34 weeks update !!!

Time is flying now!!!!!!!!!! Jorge is in Hong Kong and I cant wait for him to be back!! He will be back on the 17th... I'm hoping Arella will stay put at least until he is back. I really dont feel she will be in early though.

Im feeling great, my constipation is gone! And having more Braxton hicks.. but nothing to be concern. I do feel more tired and get exhausted after doing a few things, so Im not getting much accomplished.

I'm working from home and that is helping, but I need a nap every day and that makes me fall behind at work... I have to work during the weekend to catch up on what I didn't do during the week.

Here are the belly pics for the week! I'm getting bigger by the minute!! Arella is HUGE!!!!!!!

33 wks update and Drs appointment!

Pregnancy is going great and baby Arella is growing like crazy!!!

Sleeping is much more difficult now, since I either have reflux, need to wake up to go to the bathroom, and I cant find a comfortable position. But I'm still enjoying it!

Im getting more BH... sometimes even a little cramping... my belly gets soo hard at the end of the day!! So I'm taking it easy... working from home and waiting for Jorge to be back! YUP he went to HONG KONG and BEIJING! Not the best time of the year to do it, but no other choice! He will be back on the 17th of Oct and I cant wait... I will be starting my 36th week then!!

Had a Drs appointment on Friday Oct 1st. My belly measured 1 week ahead, and he said she was definitely lower. BP was great at 110/74 and HB was at 145. I gained 1 lb in the last 2 weeks which is good, for a total of 22 lbs. He did a cervical check also, he said no dilatation but she is VERY low, he could feel her head right away. Dr said he thinks when is time I will have a quick labor, I'm really hoping he is right!!!!!!!! He said no much driving and walking until Jorge is back, he wants to make sure she doesn't make her appearance until we are full term. So for now I'm working from home and taking it easy. Watch us being past due and induced!! LOL... he thinks I wont make it to 40 weeks but we will know better later on.

Next appointment is on Oct 13th but with a different Dr since he will be out of town... and then I start going every week!!!! I cant believe we are getting soo close!! I love being pregnant, even though I'm at uncomfortable stage, I still don't want it to be over!!! I love feeling her move and watching my belly, so I'm enjoying this last month!

Not yet ready with the nursery, I'm hoping by next week!! Also tomorrow, Oct 6th, I have the hospital tour which I'm going with my mom. I will start washing her clothes soon too, and packing our bag.

Here are the belly pics for week 33, which I took today! and I'm really 33wks and 6 days!! But I totally forgot to take one last week!

32 wks update, Drs appointment and u/s!!!

We are getting close!! Starting the 8th month!!

I had my baby shower on the 18th!! I will make a special post for it with pics :)

Pregnancy is going great, Arella moves like crazy, she is a non-stop little lady! She is getting heavy!! This week I had one day LOTS of BH and I felt she was shifting!! OMG I was soo sure she moved to a breech position, Drs appointment couldn't come soon enough!!

I started having some pelvic pain too, my hips starting hurting and my lower back as well. I'm having more BH too. Since Jorge is going to Hong Kong from the 4th until the 17th which means he will be back right before I turn 36 weeks, the Dr decided to take me off work, well mainly to take me off driving since I commute about 2 hrs a day... and gave me a note to work from home. I will be giving the note to my boss on Friday, so I'm hoping he agrees, because I really need the income to finish buying all the stuff for baby Arella!

Appointment went fine, HB was great, BP was 110/70, belly measure right on target, but I gained 4 lbs in 2 weeks!!!!!! Up to 21 in total! Dr said it was fine, he thinks I'm having a big baby so he sent me for an u/s. The best part was he said she was HEAD down, looks like all that moving was her getting engaged! So relief I still have a chance of having a natural birth!

Next appointment will be Friday at 33.2 weeks, its a bit less than 2 weeks like before, but since Jorge is leaving he wants to check my cervix and make sure everything is looking fine!

U/S was at 32.5 wks and baby Arella measured 35! Weighting more than 5lbs! So looks like the Dr is right and we are having a chubby lady :) She is also engaged and very low!! She has great amniotic fluid!! She was facing my back, so we couldn't see her face!! They also told us she has very little hair, so all in all great u/s! We will see what he says on my next appt.

Oh and I got the worst COLD!! and I have a throat infection... so I'm on antibiotics... I feel horrible and the coughing is terrible!!! Hoping I start to feel better soon!!

I haven't dropped yet, its too soon, but my belly definitely looks lower...

31 weeks update!

This past weeks have been crazy!!!! I have a lot of work, since many audits are due by September 30th!! I also had my baby shower on the 18th!

Pregnancy is going great but I'm not sleeping that well anymore, cant find a comfortable position! I'm having some reflux, but with Zantac it goes away quickly!! I'm waking up more often to go to the bathroom too, every 2-3 hours!!! My belly is getting huge, Arella is growing like crazy!!!

I finally started working non-stop in the nursery, I bought a few things online so I'm waiting on those!!

Jorge is going to Hong Kong on the 4th... not looking forward to that! He is going for 2 weeks! But we are waiting to make sure the Dr gives him the OK to go! Arella is the one that decides if he is going or not... we are still early but we need to make sure she is nowhere near to arriving!!

Here are the belly pics for this week!

30 weeks update and Drs appointment!

I cant believe we are 30 wks!! Tomorrow we will be starting single digits! These last few weeks have gone fast, but on the other hand I'm so ready to meet my little princess!!

Her room will be painted by the end of the week!! My baby shower is this weekend coming up, Sept 18th, and I'm so excited!! After that is time to start putting everything together!!! I feel like time is flying and I need more time to set everything up!!!

Arella loves the right side of my belly, you can see her kicks mostly on that side!! Her hiccups are down low so I'm hoping she is getting into position.

I had a Drs appointment on Sept 9th, I cant believe we are going biweekly!! Belly measured perfect (30-31), HB was 155, BP was 115/72, no protein and no UTI, I have gained a total of 17 lbs which he said it was perfect!! We are aiming for a max of 25, we will see!! Im eating a lot more!

Next appointment will be on Sept 22th at 4:00 pm. And we will be having a growth u/s by week 35. By measuring my belly and previous u/s he thinks she will be 7-8 lbs, so he wants to make sure she is not that big so that we can attempt natural birth, I really hope so! :)

He said I can travel until week 32, we were hoping to go to Kentucky on the 23rd, but Jorge has to wait and see if he sells his horse first, so that we can go to buy another one. If not, maybe we will go to Ocala in a few weeks, we definitely need a last getaway before Arella gets here!!

I'm having such a hard time at work, I hate the driving, about 2 hrs a day... and I'm feeling more and more tired... and all I have in my head is all I need to get done before she gets here!! I'm hoping to stop working around my 35th week... we will see what the Drs think and if we can handle loosing my income that soon...

Here are the belly pics for week 30!!!

29 weeks update!!

I'm super late for my 29 wks update!!! Things are going great, but I'm starting to feel more tired.

I have been working on her room too, mostly buying things I need for her, and I will soon start putting everything together. We just have the crib and the glider setup.

I have started to get lots of reflux... no heartburn though... mostly at night!! I'm trying to eat less at night and I read is good to sleep in a more seated position, but then my back hurts so much! My feet hurt too at the end of the day, I feel like I have walked all day long! I'm not swelling yet thank God.

Arella is growing very well, my belly is getting huge!! I'm having people asking me if I'm almost there!! Nope still 2 months to go! She is still very active, you can see from the outside how much she moves! She gets lots of hiccups too!!!

Got my maternity pics done too! I will post them very soon :)

I started my TO DO list before Arella gets here, and OMG I'm overwhelmed with all I need to get done!!

Here are my belly pics from week 29!

28 weeks!! Welcome 3rd trimester!! and 3d U/S!!

Third trimester is here!!!!!!!!! WOW I cant believe it, it still seems so unreal!! This last weeks have flown by!!!!

I had a great week, we finally got approved to move in!! So this past weekend was horrible... I was soo exhausted at the end of the day! I felt like when you go to Disney and walk all day long! We moved as much as we could from Friday to Sunday... then on Monday the movers came in to move the big stuff... so we were finally able to sleep in the new house! My room is still a mess... I have about 5 boxes and 3 bags to open, and many things to hang!! But I'm taking it one day at a time! It is actually a suite... so I have a little kitchen and living room. I will post pics once its set up.

Arella is moving a lot... she now puts herself into some weird positions you can even see her from the outside! It gets so uncomfortable sometimes that I need to push her a little so she can move from that position!!! I feel her legs around my belly buttom, and her hands very LOW! She is head down according to our 3d... hoping she stays that way :)

I had my 3d u/s on Wed... Aug 26th. It was 30 minutes, from which she cooperated about 5-10... but at least we could see her sweet face! She was smiling a lot too... and covering her face with her hands.. and OMG she was putting her foot in her mouth many times, its incredible how flexible they are!!! The tech said she looks much bigger than 28 wks!! I guess we will see on our 32 wks u/s!! Everyone says she looks like Daddy... I cant tell much by the pics... but I think she has my mouth... not too long before we see her :)

Pregnancy is going well... I'm still constipated but dealing with it OK. My belly gets very hard at night and I do get a couple of BH too. I'm starting to feel heavy too! No heartburn yet.. and I'm still walking up earlier and just once a night to pee. I actually woke up 3-4 times a night until 14-16 weeks and then no more than once... but I'm sure I will start walking up more often now! My Drs appointment was on Thursday but I moved it to next Thursday... this is such a busy week that I cant miss more work!

I'm going to get the crib this weekend, finally!! I'm hoping to start on the nursery... Im hoping to paint and set up the crib and put some of her clothes away this weekend... Its a long weekend, so I'm hoping I get a lot done!

I'm having my maternity pics on Friday!! Cant wait!! I still haven't decided what to wear!! I feel so huge that there is very few things I like! Hoping Jenn can do some miracles with the camera :)

So here are the belly pics for week 28th and the 3d u/s!








PUTTING HER FOOT ON HER MOUTH!




THIS IS MY FAVORITE! SMILING!