’s foot­steps in size. Even with the con­cerns about the SUA (two-vessel cord), this lit­tle guy is HUGE! His esti­mated weight was approach­ing 5 pounds! Seri­ously, I have known peo­ple that have deliv­ered FULL TERM babies in the 5 pound range where as he is only 32 weeks! If he puts on the expected 1/2lb+ per week, then that could be one large baby!! EEK! With aver­ag­ing all of his mea­sure­ments, he’s still hang­ing out in the 75th per­centile+!! In fact, his aver­age mea­sure­ments put him very close in size to a typ­i­cal 34 weeker. And, most con­cern­ing from his mama’s per­spec­tive (who is hop­ing for yet another vagi­nal deliv­ery), his head size mea­sured at 35 weeks+!! WOWZA! So, there are def­i­nitely NO con­cerns about the cord affect­ing his growth right now.

Since he is get­ting so big, it was much harder to get good pic­tures. And the lit­tle stinker was STILL trans­verse across my belly, com­plete with his hands & feet all up in his face. So, we couldn’t get a good 3D shot of his face once again! Bum­mer! But, this tech was super great and tried to get us some­thing cute! Here’s what she got…

Look at those cute feet!! She men­tioned that he already had a nice plump leg, LOL! Very fun!

So thank­fully, every­thing is look­ing great so far. My doc­tor wasn’t even con­cerned in the slight­est about our Dis­ney­land trip in 10 days! Woo hoo! After that, we need to get in seri­ous new-baby prep mode (since we still have done almost noth­ing, lol!).