Week 35: The Baby Bump

Pregnancy Highlights for the Week:

How Far Along: 35 Weeks

Fruit/Veggie: Honeydew Melon

Size: Approximately 18-19 inches long and 5 1/4- 6 pounds

Baby changes: Your baby doesn't have much room to maneuver now. Because she's so snug in your womb, she isn't likely to be doing somersaults anymore, but the number of times she kicks should remain about the same. Her kidneys are fully developed now, and her liver can process some waste products. Most of her basic physical development is now complete — she'll spend the next few weeks putting on weight.


Best Moment this week: Dylan and I put together the bassinet this week. When we finished we looked at each other and it became so real that we were about to put our little girl in her new little bed. We opened up the newborn diapers and couldn't believe how small she is going to be!





Movement: All the time, but now she is definitely staying in the same position and just shifting and kicking around!

Food Craving: Not so much lately...I am not all that hungry. I think my stomach is a little crowded!

What I miss: Being able to sleep on my back.

Sleep: All of a sudden I can't sleep! I feel sorry for all those Mom's out there who struggle being able to sleep for throughout their pregnancy. I have been so blessed to be able to sleep for looonnggg periods of time :) UNTIL this week---I guess God decided it was time to get me ready for my sweet little one and her newborn schedule. After three nights of sleeping 4 hours I spent an entire day asleep! I am hoping my baby lets me catch up on sleep like that when she is here!

What I am looking forward to: Dressing the little Miss up in all her cute clothes! We have been so blessed to receive THE CUTEST clothes and accessories! I

Symptoms: Swelling, Poor/Little Sleep, Heartburn, AND NOW Arthritis ....all of my knuckles are swollen and sore! This whole pregnancy thing is hilarious...I can't believe I am 25 and have arthritis.

I am so very thankful that those are the only symptoms I have. I am feeling really healthy and kind of like being pregnant! It is such an exciting time in my life and I have this sweet relationship with my daughter that nobody else has! What a blessing this is :)

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Here are some pictures on our little getaway to Fredericksburg for our Fourth Anniversary!

 

 

Happy 4th Anniversary My Love!

I cannot believe that it has already been 4 years since we married. What a magical day it was! It is hard to believe that we got to live such a fairytale right after being married. On the hard days when we have a newborn and my emotions are out of whack I will cherish the memories of our newlywed life in Spain and travels around Europe! We are so lucky!!!

God has constantly given us new and surprising adventures every year in our marriage and I look forward to this year's new adventure: Parenthood! I think as a team we can do anything.

I am so lucky to have such a wonderful husband that I am more and more in love with every day and I look forward to our many future adventures. You are my best friend, my confidant, my joy and I love you with all my heart.

Happy 4th Anniversary My Love.


-Katherine

Week 34: The Baby Bump

Pregnancy Highlights for the Week:

How Far Along: 34 Weeks

Fruit/Veggie: Cantaloupe

Size: Approximately 18-19 inches long and 4 3/4 - 5 pounds

Baby changes: Her fat layers — which will help regulate her body temperature once she's born — are filling her out, making her rounder. Her skin is also smoother than ever. Her central nervous system is maturing and her lungs are continuing to mature as well. If you've been nervous about preterm labor, you'll be happy to know that babies born between 34 and 37 weeks who have no other health problems generally do fine. They may need a short stay in the neonatal nursery and may have a few short-term health issues, but in the long run, they usually do as well as full-term babies. She is probably settling into the head-down position, although it might not be final. Organs are now almost fully mature, except for lungs, and the skin is pink instead of red. Fingernails reach the ends of fingers, but toenails are not yet fully grown. She might have lots of hair. Movements are less frequent because of the tight fit.

Best Moment this week: When Dylan felt and saw her foot drag across my belly...he looked at me like he was in complete and total shock! I was like "Babe she does that all the time...probably several times a day. How have you Not NOTICED THAT!!"

Another favorite moment was when Dylan was leaving for work and he kissed me goodbye and saw Baby girl simultaneously kick my upper right side and punch my lower left side...which made my whole belly shake! His eyes got as big as saucers and he started talking about all the sports she was going to play....I hope he knows she can play sports but she might ALSO want to do Ballet or something!

Movement: I had a couple days when she was not moving as much which totally freaked me out, but she still moved so they said everything was fine! She just usually kicks and punches and shakes her body and those days she just sort of shifter around. She returned to her energetic self and still makes me laugh every day at her spastic movements!

Food Craving: Water....I am so thirsty lately! Usually I get tired of plain old water but this week it is just not so.

What I miss: Pineapple... sweet glorious pineapple! I still can't eat it because it will make me throw up. I can hardly bare to glance at the beautiful mounds of pineapple in the grocery store with the gleaming sign that reads $1.99...as if it is mocking me. I may just have to buy a pineapple for $3.99 after I have this baby and enjoy every second of it's over-priced goodness!!

Sleep: Glorious sleep...I am still sleeping great! Have I shared that one of my biggest fears about becoming a mom is the sleep deprivation...I don't know how to handle that!!

What I am looking forward to: Finding out what my sweet little one looks like...Dylan...me...someone else...a combo DYlatherine

Symptoms: The swelling monster has come to my door and he wont leave! I have been very mildly swelling since Aug 1. I was christened into the pregnancy sweliing club with square looking feet and botox-bulgy lips and all. Rachel called me Sponge-Katherine-Square-Feet :( On bad days my feet look like squares (they are wide) and my face is quite full....Pregnancy is a humbling experience but such a wonderful one too. I feel so thankful to have a healthy baby growing and thriving inside of me even if she makes me look like I'm all puffed up!

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Happy Birthday Diane!!

(My in-laws....Grandparent names TBD...although Doug deserves a really good one since he has been doling out nicknames for a long time! I have two words for you "Fat Toes")

Boy did I win the lottery with Mother in Laws! I am so thankful for you and hope you know how much we love you today!!


(The Dahmann Crew)


(The Girls)

I will never forget the first birthday of yours I got to celebrate with the family. It was 2002, Dylan and I were 17, and I could not understand why Dylan, Derek, and Doug wouldn't light candles on your cake and sing to you!! I am sorry we didn't sing to you at Pappasitos today... now that I have a home-grown ally I will definitely be making sure that we Dahmann girls sing and light candles :)

Happy Birthday Diane!

Week 33: The Baby Bump

Pregnancy Highlights for the Week:

How Far Along: 33 Weeks

Fruit/Veggie: Pineapple (for weight)??

Size: Approximately 17-19 inches long and over 4 pounds (my updates keep giving me conflicting measurement approximations)


Baby changes: This week your baby is rapidly losing that wrinkled, alien look and her skeleton is hardening. The bones in her skull aren't fused together, which allows them to move and slightly overlap, thus making it easier for her to fit through the birth canal. (The pressure on the head during birth is so intense that many babies are born with a conehead-like appearance.) These bones don't entirely fuse until early adulthood, so they can grow as his brain and other tissue expands during infancy and childhood. The next few weeks will mark lots of growth in the baby. She will gain more than half its birth weight in the next seven weeks. Baby begins to move less now as it runs out of room and curls up with knees bent, chin resting on chest and arms and legs crossed. You're gaining about a pound a week and roughly half of that goes right to your baby. In fact, she'll gain a third to half of her birth weight during the next 7 weeks as she fattens up for survival outside the womb. She now has toenails, fingernails, and real hair (or at least respectable peach fuzz). Her skin is becoming soft and smooth as she plumps up in preparation for birth.

Best Moment this week: I was sitting on the couch next to Dylan and he had to "boost" me up....needless to say it is getting harder to get in and out of chairs etc lately :)
P.S. By boost I mean push me up onto my feet...we laughed so hard. Him at me for the obvious reasons and me at him because he started pushing me up without any prompting.

Movement: She is still a little mover although I have noticed the movements are different. I guess she is starting to run out of room! She is still in the same position and loves to kick me on the right side of my belly, but still no kicks to the ribs yet! I think I have a thoughtful little girl because she could reach them if she wanted :)

Food Craving: No strong cravings really. I do kind of crave Italian food. Pasta, pizza, dessert any Italian food sounds nice :) My heart burn is getting worse so I also like ice cream and all things dairy.

What I miss: My cute clothes and being able to see! The belly is blocking my view!

Sleep: My sleep has gotten even better! For a while now I have had an insane amount of bathroom breaks in the middle of the night, but they seem to have stopped! Most nights I have been sleeping all night long and very soundly---I am so thankful! Let's just hope baby girl is a sleeper like her mom and dad!

What I am looking forward to: Holding my sweet baby girl!

Symptoms: I am still swelling off and on but it is just my feet and my hands and only when I have been overdoing it! My heartburn has now made me have coughing fits!!! I feel bad for people who have this all the time! I had a puke0free week---Praise God!!!!


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I took this picture then the next day she grew or something because all of a sudden I started getting the torpedo belly....see below!



She felt so big that day!!

Happy Birthday Mom!!

Mom,

I am so thankful today is your birthday! You are so wonderful and always helping all of us. I hope you know how much we cherish you and thank God for you every day. I hope you feel loved on your birthday!!!

Here are a few pictures from the Birthday Dinner we had for Mom on Saturday night:

Wicked!!

My sweet wonderful husband took me to Wicked for my very first Mother's Day present!!! I was super excited to go to see the musical since I performed a medley of the songs in Women's Chorus but had STILL not seen the actual musical!

We had so much fun and had amazing seats in the dead center with a perfect view of the stage. I was a little disappointed by Popular just because I wanted a totally over the top choreographed number and it was much more tame than I imagined in my mind!!

At intermission I saw a few pregnant girls but I realized I didn't see anyone who was more pregnant looking than me. That is a definite first! I usually look at the cute pregnant ladies that look more pregnant than me and have hopeful thoughts to the next pregnancy stage....but I realized the next stage is not pregnancy but MOTHERHOOD!

We are trying to enjoy all the alone time we can get before our little blessing arrives! Thank you Dylan for taking me to one of my loves--theatre!

Week 32: The Baby Bump

Wow! It has been a while since I did one of these! I am now settled into my third trimester and D-Day is quickly approaching! This pregnancy has flown by. I am still in shock I will have a newborn to take care of in just a few short weeks.

Pregnancy Highlights for the Week:

How Far Along: 32 Weeks

Fruit/Veggie: Jicama/Squash

Size: Approximately 18.9 inches long and about 4 pounds


Baby changes: Your baby takes up almost all the space in your uterus now, either lying with the head up or sometimes still with enough room to do somersaults. A layer of fat is forming underneath the thin, wrinkly skin. Baby's practicing opening his eyes and breathing.

You're gaining about a pound a week and roughly half of that goes right to your baby. In fact, she'll gain a third to half of her birth weight during the next 7 weeks as she fattens up for survival outside the womb. She now has toenails, fingernails, and real hair (or at least respectable peach fuzz). Her skin is becoming soft and smooth as she plumps up in preparation for birth.

Best Moment this week: The day I came home around 7-8 pm totally exhausted. I reached down to take off my shoes and completely fell over like humpty dumpty---don't worry Baby Girl and I didn't get hurt! Dylan just sat on the couch and laughed at me. At the time it hurt my feelings a little but in retrospect it was HILARIOUS!

I also can't get up on the bed very easily. I told Dylan I need a little ladder now. If you have ever seen our bed it is SUPER tall.... which of course my 6'4" husband loves but his 5'4" very pregnant wife no longer loves!

Movement: Baby Girl moves all the time but I have noticed a new pattern. She kicks every night around 9 and doesn't stop (I guess she does at some point but I fall asleep!) She also kicks in the early morning and then throughout the day. She is head down (Praise God for a well-positioned baby!!) and her kicks are strong but not reaching my ribs!! She likes to punch me too :) This girl is quite the mover. Sometimes it feels like she is a little pinball and my belly is the pinball machine!!!

Food Craving: My Brewer diet has forced me into eating 2 eggs everyday and man does it make me feel better when I do! SO I guess that is a craving of sorts although I sometimes have to fight back the gag reflex when I try to make myself eat them :) Hard boiled eggs are just disgusting!

This past month I have been weirdly interested in salad. At a family dinner at my parents house everyone was eating brownies and ice cream but all I wanted was a third and fourth helping of salad---I guess it is good my custard cravings have gone away!!!

What I miss: Sleeping through the night without any bathroom breaks and never having to worry about heart burn!

Sleep: I sleep great but I just have to go to the bathroom all the time!

What I am looking forward to: Getting to know my sweet baby girl's little personality! I can't wait to see who she looks like too. I just have this feeling she is going to look like a little girl version of Dylan!

Symptoms: HEARTBURN ( a new development for me) !Backaches! Sleepiness! I even got a little swollen on Sunday after returning from our Dahmann Family Beach Trip! I haven't ahd the slightest bit of swelling until now and I still am a little swollen three days later. My feet are the thing that are a little swollen still and now I am wond3ering if they are "growing"?!? I hope this goes away!!!

I still don't think anything is as bad as throwing up all day long for 3+ months :) Which by the way I threw up AGAIN last Tuesday in the parking lot of Hobby Lobby....I was so depressed after that! I really do think the lovely throwing up phase of my pregnancy has made me truly appreciate the rest of it--I love being pregnant and am just filled with excitement and joy when I think of the little blessing God has given us.

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