35 Weeks Pregnant With Baby #2:

How far along? 35 Weeks 

Total weight gain: ~ 16 lbs.

Maternity clothes? Yes

Stretch marks? No

Best moment this week: Taking Sophia to the snow festival and spending time with family
Miss anything? Being able to bend over to reach things, being able to stand for more than 5 minutes, not being so emotional, not having anxiety attacks

Movement: Super active

Food cravings: Olive Garden

Anything making you queasy or sick: Not at the moment

Gender: Girl!

Labor signs: Braxton Hicks

Symptoms: exhaustion, braxton hicks, frequent urination, back pain, unable to stand for long periods of time

Belly button in or out? Still just barely flush

Wedding rings on or off? On

Happy or moody most of the time: Getting a little better

Looking forward to: My baby shower

This week the baby is still approximately the size of a honeydew melon, at 5.25 lbs. in weight, and 18.19 inches in length.

"Your baby weighs about five pounds and a half pounds now. Your baby (not you) will start with a period of rapid weight gain this week. If you're carrying twins, they will weigh slightly less, as they don't have as much room to grow. The average birth weight of full-term twins (37 weeks or later, compared to 39-40 weeks for singletons) is around five and a half pounds each. However, one baby often weighs more than the other. From now until birth, your baby will gain approximately one third of a pound per week. A lot of this weight is the all-important brown fat to keep your little one warm for the first few weeks after birth. This brown fat contains more cells that produce body heat and this in turn prevents hypothermia. This brown fat appears on his upper spine, back and shoulders. When Grandma pinches his adorable chubby cheeks, it's the white fat that she's turning pink."

This week I started my NST's that will now take place twice a week, every week until the baby gets here. Today, I was told that my amniotic fluid is a little low, so I need to drink as much as I can to try and replenish it. It's not me a little nervous.