Holy moly these contractions are getting so annoying! The contractions themselves don’t bother me, they don’t hurt (though they’re not the most comfortable), it’s the having to pee thing that is driving me crazy! Having to roll out of bed and waddle across the hall while having a contraction is just so irritating. I get them mostly in the evening when I am laying down with my laptop, but I’m getting them during the day too. Certain movements seem to trigger them, I’ve noticed – things like bending over to pick a bunch of stuff up, leaning over Kate to change her, anything like that. And if it’s been any length of time since the last time I went to the bathroom well forget it, I feel like I’m just going to pee my pants. Grrr.

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Baby is being consistently active this week, which is a very good thing, especially considering that this is the week (gestation-wise) Devin passed away and was born. I’m surprised I’m not more paranoid, but I really think my girls both did a lot to keep me reassured. Today is 35w5d, the day he was born. I think the weirdest part for me is knowing that this next month never happened for him. All along I have been comparing pictures of me with both of my previous pictures and now there will be just Kate’s, as his pregnancy took a totally different turn and I was transported to another timeline, another life.

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I needed to go grocery shopping – I was out of milk, yogurt, cottage cheese and almost out of ham. These are pretty much what I live off of. But of course I didn’t go to the grocery store yesterday, when it was nice out, and today it has been raining all day with flood warnings. I felt very lazy and didn’t want to get dressed and go out anywhere, except for one very important fact: we were out of ice cream and root beer. I am LOVING root beer floats right now. Like seriously, seriously loving them…. they are the best thing that I have ever tasted. And I really do think that’s what got me up off the couch and into the truck in the rain. Of course I bought all the other important things too, but I went for the ice cream and root beer.

This pregnancy has had my worst/strongest cravings ever. I’ve been eating a lot of ice cream, especially once I discovered the root beer float thing. Milkshakes are high on my list too, but when I finally gave in and got one at a drive-through (Burger King; McDonald’s milkshake machine was broken, WTF) it was just so gross. It tasted like cheap chocolate syrup. Blech. Finally I had a really good milkshake at Friendly’s, but those are not cheap. Thus why my freezer is stocked with ice cream right now. And beyond that I just get random cravings when someone mentions things. Like today on Facebook I saw a picture of some macaroni salad. Out of the corner of my eye it looked like popcorn. Suddenly I wanted popcorn. I literally jumped to my feet and ran, half-dressed, to the kitchen to get popcorn. Why can’t I crave healthy things?!

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I remembered to take a picture this week! 35 weeks 3 days.