Pregnancy Update: WEEK 32
Size of baby: weighs around 3.75 lbs. and is around 16.7 in. long
Weight Gain: 25 lbs. Hoping to keep it around 30 total and I just might be able to!
Movement: All the time, except it feels like he is doing flips more instead of kicking.
Sleep: I'm sleeping pretty good. Thankfully, I haven't gotten to the stage where it's hard to get comfortable and sleep. Maybe I won't!
Symptoms: Back and feet are still the main things that hurt (but not all the time). Other than that, everything else is good. Still no swelling (yay!) and my blood pressure has been perfect this entire pregnancy, so I'm hoping that doesn't change in the next 7 weeks. I have to say that this past month has been quite pleasant and even though I didn't think I was really tired when I found out my iron was low last month, the iron supplement has helped give me a little boost of energy. Or maybe it's just the nesting kicking in!
Cravings: Nothing really. I've noticed that my appetite is diminishing since there isn't much room in there anymore.
Best Moment of the Month: Finally getting the "nursery" (John Hayden's part of the room) finished, and getting to see him yesterday on the ultrasound. He weighs 4 lbs. (although the weight they get from the ultrasound is not always accurate--it can be a pound off in either direction) and he is measuring a week ahead. (That doesn't mean he'll come a week early...just that his measurements are a week ahead. That also doesn't mean he'll be big. Juliette's measurements were a week ahead most of the time I was pregnant with her and she was 6 lbs. 15 oz., but had long arms and legs, so that may just mean he's long. It also could mean that he just had a little growth spurt early and will even out by delivery time, so you can't really predict how big he'll be with these measurements. Based on what he weighs now, though, and how much babies grow on average in the last weeks of pregnancy, he'll probably be around 7ish lbs.) He also is head down, which is where he should be now (but isn't really necessary since I'll be having another c-section), but good that he's getting ready!

Below are pictures of his side of the room. (And, I think I've said this already on Facebook, but not here, and I'm just going to say it again one more time because as the third of four children who shared a room and bed with my sister until she got married and moved out, it annoys me that I've had more than one person make comments about the fact that Juliette and John Hayden will be sharing a room. Ironically, these people have only one child! Anyway, they will survive. He won't be in her room for the first two months, and many, many people have their children share a room with a baby and everyone turns out fine.)

Also, at the end is a picture of some of John Hayden's outfits that I monogrammed this past weekend. (Monogramming his initials on some of his clothing made me even more excited for November 6th to get here!)