34 WEEKS

34 WEEKS

How far along? 34 weeks

Weight Gain? 23 lbs.

Maternity clothes? I keep telling myself I need to go to Motherhood Maternity and buy some maternity shirts but I just cant get myself to do it because

 1. Maternity clothes are expensivvvveee   

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 2. I keep buying m.eandyou and Oliver and Otis tshirts which are waaaay more comfortable and much cheaper.

Sleep: Sleep is R O U G H. Especially after physical therapy. It hurts to roll over, move, sit up. And its all thanks to round ligament pain

Best moment this week: With all the pain ive been in lately its given me a chance to just lay around and relax with Tenley. With that being said, I have had SO much fun just bonding with her and spending time with her! Every. single.day. she says something new and makes me laugh oh so much. I honestly don't think I would survive this pregnancy without her.

Miss Anything? Not being in pain all the time

Cravings: The other night I realized I forgot to buy milk so we had to make a late night run to Walmart (It was actually only 8pm so it wasn't toooo late) and I HAD to buy grapes. I could eat a whole bag in a day. I also have a new found love for peppermint. peppermint lipgloss, peppermint candles, and candy canes. Its a weird new obsession.

Symptoms: Back pain, round ligament pain, oh and ive started to "waddle" its realllll cute yall.

Looking forward to: Thursday I have an appointment with Dr. Bullock and im so nervous to see if ive started dialating AND I get to see this little boy one last time before he gets here! Normally they don't do this until 36 weeks but because im at high risk for an early pregnancy they are starting it now. Im also starting to pack my bags, deep cleaning the babys room and the rest of the house before we are officially a family of FOUR!

***THE HONEST TRUTH***

I NEVER want to be that person who makes their life seem perfect and happy over the internet. Especially while im pregnant.

While I do have it 54631289463xs easier than most young moms, I can totally thank Shea for that one. I honestly cant imagine being THIS pregnant, working, and taking care of a toddler and im SO thankful I can just hang out at home with her all day and relax in bed all day if I wanted to.

To be clear this pregnancy has NOT been a cakewalk or perfect and I try my hardest to be as "real" as possible on here.

With Tenley my pregnancy was easy and 99% of the time I didn't even feel pregnant except for the fact I gained 70lbs with her. This pregnancy is the complete opposite. While I haven't gained much weight, the first half of my pregnancy was spent feeling nauseous and the second half has been spent with back pain, exhaustion, round ligament pain, many sleepless nights and while I haven't been nauseous almost everything I eat suddenly makes me sick afterwards. Poor Shea the last time he was in town from work he witnessed me cry M U L T I P L E times. I would cry because it hurt to lay in bed, hurt to walk, I just hurt in general and there was nothing he or I could do about it.  Im going to a physical therapist once a week to get the problem situated but im sure it freaked Shea out to see me randomly bust into tears.

Ive also had a few people offer to watch Tenley to give me a break either now or when the baby comes and as sweet as that is noooo thank you! Tenley is not only my biggest helper but her silly self also keeps me sidetracked from feeling bad! And I can totally handle 2 kids...otherwise Shea and I wouldn't have had another one(: So as thankful as I am for people wanting to help out and watch Tenley, we have it handled(:

In no way am I writing this to get sympathy or anything like that because I know that this is just how pregnancy is! But I am writing it to show that in no way is everything always "rainbows and butterflies" like it can seem sometimes and I just wanted to be as real as possible!