The latter half of pregnancy

Well, its official between “baby brain,” loads of Drs. appointments (more on that later) and the challenges of summer always being busy- I’ve been an absentee blogger. That being said, I’m going to try better, to get caught up before the big day.

Starting with…. a recap of the latter 1/3 of my pregnancy in a photo review of the 37lbs. that have snuck up on me! Disclaimer: I’m sticking with 37, even though there’s likely 5 additional pounds in there from IVF ovary stimulation I feel as if I didn’t have time to get rid of that prior to pregnancy, so well, it doesn’t count.

Week # 21

 

Week #22

 

Week #23

 

Week #24

 

Week #25

 

Week #26

 

Week #27

 

Week #28

 

Week #29

 

 

Week #30

Week #31

 

Week #32

Week #33

Week #34

 

Week #35

That brings us to the ninth month:

Week #36

* Looking back this is an outfit of desperation, when you're so sick of wearing the same things, yet you dont' want to purchase new things for a few weeks....... it's really not a flattering nor pretty outfit, so to my fashion-minded followers, please forgive me.

Weird food cravings:

These really don’t exist any longer. I love food of all kinds at the moment and have even been exploring a few new foods i.e. the hubs cooked kale for the first time last evening.

*Throughout the past 12 weeks, my new pregnancy low point was an obnoxious craving for apple pie ice cream, right around week #30. I’m not sure if this even exists, I know that I could not find it. In lieu of making the hubs traverse the state of MD for this, I chose to bake an apple pie, purchase vanilla bean ice cream, and mush said products together. I know, shameful, but delicious nonetheless!

Food aversions:

None

Things that I miss the most:

-          Beer, and I’m not even kidding. Fall beer is my absolute favorite and I cannot wait to enjoy a Sam Adams Oktoberfest, provided I figure out a nursing schedule that allows me to do so, before you call CPS.

-          Shoes, currently my pregnancy “cankles” allow me to wear 2 pairs of flip flops only. I cannot wait to put my feet in new shoes again.

-          Breathing, Finley is still sitting quite high and I’m waiting for her to drop a little out of my ribs so that I can breathe. It’s both a painful and glorious feeling to be reminded of these little feet inside of me every day.

-          The ability to go more than 30 minutes without going to the restroom, enough said.

-          My clothing, as a new season approaches, of which I have no clothing for, I am missing variety. This is great motivation for getting back into shape post-baby as I keep reminding myself that nothing in the kitchen tastes as good as the clothing in my closet look!