{"id":2276,"date":"2012-05-31T22:51:13","date_gmt":"2012-06-01T05:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/?p=2276"},"modified":"2012-05-31T22:55:47","modified_gmt":"2012-06-01T05:55:47","slug":"a-baby-story-week-38","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/?p=2276","title":{"rendered":"A baby story: Week 38"},"content":{"rendered":"

Week 38: Baby’s the size of a pumpkin!<\/h3>\n

We’re officially in pumpkin-size territory…how is it possible that I’ve got a baby the size of a pumpkin in my belly?\u00a0 Pretty crazy.<\/p>\n

I’m happy to report that we got a lot more done on our baby to-do list and I’m feeling more and more ready for her imminent arrival.\u00a0 The room is just <\/em>about finished but not quite yet so I’ll have to post photos of the finished product in a separate post.<\/p>\n

We were excited to receive our first cloth diaper delivery<\/a> this week!\u00a0 This is our pre-baby delivery and once she’s born they’ll start coming regularly on Monday mornings.\u00a0 We’ve got her changing station and dresser all set up and ready for use!<\/p>\n

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Here it is! Diaper hamper on the left, clothes hamper on the right, doggy bin filled with wipes, diapers, diaper covers, etc. up top.\u00a0 We still need to put up other frames on that small wall between the bookshelf and the dresser but those will be going up this weekend.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The adorable cloth diaper covers we can’t wait to wrap her little chubby booty in.\u00a0 Those plastic things in the top left are the Snappis <\/a>which hold the cloth diaper closed, then you put the diaper covers over them.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Filled to the brim with diapers!\u00a0 80 newborn cloth diapers up top, newborn disposables on the bottom with a box of wipes.\u00a0 After we get through these disposables that were given as gifts we think we’re going to order some compostable disposable diapers from the same diaper delivery service which we can actually throw in the same bag as the cloth ones and they’ll pick ’em up for us each week.<\/em><\/p>\n

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We finally got a frame and matting for the whale print I purchased a looong time ago (before we were even pregnant!) with the thought that it would go up in our baby’s room.\u00a0 So excited that the time has finally come!<\/em> The print is titled “Ocean Meets Sky”<\/a> and it’s by artist Terry Fan<\/a>, purchased on Society6<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

We spent this holiday weekend outdoors and enjoying the sunshine to get as much adult pre-baby activities in before she arrives.\u00a0 We went for a hike in one of our favorite parks, Joaquin Miller<\/a>, in Oakland.\u00a0 Kevin dusted off the ol’ DSLR camera and took it out for a spin, I’m guessing to get ready for his little lady’s arrival so he can take some good pictures of her?\u00a0 Most of these were taken by him…<\/p>\n

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I LOVE this one, what a great shot, eh?<\/em><\/p>\n

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Big belly amongst the tall trees<\/em><\/p>\n

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The photographer and his sidekick<\/em><\/p>\n

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Lola enjoying the great outdoors!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Me and my favorite pup<\/em><\/p>\n

And for your viewing pleasure, here’s a funny video<\/a> of Kevin and Lola on the hike!<\/strong><\/span>
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We also spent some time at Albany Bulb<\/a> dog beach (we don’t think it’s an official dog beach but that’s all we ever see there…and I’m not sure anyone would be brave enough to go for a swim there anyways!)<\/p>\n

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Lola patiently waiting for Kevin to throw the ball.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Playing catch in the bay.\u00a0 I just laid out on the beach and enjoyed watching these two play together.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Belly, meet the sea…<\/em><\/p>\n

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The soon-to-be parents!<\/em><\/p>\n

Lastly we got to spend some quality time with our friends Kim, Frank and their 3 month old baby girl Amelia!<\/p>\n

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Happy mama Kimmy enjoying a beer while happy baby Amelia enjoys a milk-induced nap.<\/em><\/p>\n

Today was our 39 week prenatal appointment and things are still looking good!\u00a0 Nothing much to report other than the fact that we submitted our hospital pre-admission form so that they’re ready for our arrival in the next week or two!\u00a0 We scheduled our 40 week appointment for next Friday, June 8 (her due date!)\u00a0 The doctor and both of us wonder if we’ll make it to that date…\u00a0 Today was also my last day of work for the next three months!\u00a0 It was an extremely hectic week trying to tie up all loose ends but now that it’s all over and done with boy does it feel GOOD.<\/p>\n

Lastly, this week has been somewhat of an emotional and physical roller coaster this week.\u00a0 Sirena has most definitely dropped which makes sitting for too long pretty uncomfortable.\u00a0 My co-worker told me that it looks like she’s sitting right in my lap and she really is!\u00a0 I feel my belly resting on my thighs whenever I sit down and it’s pretty trippy.\u00a0 I’ve also had to start putting a pillow under my belly when I’m sleeping just to keep it from feeling like it’s sinking and putting too much pressure on my back and it makes for much less comfort during the night.\u00a0 I’m keeping up really well with walking at least 30-60 minutes a day and starting tomorrow (my first day off!) I’m hoping to keep it going (if not walking more) along with some (light) upper body weight-lifting and some floor exercises to strengthen and help relax my back.<\/p>\n

In terms of the emotional roller coaster, it finally started to sink in that I am going to give birth<\/em>.\u00a0 I had kept myself so busy the past few months that I hadn’t really had time to think about it but this weekend it hit me head-on and I started to become afraid.\u00a0 After sharing these fears with Kevin, my sister, and a couple of co-worker-mamas I have begun working on overcoming the fear and thinking of the experience only in a positive light.\u00a0 Both Kevin and my sister Jessie said that they know it’s going to be an amazing experience regardless and I am thinking about it like that as well–that it’s going to be amazing, exciting, rewarding, and fulfilling on so many levels.\u00a0 I’ve also been ravenously reading Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth<\/a> (almost done!) and I’m thoroughly enjoying reading all of the positive birth stories (almost all natural, unmedicated) which is such an inspiration for me.<\/p>\n

Belly shots!<\/h3>\n

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Other pregnancy updates<\/h3>\n
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  • Total weight gained so far<\/strong>: 14 pounds<\/li>\n
  • Fun baby developments this week<\/strong>: She measures around 20 inches (or maybe a little more? Probably since me and Kevin are so tall) and weighs somewhere in the 7-8 pound range but who really knows until she’s born!<\/li>\n
  • Number of days until our due date<\/strong>: Eight!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Poll time:<\/span> When do YOU think she’s going to make her grand appearance??\u00a0 Leave your feedback either in the comments here or on Facebook and we’ll see who gets the closest.\u00a0 Feel free to guess date, time, weight and length too!\u00a0 Our first due date was June 6 and then after our 20 week ultrasound it was moved to June 8.<\/span><\/strong><\/span> Guess wisely!\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Week 38: Baby’s the size of a pumpkin! We’re officially in pumpkin-size territory…how is it possible that I’ve got a baby the size of a pumpkin in my belly?\u00a0 Pretty crazy. I’m happy to report that we got a lot more done on our baby to-do list and I’m feeling more and more ready for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pregnancy","category-video-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2276"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2302,"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2276\/revisions\/2302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lisankevin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}