This is a nice comparision shot - in the bottom right corner you can see my belly from Week 29 (about 6 weeks ago). I, personally, don't think it looks that much bigger now. However, it FEELS bigger. And in my mirror it looks bigger. So, I'm not sure if it really is or it's just my imagination. I can definitely tell that Maple Baby is getting heavier in there. My thighs are pretty tired after climbing four flights of stairs to my apartment - and they really shouldn't be. I wonder how much easier walking/running is going to be without an extra 30+ pounds inside of me. I'm not sure if that's how much weight I've gained, but it's got to be something like that. So my legs are probably getting stronger, right? It's like walking with a weighted vest or something. Or so I'm pretending.
Although things haven't gone completely downhill, I must admit that pregnancy is getting a tad bit more difficult. Here are my thoughts on Week 35:
Minor Dislikes
* My feet are swelling more. I haven't really had much of a problem with swelling up until now. I think my feet have been swollen a few times, but nothing too noticeable. Well, now they are swollen almost every day. Sometimes all day and sometimes just at night. I lost my work shoes last week (don't ask) and had to wear tennis shoes to work (and it was glorious). Well, I found my shoes on Sunday so wore them to work yesterday - and it was painful! My feet got swollen and my shoes felt so uncomfortable. I wanted to take them off all day but was afraid if I did, I'd never get them back in my shoes. And I didn't have another pair so I would have had to walk barefoot to the bus! So, I kept them squished inside my shoes all day and the walk to the bus stop was quite miserable. I am back in tennis shoes today. I think maybe God hid my work shoes for a reason and they should stay hidden....
* I have to go to the bathroom at night. Yup, I went 35 weeks without having to pee in the middle of the night, but that has ended. I now wake up about 3am-4am and have to use the loo. The worst is when I wake up at 4:30am to pee and I have to get up at 4:45am to walk the dog. There is nothing worse than waking up 15 minutes before your alarm is going to go off. What a bummer.
* I've had more headaches. I think this is related to not drinking enough, and not some medical condition. It's annoying though because I'm trying not to take any pain killers. The headaches I get during pregnancy are nothing compared to the horrible headaches I get when I'm not pregnant (the type that never go away and keep getting stronger and stronger until you can't take it anymore). It hasn't been hard to avoid Tylenol, but a headache is never really fun. I took so much Tylenol in my second month of pregnancy when I had that horrendous sinus infection that I feel I shouldn't take another pill for ten years. I'm trying to drink more water instead!
Those are the main "complaints" I have - nothing too grand and really, nothing to complain about. Everything else is still pretty much the same.
Likes
I am still liking pregnancy, even with the minor dislikes addressed above. I always felt that my body was made to birth babies for some reason and so far it has been good to me during pregnancy. We'll see whether it was made to actually birth the baby in a few weeks! Here are some pregnancy positives:
* No heartburn - yay!
* No problems sleeping, although I miss sleeping on my back.
* No problems walking - I am still walking about 2 miles a day and then about 5 miles on Saturdays. It still feels great to get moving and work my little body out. It will feel so great to go on my first run after recovering from labor.
* I really love how people/cars stop for me all the time. If I need to cross the road, cars always stop and let me go. Seeing as how stopping for people in crosswalks is becoming a dying art, I am always surprised when people stop and let me cross the street, cross parking lots, cross anywhere. It's great.
* I am still LOVING feeling Maple Baby move. Sometimes, for a split second, I feel like I have a parasite living in my belly and it catches me by surprise. I'll feel this whirling going on and then I'll remember it's Maple Baby twisting and turning. It is so fun and weird at the same time. And hubs LOVES to rest his hand on my belly and feel him moving his hiney from one side of my belly button to the other. He would be so shocked if he knew just how much moving around he did in there all day long.
Fears
As the birth of little Maple Baby approaches I feel like there are a few things that are getting me a bit nervous. I am so excited to meet Maple Baby but I still have a few fears....
* I have a fear, as I'm sure many do, that I'm going to go into labor early. I can only give birth at the birth center from week 37-42 and so I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I can hold out until at least week 37. I won't be devastated if I can't give birth in the birthing center, but I really don't want Maple Baby to come too early.
* For some reason I also have a fear of developing postpartum depression. There is a lot more talk about postpartum depression these days (which is great, since it isn't something that should be swept under the carpet and ignored), but all the talk makes me nervous that it's something that could happen to me. I have not enjoyed having crazy mood swings during pregnancy (where I go from happy to super sad in ten seconds - I think hubs likes it even less) and I know there will be a big decrease in hormones after the baby is born and it will be normal to have some baby blues, but I'm hoping that that is all that happens. We shall see.
Ok, this post has gone on for way too long! That is my Week 35 update - nothing too new and exciting but hopefully somewhat entertaining.
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