34 weeks

So tomorrow marks the start of my 34th week!! WOOHOOO!!!

I had my most recent Doctors appointment on Thursday! Everything looks good, my belly measured 32 cm, and the baby boy heartbeat was upper 120's lower 130's! I have gained 1 lb in the past 2 weeks, not bad!!

I've been craving a couple of things lately, chomping ice cubes, and wendys frostys with m&ms. Or any ice cream with m&ms in it!! mmm yummy I want one right now! Physically I'm still feeling pretty good. Get a sore back if I sit too long, but that's okay!!

Last Ultrasound

OK So no picture compared to fruit today! I'm not impressed, the next one says he's the weight of 4 oranges. FASCINATING!

Last week I had an ultrasound to make sure that baby Belanger is growing like he is supposed to. So we went to a local place instead of Orlando, well basically because it was cheaper and we knew we didn't anything fancy. Anyway the Ultrasound tech said everything looked good so we were on our way. Then Monday I got a call from one of my OB's, and they NEVER call me so I got nervous. She said that while the rest of his body measurements were in the 50th percentile, his abdomen was measuring in the 10th and that can't be good. Something called Asymmetric Growth Restriction. So she called us into the office so we could ask her all our questions, etc. Then she sent us into the hospital to get a non-stress test. Basically I had to lay in a bed with straps around me for an hour to see if he was under any stress. It was kinda cool to hear him moving around, and see his heartrate. I was even having little contractions, but not enough to worry about! We also scheduled an ultrasound in Orlando the following day.

I took the afternoon off from school and drove to Orlando. The first thing the tech did was take my blood pressure, and it was way too high, she said it was probably because I was so nervous :) the next thing she did was measure the abdomen, and it measured exactly as it should!! While she did the rest of her measurements I was asking her about 3D ultrasounds and she said she was just trained on the 4D and she needed someone to practice on!! How lucky am I?! Anyway, when the Dr himself came in, he said something like "I don't know what abdomen the tech in Sebring was measuring but your baby is measuring just fine." What a relief!! He's 3lbs 7 oz too!! Here are the treats--

So I just want to thank everyone who was thinking about us, and who prayed for us in the past couple of days. I could feel your prayers, seriously!! I remained calm most of the day.

SQUASH!

Baby Belanger is now about the weight of a butternut squash...and about 14 inches according to websites i've been reading!! Amazing!!

I had a checkup last week. I have gained 3 lbs since last month, and I forgot to ask the doctor how many cm large my belly is! The heartbeat was 140's again, very good! My glucose test came back just fine so that's good, I won't have to take the longer one! WHEWW.

I've still been feeling really, really well. I had a little bit of pain last week when I was standing up but thank goodness it went away! Dr said it was normal. The baby is kicking more than ever, I love it so much! When I was at my appt they gave me a sheet to help me start counting kicks. They said I need to find a time every day to lay and feel for 10 kicks and see how long it takes.

Today I signed up for Childbirth classes....they will start in less than a month. I can't wait for Ian to learn more about all this stuff :) He is going to faint.

We also bought the crib this week, thanks to Auntie Dooey and ChiChi for helping with that. Mom just bought AWESOME fabrics for the quilt and then we will start painting. It's all approaching very fast!! No name yet, though, it's okay to wait til the last minute for that, isn't it???

Quick note from Laura!

Hey, Laura here!! Just had another monthly appointment on Friday! Everything is still looking good. I have gained 11 lbs so far!! That's about 4 more than my last appointment, whooops!! I've noticed some of my maternity pants are getting tighter, and it's getting a bit harder to stand up :) But I just keep reminding myself how much bigger I will get!! My belly measured 23 cm. Heartbeat was 140. Tomorrow I'm going to go in for my routine glucose-screening test.

Ian and I sat down and looked at our list of names.....surprise, Ian's favorite and my favorites were totally different!! We will find one, we will.

I can't believe how much chocolate and sweets i've been craving.......REALLLLLLY craving. If it's chocolate, cookies, pudding, cake, ice cream, I have to have it!!

Kicking up a storm!

Sorry I haven't written in a long time, but I guess no news is good news :) I have been feeling SPECTACULAR! Probably a combination of being out of the morning sickness but still not too big to maneuver myself around. And sleeping a lot. Most of the time I don't even feel like i'm pregnant!! But then baby Belanger kicks me and I remember again. Particularly when he kicks me in the bladder. That is a very interesting feeling!! Basically I feel like I have to pee really bad whenever he does it :)

I had the most wonderful time in Michigan! I got to see a lot of family and friends. I am very homesick...eventually we'll be back...I hope!! Thanks to my mom and dad and sisters for putting up with me for 10 days, haha!!

Below is a video I found on one of my baby websites that I thought was pretty awesome! I wanted to share it with everyone. Just for reference, i'm about 23-24 weeks.

bottomless pit!!

So finally my appetite is acting more like it should!! I will eat a little snack, then only a little while later my stomach is already growling!! Especially at night. I will wake up at like 2 AM with my stomach going crazy!

I'm feeling little movements daily now...it's so fun!! If I lay flat on my back, sometimes I can even see my belly twitching a little. Ian was even able to feel it a little bit when he put his hand on my belly. I've been putting the baby headphones on my belly every once in awhile so he can listen to music, with parents like us it's inevitable he will love music.

Summer vacation is very boring!! I've been doing things around the house but I wish I could be more productive. I'm not getting many hours at Pier 1....wish I could get more. BUT the great part is that i'm going to Michigan in 3 days!! I'm going home!!! We found some cheap tickets so I decided to go home while I still can. Unfortunately Ian has to stay in Florida to work :(

Oh I almost forgot. This week he is the length of a carrot. It makes me dizzy to think about! By the way, we're collecting name ideas, so email me with your ideas!!!!!

Latest Dr. Appointment

Whatever a heirloom tomato is??!!!

We had our exciting Sonogram appt on Thursday! I'm sure everyone has already heard that it's a BOY!! One of my favorite moments was when she was moving around and captured his hand in the thumbs up position! Just like his daddy always does, hehe. Everything looks

great, don't know what else to say about that :)