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Friday, February 24, 2012

8 Months Pregnant

I have reached 32 weeks so now I am officially 8 months pregnant. I am starting to feel huge and I have been having contractions on and off for the past couple of weeks. So I'm starting to realize that my time being pregnant is coming to an end soon. I can't believe how fast time is flying. This has definitely been a harder pregnancy than Tobin's was. I still throw up occasionally and there have been several meals that have made me scurrying for the bathroom...so apparently Noah is picky on what he likes! Noah is pretty active and kicks quite a bit throughout the day. I can tell that he is starting to run out of room though and he's constantly stretching. Even though I feel huge, I think I am still a lot smaller than I was when I was pregnant with Tobin. Let's compare! Here is a picture of me when I was when I was 28 weeks pregnant and 8 months pregnant with Tobin:
 28 weeks

 8 months pregnant (32 weeks)

Now here is a picture of me pregnant with Noah at 8 months:

I think I look a little smaller now and my Mom is constantly saying how I seem so much smaller with this pregnancy than Tobin's. So that's good!

I'm getting so excited about Noah. I still have a few things I want to get ready before he arrives, but we are definitely getting close to ready for him to be born. Tobin keeps asking me if it's Easter yet...because he wants Noah to come (we have told him that Noah will be here after Easter). We keep telling him to just enjoy his last few months of being the only child...because I think once Noah arrives, Tobin will be wanting Noah to go back! I'm excited for us to become a family of 4 and I think Tobin is going to be such a great big brother. He is constantly giving my belly random kisses and telling Noah he loves him.

I am starting to get everything prepared for Noah's arrival. If you have any suggestions of things I should get ready, buy, or do before Noah's due date...please leave me a comment and let me know!

4 comments:

dannyscotland said...

I think you look smaller in the pictures for sure. I think that maybe with second babies, because we're chasing after the first ones, maybe we don't get as big? I wasn't as big with Elena as I was with Karina, either. Enjoy your last weeks as much as you can and rest up as much as you can, too.

dannyscotland said...

I was reading quickly earlier and missed your request for what to do/how to prepare now, so I thought I'd throw out a few off the top of my head. You probably know most of them already, but maybe someone else will also read this and maybe they'll be reminded of something. This is such a hectic time, it's easy to forget stuff.

Have a lot of meals ready to go that can be heated or served quickly and easily

Sleep now or forever hold your sleep

Keep camera batteries and phone batteries charged

Someone once suggested that for the crib, put about three layers of sheets and sheet savers on all at once, so that if baby leaks in the night, you just whip off one layer and don't have to change the whole thing in the night.

Play with Tobin as much as you can and know that (I know you do) there just won't be as much time to spend with him later, but it's okay. In the long run, this will be good for him. A brother is the greatest gift you can give him.

Just try to rest, relax, and enjoy this last bit of pregnant time as much as you can because it's going to go fast!

Amy Moriah said...

Dang you look so much smaller with this pregnancy! You look great!

BabeeLove said...

Wow! It seems your pregnancy has gone by so quickly. I hope you enjoy the last few weeks...I'm getting baby fever LOL