So, this post is obviously 3+ months late, but hey, I've been busy. Now that I'm back to work (more on that later) and I'm actually sitting at a computer all day, I've got more time (like when I'm pumping and during lunch) where I can spend a few minutes on the blog each day, so I'm playing catch up.
Liam was supposed to get his newborn photos taken a few days after he was born, but since we had complications, we had to push the session back. I was really bummed, because I so wanted some professional...
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39 Weeks || Bumpdate
There is a very real chance that this is my last bumpdate! Completely crazy to think about and actually makes me kind of sad...but not that sad. Hopefully you don't find me back here next week eating my words.
We are just 3 days away from our due date today. I'm officially working from home until the action starts, which is so nice of my employer. I work about 45 minutes away from downtown Chicago, where I'm delivering, so we thought it was best I stay close to the homefront these last few days.
Today...
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The End of Pregnancy
Anyone who says that the first trimester of nausea and extreme exhaustion is worse than the last few weeks of pregnancy is lying.
The end of pregnancy is, in a word, brutal.
Mostly because I find myself in a weird place, physically, mentally and emotionally.
On the one hand, I am miserable. I am uncomfortable, huge, swollen and in pain most days. I am tired at all times. I can't really eat any more. I live in the bathroom. The prospect of being pregnant another two full weeks...
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To The: Pregnant Edition
It's been SO LONG since I've done a "To The" post, I almost forgot that this was even a "thing" around here for a while.
I hate to have everything I blog lately be baby-/pregnancy-related, but can you blame me? This is the life I've been living for the past 38 weeks and 5 days. Not that I'm counting. Maybe I'm turning into a mommy blogger...
In that time, I have read, heard and seen things that you would not believe. Some of them you would, because if you've been pregnant, it's probably happened...
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Baby Farrell's Nursery Reveal!
It's Monday. I'm still pregnant. It's raining.
To brighten everyone's day (mostly mine) I thought I'd finally publish the post that everyone has been waiting for! (Just kidding, I'm confident no one has been waiting for this post.) OUR NURSERY REVEAL!
Creating our baby's nursery was so much fun and we are both so happy with the way it turned out. It was definitely a labor of love between my husband and I, and he put up with my multiple demands of put this here, move that there, hang...
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Week 37 || Bumpdate
Oh man. What a week. I am actually 38 weeks today, but have been so sick all week, I haven't had the energy to post this or take a stupid picture. So this is what you get after 48 in bed, 4 hours in the hospital and not many hours of sleep when you are on your last day of 37 weeks:
I am feeling better today, but let me tell you, having a stomach bug while 9 months pregnant is the worst. THE WORST.
Baby's size: A wintermelon! Can you believe that? That puts him at between 19-21 inches and...
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To-Do List Update
We have been busy around the Farrell house! A few weeks ago, I shared a to-do list before baby joins us ...any day now! It feels crazy to type that. We had quite a few things to accomplish and I'm happy to report the following update:
Paint guest bedroom. My hubby completed this one for me and once, when I was bored, I even went ahead and painted the master bedroom, too!
Clean out guest bedroom closet. Another task I completed during a long weekend while going insane wondering if...
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What's in a Name?
I think every woman who plans to have kids some day, and even those who don't, have baby names that they like. Before we got pregnant, I kept a draft in my Gmail that I updated with boy and girl names. Some of them I came up with on my own, my husband mentioned some of them, and others we discussed together.
So when it came time to actually start choosing a name for the baby, I thought it would be a simple task.
NOPE.
As it turns out, naming another human is actually a lot of pressure.
You...
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Week 35 || Bumpdate
35w5d
Baby's size: A coconut. All of the apps have him at different sizes, but he's likely somewhere between 17-20 inches long and around 5.5 lbs.
Baby's progress: All of his major systems are a go! At this point, his brain continues to develop, but his hearing is good, his liver is producing waste and his lungs are prepping to breathe on their own. From here on out, he'll basically just keep packing on the pounds with his mama!
Weight gain: 40 lbs
Sleep: Comes...
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11 Things I Love About Being Pregnant
Pregnancy can be a double-edged sword. When you're not pregnant, you're looking for "real talk" on what it's like - the ups, the downs and everything in between. I have asked friends and family to give it to me straight - don't sugarcoat that shit, I need to know how much it sucks to be pregnant.
But then when you actually are pregnant, you realize it's not that bad. (I say that as someone who has had a normal, healthy, relatively easy pregnancy. I'm sure the women who suffer from hyperemesis...
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Currently I'm...
Happy Monday, friends! Instead of boring you with a weekend update, I thought I'd switch things up today. I did have a great weekend though. Very low-key and productive with SO much work done in the nursery. I can't wait to show you pictures when it's finished!
So here's what's happening with me this Monday afternoon.
Currently I'm...
Wearing: A super cozy black, hooded poncho sweater I got in my most recent Stitch Fix. I fear it makes me look a little like a house, but let's be honest, these...
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A Word About Pregnancy Weight Gain
Dear Doctor,
I'm frustrated. No, that's too nice. I'm pissed off.
At my 34-week appointment yesterday, I was told for, not for the first or second time, that you are "concerned" with my weight gain. That I am not "allowed" to gain any more weight, and that if I don't maintain until baby comes, I'm "in trouble."
A. What the fuck? What exactly will you do to me if I do, in fact, gain a dreaded pound or two?
B. I have gained 40 lbs.
They say, depending on your pre-pregnancy weight, a 25-35...
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