I can finally say I'm 5 months pregnant which is nice given I feel at least 5 months if not 6 months with how big my belly is. My belly has gotten very hard and firm lately. And I'm pretty sure I'm starting to waddle. But the best part is that I can feel our son moving around a lot now. Daily he does flips, kicks and punches. Hopefully soon Emile and the girls will catch him at a time that they can feel him kick.
I'm getting up more now in the middle of the night to use the bathroom and have more aches when I move around in an odd position but over all, everything continues to be low key which is great. I haven't weighed myself this week (probably shouldn't after all the Halloween candy) but earlier this week I was on par with where I should be weight-wise which is great given I haven't had much chance to work out given how hectic work has been (hopefully that changes soon). I did stop wearing my rings but mostly because it bothered my knuckles and not because of swelling.
I've been looking into bedding for his room. We'll be moving Claire to Natalie's room (which they're very excited about) and convert Claire's room back to a nursery. We'll probably make the transition in January so that we can paint the room (lavender may not be the ideal color for his room) and get the crib and everything else set up. I think I'm going to get the following bedding. Emile likes the idea of having a car theme given how much into cars he is. We have chair-rail in the room so we'll probably paint the top a blue or green color and keep the bottom the cream that it is now. I think I'll also use the green curtains we have in there now that are green.
The rapid growth phase begins to slow down this week. The heart grows stronger this week, and the legs are reaching their relative proportions. He is probably swallowing amniotic fluid now which contributes a small amount to his caloric needs. He now weighs about 10.5 ounces and has a crown-to-rump length of 7.25 inches. He's about the size of a banana.
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