
Belly Update


Hi there baby girl! 38 weeks! It’s almost time! In fact, it could be any day now. Last week, at 37 weeks Dr. Simms pulled me off the contraction medicine because you are now considered at term (early term). I was already 2cm and 60% effaced, and she said […]
Emelyn: 38 Week Belly Update

Hi Baby Girl! You have now been baking in my tummy for 36 weeks. We are in the home stretch! You are impatient (no idea where you get that from- haha!). We have had recent troubles again with you trying to bust out early. There were several weeks where you […]
Emelyn’s 36 Week Belly Update

Hi Baby Girl! You’ve been such a trouble maker this past month! My contractions continued since our last update, which resulted in several more visits to the OB to ensure you would stay baking in my belly instead of making an early appearance. With each appointment, they used the […]
Emelyn- 32 Week Belly Update

Hi Baby Girl! You have been growing in my belly for 26 weeks now. It’s going slow, and fast all at the same time. I can’t believe in approximately 14 weeks we will have a daughter! I still can’t wrap my mind around it! A baby girl all of our […]
Emelyn- 26 Week Belly Update

37 weeks Total Weight Gain– almost 35 pounds Cravings– Your Dad has been making me homemade popcorn that he cooks on the stove and then lightly seasons and it is SO good. Also, fresh peaches over vanilla ice cream. YUM! Sleep- Hmph. Sleep. My joints have started aching at night, especially in […]
37 weeks- Belly Update

35 Weeks Total Weight Gain– 32 pounds Cravings– Still no cravings really… Sleep- Just like last update, sleep still sucks. Apparently a symptom of pregnancy is insomnia, so sometimes I’ll randomly wake up in the middle of the night and be wide awake, and then not be able to go […]
35 Weeks- Belly Update

33 Weeks Total Weight Gain– Up 30 pounds total Cravings– Nothing to note really. Caramel ice cream is really awesome in case any one was wondering. I don’t have it very often, but when I do, it’s a-m-a-z-i-n-g Sleep- Sleep sucks. You’ve started to love keeping a leg up under the […]
33 Weeks Belly Update and Tummy Video

31 Weeks Total Weight Gain– Up 26 pounds total Cravings– Actually I think I am getting less hungry because you are squishing my stomach! That may change in the future when I want to eat everything is sight, we’ll see! Sleep- Ehhhhh. So, in addition to peeing multiple times a […]
31 Weeks- Belly Update

28 Weeks Total Weight Gain– Up 19.4 pounds now, you are growing like a weed!! Cravings– Well, with the gestational diabetes scare of this week, I am going to be much more careful about any kind of sweets (except for the brownies and lemon bars that a vendor at work brought […]
28 weeks- Belly Update

Whoa baby, less than 100 days until your’re here! Weeeeeeeeeee! Total Weight Gain– I think around 16 or 17 pounds. We go to the Dr next week, so we’ll see… Cravings– I’ve finally moved past apples, so now I’m just kind of eating different kinds of fruit several times a […]
Belly Update-26 weeks

Well Little Man, you’re continuing to grow! And making my belly grow! You’ ve been moving a ton (as the video evidence I posted earlier showed). Total Weight Gain– 12 pounds Cravings– Will bought me some caramel ice cream. OH MY GOD it was so good. And then he […]
Belly Update 23 weeks

My belly keeps growing and growing!! The Beginning 21 Weeks Total Weight Gain– 6 pounds as of last week at the Dr’s appointment Cravings– Still no absolute ‘must have’ cravings, but I am consistently eating an apple with lemon juice squeezed on it (to stop it from browning once it’s […]