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| That Marcus is growing fast! |
Technically, this is what's going on this week:
- Chestnut is the weight of a large jicama - ~ 16.69 inches and 3.75 pounds.
- The diameter of the head is almost 4 inches (10cm).
- Under the skin the fat layer is getting thicker.
- The toenails and fingernails are completely formed.
- During this time the baby sleeps most of the day.
- The uterus is getting to be a small space for the baby to move about, so you may have noticed a decrease in your baby's movements (not really!).
- Mom is gaining about a pound a week at this point, and half of that weight goes directly to baby. (Mmmph! This is going to be a girthy child!)
- Weight: 146 lb (+33)
- Belly circumference: 41 in (+12.5)
- I thought I'd seen the end of the rapid weight gain period. I was wrong. I got on the scale at the clinic where I am doing my rotation and when I saw "146," I seriously cursed it!
- The word of the week this week is: sleeplessness. A part of my normal routine is to stay up late after Camille goes to bed so that I could do homework (but, really, who are we kidding...I'm on Facebook & Pinterest). Saturday night, I finally went to bed around 2am. Marcus (Baby Chestnut) was totally up and just giving it to me. Kicky, kicky, kicky!! In addition, Chin was having the loudest snorning night ever. I'd never heard him snore that loud before. He must have been so tired, poor guy :( Anyway, after 30 minutes of trying to fall asleep, I finally gave up and devised a plan to go fold the laundry and watch boring documentaries. I watched two: "Cruise Inc.: Big Money on the High Seas" and "Food Fight." I washed and folded 5 loads of laundry (which sounds really impressive, but really that was laundry I should have been consistently been washing and folding all this time). Around 6am, I started feeling tired enough to go to bed. I set out some stuff for breakfast (Mother's Day was the next day...or rather, that day) and then got to bed around 6:30. I woke up a couple of hours later and was surprisingly not in a terribly bad shape for the rest of the day! Wednesday night was another sleepless one. That time, I was a zombie all day long at school. I really hope this doesn't continue. I love to sleep!
- New belly stretch marks started appearing this week. They just appeared very suddenly one day earlier this week and took us by surprise. I am not getting new stretchmarks anywhere else, though. With Camille, I had a lot of stretchmarks and they spread down as far as my calves! With Marcus, my belly just shoots straight out so all the new stretchmarks are localized at the front of the belly.
- More contractions this week...and they are getting to be a bit painful.
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| Photo courtesy of Rants from Mommyland |
- Chin & I have talked about this for a long time, but I am finally pulling the trigger: I am going to see a counselor. I just need someone to talk to who is not Chin. I sometimes feel a suffocating sense of being trapped and not being able to honestly vent to anyone. I sometimes wish I were Catholic so I'd have access to those confession booths. But I'd like to get feedback, too. Someone to tell me that I'm not crazy. So, I checked with our insurance and I've set up an appointment to see someone in a couple of weeks. I hope I will feel better.
- Our amazing friends have been gracious enough to fill in as our childcare stopgaps. Thank you so much!!! We are still looking for childcare. I think the problem now is that...we don't know what we're really looking for. We have childcare coverage through the end of this academic quarter. Next quarter (starting June 18), I will only need childcare for about 2 hours in the middle of the day on Thursdays - from 11am-1pm. This basically means I need someone to play with Camille for two hours while I'm in class...with Marcus strapped to me. I am sure it will be very helpful to have a consistent person to help us out as taking care of a newborn and a toddler will be a little crazy. But if we don't have anyone to help us out in the summer, maybe we can handle it. Riiight? (See why I need to go see a counselor?)
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