36 Weeks

(one day past) 36 weeks (5/22)

This week was better. 4 more weeks, I can do it! I had another appointment yesterday, nothing too exciting. My GBS was negative, which means I don't have to get antibiotics during labor and I can go home at 24 hours if I want. Yay!
I am starting to feel a little less stressed. Things are getting done around the house and getting ready for Kinsley's arrival. This week Chris's mom came over and helped me put up the tree decal (thanks Kay!). It was a lot more work than I thought it would be but it turned out really cute! I have a few more decorations I want to add and the nursery will be done!

I love it! In the corner is the mobile Tera made for me. The colors go so perfectly!
Kim (my midwife) is out of town next week. She told me to behave until she gets back. I'll do my best!

How far along: 36 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: I gained 1 1/2 pounds this week. I was really hoping to have just one week where I didn't gain anything!
Maternity clothes?: Yup, they are starting to get a little short.
Stretch marks?: Still nothing
Sleep: I do like that medicine! Don't worry, I only take it a couple of times a week and it is perfectly safe for the baby!
Best moment this week: Getting the tree decal on the wall. Love it even more!
Movement: She likes to stretch out. I can feel her back on one side of my stomach and her feet poking out on the other. Braxton hicks are more frequent (especially now that I know what I'm feeling), I have had a couple that hurt just a little bit.
Food cravings: Taco Bell
Gender: GIRL!
What I miss: My muscle. I didn't have much before but now I have zero!
Milestones: 4 weeks left (that's different from one month!)


From Babycenter:

Your baby is still packing on the pounds — at the rate of about an ounce a day. She now weighs almost 6 pounds (like a crenshaw melon) and is more than 18 1/2 inches long. She's shedding most of the downy covering of hair that covered her body as well as the vernix caseosa, the waxy substance that covered and protected her skin during her nine-month amniotic bath. Your baby swallows both of these substances, along with other secretions, resulting in a blackish mixture, called meconium, will form the contents of her first bowel movement.
At the end of this week, your baby will be considered full-term. (Full-term is 37 to 42 weeks; babies born before 37 weeks are pre-term and those born after 42 are post-term.) Most likely she's in a head-down position.