Nature's Way (Week 34)
***At 34 weeks (photo taken by Charles)***
I promised myself that I wouldn't make this blog a pregnancy journal, but that I would write about my journey once in a while and maybe more as I get closer to the end of it.
I am now in my 34th week and I am entering the last phase of my pregnancy. This is what I would probably consider the most uncomfortable phase because luckily my first trimester wasn't such a hard slog. My baby should now be over 12 inches long from crown to rump and weighs about 5.5 pounds. I've gained a total of 25 pounds myself and everything is just taking a toll on my body, making it weak and often exhausted. I feel that my body is working so hard to keep up. I am not sleeping well because it's getting harder to find a good sleeping position--my back hurts when I lay flat, and my hips, legs and the side of my rib cage hurt when I lay on my side. The baby's movements are also getting more intense that they start waking me up in the middle of the night. When I'm sitting down, my butt hurts after a while and when I'm standing, the muscles in my lower body get so sore from carrying this large bundle. In other words, it's really getting harder and harder to move around.
I think that all the discomforts of the last month is nature's way of preparing me and other moms-to-be for labor and delivery. If not for these, I still would have wanted to prolong this journey because the thought of giving birth itself terrified me. But now, I'm ready--in fact, I can't wait! And the baby's frequent and more apparent movements, as if trying to communicate, is making me more excited. I am so looking forward to meeting him soon!
6 comments:
i can feel your excitement. na apil pud ko ka excite. oh, my prayers go to you and charles jr. (charles sr pud). be well.
thank you chi! really need those prayers =)
oh poor lisa.. indeed this is the natures way to prepare you not only for delivery liz --- it's motherhood
sleepless night - definitely a yes [let's be ready for the every 2-3hrs feeding time]
aches and pain - labor pains maybe? or post-partum pains? [it might run in your family having a good pain threshold, pareho kay lot2x nga nag-natural, no epidural... hats-off to your sis]
but nonetheless, you made it liz --- few more weeks to go, i know you can do this... i/we will be here for you, we'll be praying. hang in there certified soon-to-be-mama!!!
25 lbs - not bad! and wow!!! love the belly! must be really exciting! i didn't get that belly when I had allysa. lucky girl!
Hi Cinds! I don't know if I'm as brave and tolerant to pain as my sister. If you ask me what my birth plan is, it's the "all drug plan", hehe! Please pray for me!
Nette, they said the belly is more pointed and goes out in the front if it's a boy and more round and goes out to the sides if it's a girl. I don't know how true and why it would make a difference, but my co-worker is expecting a girl and she is gaining inches on the sides.
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