My Prego Belly–Weeks 28-32

Wow! I can’t believe we are under one month until this little girl is due! I am really starting to feel pregnant now! Last night I was on call and the trauma pager went off twice. Now it takes me a little while to get out of bed and when I do I feel like every joint in my body aches. So I was trying to get down to the emergency room as fast as I could but basically was hobbling like an old woman! I’m just grateful that the surgery team doesn’t respond to Code Blues b/c I don’t think I could take off running to the other side of the hospital! Only one more overnight call during this pregnancy!! 

All shot on film using a Contax RTS II, 50mm f/1.4 Zeiss and Fuji 400H. 

In case you missed the other posts:

Part 1 – Weeks 20-25

Part 2 – Week 27

28 Weeks (Thanksgiving)29 Weeks31 Weeks32 Weeks (Christmas Day)

More to come… (Once the film is developed!)

Names

I am 35 weeks now! I can’t believe we only have about 5 weeks left. This pregnancy has gone by really fast. I’m sure it helps to be eternally busy with residency. I am so excited to meet this little girl and terrified at the same time.

Everyone has been asking if we have any names picked out and honestly we don’t. We talked about some names when we first got pregnant but haven’t revisited the subject. We definitely need to get moving on this soon. In the interim, we have been referring to the baby using names we enjoy. I’m sure I’ll offend people here but some people do not think before naming their child. Here is a list of some of our favorite names (All names listed below are real):

-Ladynasty: Could be read as lady nasty but is pronounced La-Dynasty

-Sharkina: We thought we could help our child out with her future career. This name is perfect for a future marine biologist or a Discovery Channel Shark Week producer.

-Chatonya: I’ve seen a lot of names with the prefix “La,” but this is very unique adding a “Cha” in front of names. This is a real name but imagine the possibilities if you were to add “Cha” to any number of little girl names.

-La-a: And this is the name we actually use when we refer to our daughter. I think it is my favorite. It looks like a simple name but the beauty is in the pronunciation. There is no silent punctuation in this name… you need to pronounce all the characters, including the dash. So pronunciation is: Ladasha. You know when someone named their child this they thought they were clever. However, what about scantron tests where you have to fill in the bubbles corresponding to the letters in your name… last test I took did not have the option of a dash.

This list could go on to include names I haven’t personally seen but heard from others: Damoney, Shithead (pronounced Shitheed), Gonorrhea, etc.

So, what are some of your favorite names?  I would like to hear both fun and serious names because I am not naming my child La-a and that is the only name we have for right now! Oh and middle names are helpful as well!

27 Weeks Belly Pics

So I am at 34 weeks and 4 days and I know this post is really late. If you want to be up to date with our happenings, I would recommend you subscribe to John’s blog (http://blog.johnsharpephotography.com). He is much better at updating.

I’ve been really busy at work. I just finished an internal medicine rotation and just started a surgery rotation last week. I’m exhausted but it’s nice to have these tough rotations while the little girl is still inside me!

John shot this session on film. From John, “For anyone wondering, these were shot on my Contax RTS II with a Zeiss 50mm lens using Fuji Professional 400h film.    We even had to get the tripod out and try out the timer on my camera.  I’ll say it again…I’m just loving these photos straight out of camera!!!”

27 Weeks