36 Weeks

How far along: 36 Weeks

Total weight gain: Earlier this week I was at 32lbs. :( 

Maternity clothes: Yes

Stretch marks: No

Sleep: I wake up often to switch sides.. and rolling over hurts my lower abdomen :/ I had some weird dreams last night, too!

Best moment of this week: Had people over Tuesday night for Steve's birthday. It wore me out cooking & cleaning all day (which is sad, because I am home & really should just keep the house clean all the time anyway!) but it was nice seeing him happy and having a good time. :)

Miss anything: My pre-pregnancy body & being able to workout hard

Movement: Yes

Food cravings: nope

Anything making you queasy or sick: No

Have you started to show yet: YES.

Gender: girl

Labor signs: just braxton hicks

Belly button in or out: In

Wedding rings on or off: off

Happy or moody most of the time: Probably going to have to go with moody

Looking forward to: having this baby!! I can't wait to hold her!!!

Exercise: some walking, elliptical, biking & stair master. Elliptical & stair master are the easiest way for me to do intervals and get my heart rate up. I've done some machines this week and dumbbells/body weight exercises at home. Not doing squats because I read to not do them if baby is OP - it can prevent them from turning OA by allowing them to go lower into hips? I don't know how accurate it is. It's getting VERY hard to motivate myself to exercise. :/

additional symptoms: I often cannot sleep on my right side anymore - I wake up with a sharp pain near the middle of my ribs where I'm laying. It occasionally happens on the left side, but not often. I get sharp round ligament pains (ouch!) every time I roll over in bed, which is often, so that wakes me up even if I'm not getting up to go to the restroom. The last few weeks discharge had decreased, but it's back up this week. One day I felt like it was a LOT, but it's been pretty much the same amount other wise (I change panty-liners a couple times a day. May be more than necessary or what other preggo's do - I just can't stand any moisture at all down there.) Mild hip & back aches - my back really hurt on Steve's birthday after cleaning most of the house. I have not had constipation lately - I wish I could say that it was probably because I've been eating great, but this week I've had a ton of sweets and junk :( Still tired.
I get anxious and overwhelmed when family members and friends talk about babysitting or just spending time over with the baby. Having company on top of all the life adjustments we'll be going through sounds so overwhelming. I hope I am more gracious when the time comes than I think I will be, haha. I'm such a homebody and love my alone time with Steve, it's hard to imagine having people over often even without a baby. Something else for me to pray about about and cast my cares upon the Lord, right? ;) I'm so glad I have a big God that can take it all - I have so many worries and anxieties I pray about so often.