third trimester – Naptime Chai http://thebenroecks.com Motherhood and adventure in the PNW! Sun, 07 Mar 2021 04:43:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.10 37+ weeks pregnant /post/2019/03/21/37-weeks-pregnant/ /post/2019/03/21/37-weeks-pregnant/#respond Fri, 22 Mar 2019 04:30:59 +0000 /?p=8212 The final countdown to baby is on. I made the girls a paper chain when there was a month left and they take a link off every morning as soon as they wake up. Then they cheerfully exclaim/question “ONLY __ … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2019/03/21/37-weeks-pregnant/feed/ 0 What I’m Feeling at 40 Weeks Pregnant /post/2016/04/18/40-weeks-pregnant/ /post/2016/04/18/40-weeks-pregnant/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2016 13:57:11 +0000 /?p=6560 I’m officially 40 weeks pregnant and am feeling all of the emotions. I’m feeling anxious about when labor and delivery will start. I’m feeling a bit skeptical that labor will actually start at all (since it didn’t last time). I’m … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2016/04/18/40-weeks-pregnant/feed/ 8 Third Trimester (aka, “The Final Countdown”) /post/2016/02/18/third-trimester/ /post/2016/02/18/third-trimester/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2016 14:37:48 +0000 /?p=6372 I can’t decide if this pregnancy is going super slowly, or super quickly at this point. The weeks fly by, but when I say I’m ‘only’ 31 weeks pregnant, I feel like I have forever-and-a-half to go. My physical therapist laughed … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2016/02/18/third-trimester/feed/ 21 My Second Pregnancy Experience (& A Giveaway to PinkBlush Maternity)! /post/2016/02/09/pinkblush-maternity/ /post/2016/02/09/pinkblush-maternity/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2016 16:44:03 +0000 /?p=6313 Being pregnant a second time is such a blessing, and also such a different experience than it was the first time. On one hand, it feels very much the same. This pregnancy has progressed exactly the same as my first … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2016/02/09/pinkblush-maternity/feed/ 13 Having sex did not convince Bumpy to make an appearance. /post/2014/07/23/labor-induction/ /post/2014/07/23/labor-induction/#respond Wed, 23 Jul 2014 05:10:00 +0000 http://d46d50e5-1f65-4879-8eb4-374e07c47b34 Confession: Pregnancy after 40 weeks is not fun.  And I loved pregnancy. I seriously did. I loved almost every single moment of being pregnant. I was blessed with a very easy pregnancy and I didn’t take it for granted! I’ve heard … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2014/07/23/labor-induction/feed/ 0 Thoughts from the end of the third trimester. /post/2014/07/06/third-trimester-thoughts/ /post/2014/07/06/third-trimester-thoughts/#comments Sun, 06 Jul 2014 07:00:00 +0000 http://c4ec7b6b-b9bf-4616-ba49-a93d65090aed Do you know what I’ve realized over the last few weeks? That trimesters in pregnancy don’t really make sense. I mean, okay, the first trimester makes sense. It’s filled with nausea and fatigue and mainly feelings of sickness. The second … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2014/07/06/third-trimester-thoughts/feed/ 13 Third trimester pregnancy ‘confessions’ /post/2014/06/12/third-trimester-confessions/ /post/2014/06/12/third-trimester-confessions/#comments Thu, 12 Jun 2014 08:53:00 +0000 http://aa42068c-8f96-4de4-932c-6b9ef3350cf8 Today is another little pregnancy milestone – Bumpy is considered full-term!  For those of you who have some knowledge on this subject, I’m aware that the new guidelines have 39 weeks as ‘officially’ full-term, but as far as my midwives … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2014/06/12/third-trimester-confessions/feed/ 18 Bumpy is quite photogenic these days. /post/2014/06/10/bumpy-is-quite-photogenic-these-days/ /post/2014/06/10/bumpy-is-quite-photogenic-these-days/#respond Tue, 10 Jun 2014 04:37:00 +0000 http://991df03f-67c4-4dd2-a09a-88a7a2fb0c5b I’m going to warn you right now, this is a post that is solely being published to show off Bumpy, so I hope you like pictures! Giedre from Walking Dot Photography took our one-year pictures, and of course when I found … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2014/06/10/bumpy-is-quite-photogenic-these-days/feed/ 0 Friday Fours and a gratuitous Bumpy pic. /post/2014/05/30/friday-7/ /post/2014/05/30/friday-7/#respond Fri, 30 May 2014 09:37:00 +0000 http://9ed5954f-dbdd-4057-878e-a675f02b0f34 This week was a great week because: we hosted our church small group, we enjoyed a weekend-like Monday that we used to enjoy time with family and friends, we enjoyed great weather, we ‘graduated’ from our last labor and delivery … Continue reading →

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]]> /post/2014/05/30/friday-7/feed/ 0 Things I can no longer do (because Bumpy has invaded my personal space in a huge way). /post/2014/05/29/things-i-can-no-longer-do-because-bumpy-has-invaded-my-personal-space-in-a-huge-way/ /post/2014/05/29/things-i-can-no-longer-do-because-bumpy-has-invaded-my-personal-space-in-a-huge-way/#respond Thu, 29 May 2014 08:14:00 +0000 http://9399fb9c-2d3b-423b-bb21-e9f24344b580 Fact: I love pregnancy. Another fact: There are certain things that pregnancy has (finally) restricted me from doing. These are things that I used to take for granted in my pre-pregnancy days – or basically any day of this pregnancy … Continue reading →

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