I feel: over it. What little glamour I found in being pregnant is gone. I’m just ready to meet her already!
Happy or Moody: How about anxious? Or antsy? I’m just trying to relax until she gets her.
Showing: Yes – and dropping more every day. I can start to feel the weight and pressure in my crotch.
Maternity Clothes: Rockin’ maxi dresses and skirts, my maternity capris and shorts, lots of tank tops with cardigans and v-neck t-shirts. The only pre-pregnancy clothes I wear now are jackets/cardigans. At home it’s as little clothes as possible – I’m hot all the time! And some t-shirts I was comfortable wearing before are proving to be shorter – a sure sign the belly is getting lower 🙂
Exercise: Dog walks. Walking as much as I can!
Miss Anything: Ready for cute clothes and bikinis again… Whenever I get the pre-baby body back of course.
Anything make you sick/queasy: No
Movement: Shifts from my left side to my right side. Again, hope she’s getting into the right position for arrival!
Excited for: M’s arrival! Especially now that the nursery is finished (to be revealed later this week) and our hospital bags are packed.
Favorite Moment of the Week: Getting to spend time with Mike and enjoying dinner on Saturday night at our favorite South Tampa Italian restaurant Vino e Pasta.
This weekend was focused on finishing up the nursery and picking up the miscellaneous baby items left around the house (which have been driving poor Mike absolutely bonkers… Can’t wait ’til the baby is here and leaves her toys everywhere). I’m saving the nursery reveal post for later this week (Eeep!), but I did want to share the contents of mine and M’s hospital bags.
Disclaimer: there are some personal, feminine items that are bound to make those with more conservative or childish mindsets uncomfortable. Either get over it or feel free to leave this post.
- A comfortable, loose and very soft pair of pajamas for after delivery
- A nursing tank as well as a regular, loose fitting tank and stretchy yoga capris for the trip home
- 2 nursing bras
- 3 pairs of underwear I could care less about (I actually bought them in a 6-pack from Walmart with postpartum messiness in mind… I haven’t bought underwear in a 6-pack since I was like, well, 6.)
- Super absorbent, winged overnight pads from Always (Also haven’t bought those in over a decade.)
- Shower flip flops
- Travel size: shampoo, conditioner, body wash, face wash, Vaseline & deodorant
- Antibacterial for myself and all the guests who want to come around Baby M
- A hairbrush & headband (I always have a ponytail holder around my wrist so no need to pack that)
- Cell phone charger
M’s bag (all washed and ready for M!):
- 2 receiving blankets (cuter than the ones at the hospital)
- 1 swaddle blanket
- onesies in 2 different sizes – Newborn & 0-3 months. A few short sleeves and a few long sleeves
- Mittens
- A newborn pacifier (not sure we’ll use it, but just in case)
- M’s first aid and grooming kit
- M will be coming home in the pink and white ombre knit blankie her great-grandma knit for her and a one of her headbands or her bow cap
I also put together small gifts for our nurses/doctor as a token of our appreciation for all their help– mini antibacterial hand gels from Bath & Body Works and chocolates
Our Little "Whoops!" 