Here I am at 34 weeks on Halloween!

Baby O is now about 4 3/4 pounds (like a cantaloupe) and 18 inches long. He is still filling out, and hi central nervous system and respiratory system continue to improve. According to the BabyCenter update this week, babies born between 34 and 37 weeks are typically fine, which is reassuring. They may need a longer hospital stay, but tend to have no lasting health effects.

The update for me this week is that fatigue may have set in again…I didn’t have much fatigue in the beginning (I was tired, but not fatigued) so I’d have to say YES I am having it now. Sometimes it just hits me in the middle of the day and I don’t feel like I can continue with whatever I’m doing. I’m pretty uncomfortable in general as well. I feel gross! haha. It doesn’t help that my very nice husband is trying to lose weight until our weights match? I’m not sure what that is about! (It’s not as funny to me!) But thankfully, at my last appointment I hadn’t gained ANY weight, which is wonderful. I hope I can keep it up. The hunger and thirst thing has seemed to return…I’ve found myself insatiably thirsty and getting hungry more frequently. I think these are little spells that come and go. I’m still fighting to breathe and having a lot of back pain…I think those two things will stick with me.