Baby's the size of a spaghetti squash!At 11 inches and almost 1 pound, your baby is starting to look like a miniature newborn. His lips, eyelids, and eyebrows are becoming more distinct, and he's even developing tiny tooth buds beneath his gums. His eyes have formed, but his irises (the colored part of the eye) still lack pigment. If you could see inside your womb, you'd be able to spot the fine hair (lanugo) that covers his body and the deep wrinkles on his skin, which he'll sport until he adds a padding of fat to fill them in. Inside his belly, his pancreas — essential for the production of some important hormones — is developing steadily.This week I finally got around to scheduling all our classes at the hospital. I decided on the 3 that I thought were the most important: labor & delivery workshop, breastfeeding basics, and the hospital tour. Hopefully, that should cover the most important information and the rest we'll figure out on our own...or Google!
I guess that brings up another thing that I never discussed on here before. I'm a little uncomfortable around babies right now because I don't know how to take care of them! I feel like I look awkward and don't know what I'm doing. I haven't been around a lot of babies in my life. Our nephew, Grady, has been a good teaching tool for me as I watch him grow and see how people take care of him. I'm sure I'll figure it all out eventually, but it scares me to take care of another life. I'm hoping it's just a mom instinct thing and I'll quickly just "know" how to do it!
On a happy note, it's starting to hit us how little time we have left, so we're on our way with planning and getting things ready. We narrowed it down to 2 beddings sets that were a decent price and ordered them to see how they look in person. I'm so excited to get them next week! I also started working on my registry. I figured I'd do some of it online to save Hubby from having a heart attack and then we'll do the rest in the store.
I've been putting it off, but we also started looking at the name list I made a couple months ago. I know it's going to be a huge argument, so I was really dreading this. It's such a big decision and I didn't want to make it in one day without thinking it through. We narrowed down my list and crossed off the ones Hubby hated. We'll come back to it later when we have some time.
So food...still not really into much of anything except cantaloupe like the last few weeks. Nothing is really doing it for me, but I continue to try to eat and snack as much as I can. If I don't eat every few hours, I start to feel sick and get really tired.
My health is still pretty good. I'm getting a little pain on my lower right side of my stomach which makes it hard to move sometimes. I'm having trouble sleeping on that side and lifting my right leg. I'm sure it's nothing serious and it just comes and goes. Allergies are still an issue so I finally gave in and bought some Claritin for the bad days. About every 2 or 3 days, it gets really bad, I can't breathe, and my eyes are horribly itchy. This season is supposed to be the worst allergy season ever. Lucky me!
Looking forward to our next doctor appointment and ultrasound this week. I want to double-check that it's still a boy!
5:40 - #1 wake up
