pregnancy series

28 weeks! I officially started the third trimester of pregnancy. It’s crazy! Everything is going so fast. Not much change from last week..just having some sleeping problems time to time. I don’t sleep well 2 nights out of 3. I wake myself up trying to change sleeping position…

So I’m wearing my first self-made maternity clothes! I did not intend it to be maternity dress, but it turned out the dress is so comfortable and has some slimming effect because I used black jersey for skirt part. I made this to be part of my mini Spring collection, and the photos on models (not pregnant) will be up soon! But in the meantime, you can see more pictures on mannequin on my flickr page here. It will be available in white &black and solid black.

I like the dress because I know I will be able to continue wearing it even after the birth..I’m just not a big fan of some Japanese maternity dresses, that makes you look obviously pregnant and shapeless.. like this one or this one.

Last week, I spent one night sewing up two little baby girl’s dresses – aren’t they cute?! I love how they turned out! I simply used some left over fabrics from making adult clothes, and I thought it was a great way to use up my left over fabric stash.

I used the pattern downloaded from a Japanese website, called Handmade no Kokoro. They have many patterns download for free in pdf file. If you are used to using BurdaStyle patterns, it will not be a problem figuring out how to use them. The only thing to note is to add seam allowances. I used pattern no. 12 dress for these dresses.

27 weeks! I decided to do something new for the pregnancy series – video blog! I feel extremely awkward to talk in front of camera, but I tried my best!

Some links to share this week…

❤ Just bought this adorable castle decal from Vinyl Wall Decal for the nursery. Mine is in violet!
❤ I love the adorable dresses she made for her daughter at mairuru.
❤ Mousevox vintage has baby section in her shop, “baby mouse“. Super cute vintage baby dresses for all less than $22!
❤ How cute is this handmade baby cardigan by wikstenmade?!

26 weeks! We finally found out last weekend that we are having a girl! It came as a surprise, because as you could tell from my previous posts, I’ve been calling the baby “he”. I didn’t want to call the baby “it” obviously, and I was convinced that it was a boy, because my husband’s side has many boys. Now we have to get used to calling the baby “she”:) I’m very excited! Pink and ruffles!

My husband’s parents are especially thrilled, since they’ve always wanted a girl but had all boys.

So at the doctor’s visit, the nurse nagged me about weight gain again, but I managed to brushed it off. I’m getting used to it now.
Other than that, the baby is doing well, she moves a lot, now her head measures 7.5 cm in diameter, and she weights little less than 1000 grams. I can’t believe she will triple in size in the rest of 3 months of my pregnancy!

Right now I’m loving this little vintage dress I bought from brown bag vintage on etsy. It’s not maternity, but I made a little trick when I wore this dress. The dress closes with buttons all the way down in center back. I unbottoned one around waist to fit my growing belly, and with a cardigan one, no one can tell my dress is open a bit:p It seems like I can wear this dress with backside in front as well, and it will be great for nursing..oh oops just realized that the material is 100% silk and dry clean only!