Grandma's Home!!

Kaitlyn, Grandma Hazel, and Baby Swaim after Grandma came home!!! What a blessing!!!

Only 6 to go!!

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Your pregnancy: 34 weeks

How your baby's growing:Your baby now weighs about 4 3/4 pounds (like your average cantaloupe) and is almost 18 inches long. Her fat layers — which will help regulate her body temperature once she's born — are filling her out, making her rounder. Her skin is also smoother than ever. Her central nervous system is maturing and her lungs are continuing to mature as well. If you've been nervous about preterm labor, you'll be happy to know that babies born between 34 and 37 weeks who have no other health problems generally do fine. They may need a short stay in the neonatal nursery and may have a few short-term health issues, but in the long run, they usually do as well as full-term babies.

34 Weeks!

We're at 34 weeks now! It's hard to believe we only have 6 left to go! The baby is really moving around! My favorite is when he/she has hiccups! But it's definitely starting to get uncomfortable! Josh got a taste of that tonight at our class-he got to wear the empathy belly. Not so fun!

Anybody who's had a baby probably understands my pain in trying to sleep in the third trimester-literally. I've never been one to sleep on my side-usually I sleep on my stomach, which you obviously can't do when you're pregnant! But since the very early weeks the only way I could sleep was on my back...which is also a big no no, for those of you who don't already know. Apparently this cuts off oxygen to the baby. So it's been a constant battle to make myself sleep on my side. I have a huge pregnancy pillow, which is basically a special body pillow, to help me sleep on my side. So I usually start out on my left side, the one doctors say you're supposed to sleep on. Then when my hip starts hurting too badly I shift my whole body, which is pretty large by this point, and the body pillow to my right side. I sleep that way until my right hip hurts too much and then switch back. Then I have to get up to go to the bathroom, and then it starts all over again! Needless to say I think Josh is ready for me to have this baby just so he can get a little sleep at night!

We're getting excited! Our friends Bridge and Dan just found out they're having a boy!! Bridge and I have had pretty similar pregnancies so far, so it'll be interesting to find out if we're having the same!! Just a few weeks away!!

Anatomy of Putting Together a Stroller

Just Out of the Box...

Halfway Through!!

All Ready for Baby!!!

A Great Day!

We had a great day yesterday! We had our 32 week checkup and everything is going great- right on schedule with no complications! And...Grandma Hazel came home for good! She has gradually worked up to this point, visiting for a day 2 weekends ago and for an overnight visit last weekend. We are so thankful for the huge miracle the Lord is working in her life! 2 months ago we would have been hard pressed to believe she would actually be able to move back home. She still has a long period of adjustment ahead and more work to do to get better, but hopefully being in a familiar environment will spark her recovery even further! Thanks so much for all of your kind words and prayers! And please pray for her continued recovery and adjustment to being at home. She has fought so hard during her entire illness to be able to meet our baby and we are excited to know that moment is only weeks away!

32 Weeks!

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Your pregnancy: 32 weeks

How your baby's growing:By now, your baby weighs 3.75 pounds (pick up a large jicama) and is about 16.7 inches long, taking up a lot of space in your uterus. You're gaining about a pound a week and roughly half of that goes right to your baby. In fact, she'll gain a third to half of her birth weight during the next 7 weeks as she fattens up for survival outside the womb. She now has toenails, fingernails, and real hair (or at least respectable peach fuzz). Her skin is becoming soft and smooth as she plumps up in preparation for birth.

Quinn Marie

Congratulations to Brandon and Laura on the birth of Quinn Marie yesterday morning!! We can't wait to meet her and we're excited to have baby cousins that are so close in age!!
(For those who aren't familiar with Brandon and Laura- Laura is Josh's cousin and Brandon is her husband!)

Less than 2 months!!

We're under the 2 month mark!! Two months from today Baby Swaim is due!! We're into week 31 now, which means we have less than 9 weeks to go! We had our first Childbirth Ed class tonight. Nothing too exciting yet...although Kaitlyn is very excited for the class when Josh has to wear the sympathy belly! There are 15 other couples in our class and this week we just learned a little about the process and a few breathing techniques. Afterwards we went to the grocery store and then came home to discover that while we were gone, Sampson (we realize he's in desperate need of a haircut) had a little third trimester craving for carbs. I guess that means another trip to the grocery store...

30 Weeks!

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How your baby's growing:

Your baby's about 15.7 inches long now, and she weighs almost 3 pounds (like a head of cabbage). A pint and a half of amniotic fluid surrounds her, but that volume will decrease as she gets bigger and takes up more room in your uterus. Her eyesight continues to develop, though it's not very keen; even after she's born, she'll keep her eyes closed for a good part of the day. When she does open them, she'll respond to changes in light but will have 20/400 vision — which means she can only make out objects a few inches from her face. (Normal adult vision is 20/20.)

The 10 Week Countdown Begins!

We're down to 10 weeks left! It's funny how much closer 10 weeks sounds than 11. Maybe it's because next week we'll be down to the single digits! June is already here and it will definitely fly by even faster than May. Josh has his first week of the state Bar review in and is working on the second. He'll have class every day but Sunday through the end of June, then it's time to study like crazy on his own! The baby is definitely starting to move around more...or at least I'm noticing the movement a lot more now. I think he/she was doing somersaults last night when I was trying to go to sleep. Luckily I haven't had any trouble sleeping and the baby usually is the most active when I'm sitting or have just laid down. All this movement just makes us more excited to meet him or her and reminds us that the time is coming very soon!!
-Kaitlyn