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So my due date is almost officially here, tomorrow is Xander’s due date!  For being 40 weeks pregnant I feel pretty darn good.  Below is a list of some updates with me and a few pictures.

• I sleep well most nights
• I had about 4 hours of practice contractions on Sunday, 8-10 minutes appart lasting about 1.16 minutes each
• There is a new midwife in my practice and I really like her
• With only 8 days until Christmas we are not planning on going out for the holiday
• I feel blessed every night I get a full night of sleep

Here is my glorious belly yesterday 40 weeks pregnant

From Baby Xander Kent Hoekzema

Here is the underside of my glorious belly at 40 weeks pregnant

From Baby Xander Kent Hoekzema

Hello Everyone sorry it’s been so long since my last post at about 33 weeks. Wow that seems like so long ago. I have some new pictures from today and a little update.

• I am officially full term now, 37 weeks, although the due date isn’t until December 17th.
• I was checked at 35 week appointment and she said I was 80% effaced and not dilated at all
• I started evening prime rose oil 1,000mg a day orally at 35 weeks, added 500mg vaginally at 36weeks and will probably increase this after my appointment next week. I also should be walking every day and spending lots of time on the birthing ball i.e. exercise ball to help the baby move down.
• I am tired of being uncomfortable in pants that aren’t yoga pants
• My hips hurt a lot, but besides those two downs I feel really good as long as I get in an afternoon nap

Here is my 37 week picture with exposed belly, if you look close you can see my small spots that are stretch marks on my hips.

Here is another shot of me from the side with my shirt down.

Hello All, Sorry I haven’t been posting a bunch lately as you all know I have been crazy busy and just as tired as could be.  I hope my energy level goes back to being kind of normal after I have the baby.   Since my last post I have grown a ton and I also had a baby shower!

The Shower was amazing and it was so great to get to see everyone, I really do miss seeing everyone.  It seems like since the wedding we have been so crazy busy I haven’t been able to really hang out with anyone.  Well the shower went off without a hitch and everything was so beautiful and wonderful, I’m so grateful for my mom, my grandma and Kathy without those three women I just don’t know where I would be, lol. For the shower theme we had a tea party, where we gave everyone a tea cup to take home and all the gifts were tea sets that we had purchased to give away.  Kathy organized all the games and they were wonderful and perfectly tasteful, which I really appreciate.

I had a third ultrasound today, apparently at my 20 week ultrasound my placenta was low so they wanted to recheck it.  Well everything looks great the placenta has moved up, there is lots of fluid and the baby weighs 5.2 lbs according to the ultrasound.  If you read the averages for this week most say he should be around 4.4lbs so he is a big little boy.  The doctor thinks I will be delivering right on or around my due date, for some reason D has been thinking I’m going to have a November baby and I’m hoping for right on my due date so hopefully not a Christmas or Christmas Eve baby.

Here are some pictures of me:

33 weeks pregnant from the side

33 weeks pregnant from the front

My maternity halloween costume

Xander at 33 weeks gestation

Here I am at 29 weeks, I’m in the nursery with our crib that we put up and had to take right down again because of a recall.

Here I am at 30 weeks pregnant with some wild hair!

So I’m 28 weeks and that means no matter who you are I’m in my third trimester! Holy cow how in the world did that happen so quickly?

At breakfast last weekend a total stranger, the waitress, asked me when I was due!  That means that I am past that point where I just look fat and personally for me I think it’s been a long time coming.  I feel like this baby is growing around my midsection instead of out so I still don’t feel or look that large.  Anyway back to the story at hand, so I tell her I’m due in December and she says to me “oh my first son was born on December 17th” I was like OMG that is my due date and she totally gave us a deal on our breakfast because of it.

Below is a picture of me two days ago, pardon the carrot on the mouth I don’t know why I didn’t take it out.  But I have a little belly now for sure.  I couldn’t really tell you where 30 lbs or so have gone so far.  I have decided that it’s probably best for me to stop weighing myself and just let the midwife do it when I see them.  I should just focus on eating healthy foods every day and growing a big baby.

Here I am 21lbs up and 23 weeks pregnant! Althought to me I don’t really think I look like I have gained 21 lbs.

From Baby Hoekzema

I couldn’t figure out what to do with my arm so I was in the process of moving it up out of the way, lol.

From Baby Hoekzema

I look strange from this angle and defiantly big.

From Baby Hoekzema

I look much smaller when my belly isn’t exposed. I just bought a prego bikini for our honeymoon trip to Puerto Rico and I might have to snap some pics with it on to show you and or show me.

I just got back from the 18 week ultrasound and we are having a beautiful very active baby boy!

To narate the pictures below the top left is a picture is him laying on his back you can see his head and belly. The top right picture is a picture of him sucking his thumb with one hand and punching with the other. The bottom left picture is a picture of his spine and head from behind him. The bottom right picture is a picture of him looking at the ultrasound wand, that is why his face looks like a skelton!

I love boys and am very excited to bring baby Xander or James into this world!