34 Weeks

We are 34 weeks and just trucking through this pregnancy! With Landon I was miserable by this point. I hated how fat I was and I was exhausted from working so much. This time around is so much better! I think it's partially not working and partially that I knew just how fat I'd get this time :) I weigh and measure the exact same as the last pregnancy even though I started out this one 10 lbs lighter!!! haha. Gotta love pregnancy. I really don't mind much though. This pregnancy, I've had SUCH a different perspective on life. It's nuts. When I started having contractions at 28 weeks I was petrified about the possibility of a NICU baby. A baby that wasn't ready. Because of that my whole outlook is different. Each day I wake up and I'm still pregnant I'm so so thankful! I don't know how close or real the NICU possibility could've ever been, but of course that's been my worst fear. We feel so blessed to have made it to (what I hear) is a "magic" week as far as baby's development :)

Some things I'm loving this pregnancy -
*how active Miss Laney is! I never felt or saw Landon move like she does and I love each and every little jab and kick
* that people's comments about how large I am this time don't even phase me (most of the time :) ). I know that I'm doing my best at being healthy for our little girl and however big I get is how big I get!
*I love eating tomatoes in any form on anything as long as they are salty! What a funny thing. It's not even a craving, just something I love.
* I am loving even just thinking about nursing this baby. It is one of the things I'm absolutely looking the most forward to. I soooo enjoyed breastfeeding Landon and I'm very excited to do it all over again (except I hope this time we don't deal with all the bleeding, mastitis, thrush, low supply and other issues we had last time! :) )
* I love thinking about our family of 4. How different and new and fun it will be. I love thinking about giving Landon a sibling and how much they will love each other growing up <3
 * that I get to stay home and spend as much time with my little man as possible before his precious little sister arrives

Some things I'm not really enjoying -
* Pelvic, sciatic, round ligament, and every other normal body pain!
* the side effects of the meds! I hate the flushing and headaches that accompany them : /
* Having contractions and never knowing what to do about them
* Not knowing if I should expect to go early because of all the contractions and such orrrr if I should keep my mindset the same as it's been this entire pregnancy. 42 weeks and expecting her no earlier.
* watching the scale and knowing that every lb gained will be a struggle to lose again! yuck
* that I pee sometimes 6-8 times an HOUR!!! I do not remember doing that with Landon at all and it gets so annoying. We've gone through an enormous amount of toilet paper these last few months!

All in all, this has been a wonderful pregnancy thus far. I'm really looking forward to seeing how much longer this lasts and when our Laney decides that it's time to come. We are so in love with her already! Her room is pretty much finished (we need to buy and hang one last shelf) and her diaper bag is packed :) The rest of us are not prepared at all. But at least all of our sweet girl's stuff is ready to roll! :)  Just for funsies, here is a pic at 34 weeks last time and 34 weeks this time :)