31 Weeks

Photo Thoughts: No photo, odd week

How Far Along: 31 weeks

Total Weight Gain/Loss: 20 lbs

Size Of Baby: 15.2 to 16.7 inches long, about the size of a pineapple (which now kind of makes me want one....)

Cravings: Well talking about pineapple kind of made me want one right now but other then that nothing really new or weird.  I think I just might be one of those people that doesn't get a ton of cravings, which I think is a good thing because I would probably give in to all of them and then become huge very quickly.

Maternity Clothes: I got to wear my adorable nice dress last night to an art event with my mom and I felt cute and dressed up and like me again, just with a belly that everyone wants to touch (no strangers yet so far only people that know me are doing that)

Stretch Marks: No new ones that I can see but I am going to have to make hubby look for me again because I can't really see the bottom of my belly very well but I don't feel any so we are going to go with just the same ones.

What I Love: Being able to see and feel him move. Last week when he wasn't moving as much, I missed it.  And seeing my belly move when he does makes me feel like I actually have something in there, it is so weird.  Also my hubby gets a mention too because not only did he get me 2 new charms for my bracelet (and got the bracelet fixed because I am me and break every piece of jewelry that I own) but when I told him that I think I had found a book that I have been trying to find again for years (I read it when I was a teenager and loved it but promptly forgot the name and haven't been able to find it since) he got the name and went and ordered it online for me so that I could own it and never lose it again.  (Now I know that really isn't pregnancy related but it was really sweet)

What I'm Looking Forward To The Most: Baby.  I am just excited in general, to see him and get my old body back, where it doesn't do weird things and hurts all of the time....

Worries: Baby.  Yeah I know but I am still on the OMG I have no clue what to do kick and whenever I see a newborn I just think, "Wow, that is so small and fragile looking, I don't want to touch one of those, I'm going to so drop it and kill it...."
Sleep: Weird dreams are back, but I have no memory of them and I did have a couple nights where I just slept horribly, and it has gone on and off ever since but the past couple nights have been my normal conk out and I am gone.

Belly Button In Or Out: Out... and when I wear tighter shirts and don't have 3 layers of cloth over my stomach you can see the top part sticking out  .

Happy Or Moody Most Of The Time:  Happy week, it was a good week, it has been busy like normal but hubby has been really sweet so that has lifted my mood lots.
Symptoms: Back pain, belly pain, acid reflux, headaches, and that is about it.  Oh yeah this is getting fun.

Movement: On and off, some days he will be kicking tons and others he will just move around and not do as much but he is moving so we are all good.

The Belly: Big, getting there, waiting for it to get bigger....

Milestones: All 5 senses are now working. He is continuing to put on weight, his brain is still having a growth spurt., and his eyes are prepared for life after birth, they are open when active and closed during sleep.

30 Weeks

Photo Thoughts:The color of the words are dark again and my shadow on them didn't help but in general a cute picture but just wait for the next one, I have seen the proof for it and it is going to be freaking adorable

How Far Along: 30 weeks, only 10 weeks left!

Total Weight Gain/Loss: 20 lbs

Size Of Baby: 15.2 to 16.7 about the size of a cucumber

Cravings: I like to snack on fruit roll ups (and I had been looking in every grocery store for the real fruit ones that you find in the produce section and was not finding them until we went to the most expensive grocery store in town and I found one!!) and M&M's but nothing too big on cravings

Maternity Clothes: I wear them, they make me look pregnant and it is so fun to get to have a new wardrobe for awhile.

Stretch Marks: Still only on my boobs but I keep checking every once in awhile

What I Love: People knowing that I am pregnant, I not only had my first person actually ask if I was expecting I then had another one ask me (the first one had known me in high school though so it was more obvious that I am larger where as the other one was a complete stranger)

What I'm Looking Forward To The Most: Lots of things, the baby shower, getting big enough that I will take maternity pictures, getting to meet him...  Time goes so fast during the week but it still seems like I have so long to go even though it is only a little over 2 months.

Worries: Going into labor, if it happens early (like way early not a week or 2 early) I feel like I would be screwed because I have not read the books that my amazing doula gave me to look at so that I can make my birth plan and I have done nothing because if I read the books then going into labor becomes real and that is even scarier.

Sleep: So according to all of the pregnancy books and apps I should be more tired then ever but I have actually cut my naps back a half an hour (so they are now an hour and half instead of 2 hours) but I still need to get to bad at least by 10:30 but I didn't work a few mornings and one night I got 10 hours of sleep and was then rewarded by being able to stay up until almost 3 the next morning (I had to do a late trip to Vegas and then stayed up for the trip back instead of sleeping)  So I seem to be doing good on sleep still, thank goodness.

Belly Button In Or Out:  Out... my mom says I can no longer say it is half and half but the top part is still sticking more out then the bottom. 

Happy Or Moody Most Of The Time:  I had to spend a few days away from my hubby which is always hard for me so I would have to say moody.  

Symptoms: Back pain is back full swing, and I am ready to go and get a professional massage in hopes that will make it better for at least a bit.  Other then that, headaches still, acid refux which then makes me want to not eat at all.  And the top of my belly likes to hurt which I was told is from my organs getting pushed around to make room for the baby.

Movement:  So it was weird, he wasn't moving around as much but it wasn't to the point that I was worried it just didn't seem to be as much kicking, more just scooting around and changing positions.

The Belly: Getting big, I am feeling so big and I am almost at the point where my stomach is bigger then my boobs (not just yet but it is getting pretty close).  And I realized I am so not one of those woman that have a nice tiny pregnancy belly, it is taking up my whole front.  I have a wide looking belly (when in reality I don't think I am actually wider it is just making me look like I am)

Milestones: The hair on his head is getting thicker and his toenails are growing.  His skin is getting smoother and he is now strong enough to grasp a finger.  His eyes can move in their sockets and he is becoming more attuned to sound, taste, and smell.

29 Weeks

Photo Thoughts: Odd week no picture

How Far Along: 29 weeks

Total Weight Gain/Loss: 18 lbs

Size Of Baby: 15.2 to 16.7 inches about the size of an acorn squash (not that I have ever seen one of those....)

Cravings: I eat lots of fruit roll ups right now, I find them on sale and then buy like 4 boxes at a time

Maternity Clothes: I got some adorable new shirts courtesy of my hubby and I am in full swing for wearing maternity clothes, pretty much every day now

Stretch Marks: Still confined to my boobs but if my belly were going to get some in this trimester would be when it will happen so I am on the lookout

What I Love: The fact that we finished the bedding for him, so now our crib has not only a mattress in it but sheets on the mattress.

What I'm Looking Forward To The Most: Getting the rest of the room finished, I still have quite a bit to do but it seems to be coming along nicely

Worries: That I won't be prepared enough and we won't know what to do in time for him to get here

Sleep: Still lots of sleeping but haven't been sleeping great, weird dreams and not getting as comfortable as I could be.

Belly Button In Or Out:  Still the same, half and half 

Happy Or Moody Most Of The Time: Happy, it has been a good week. 

Symptoms: Back pain, headaches, acid reflux and then the fun random belly pains but other then those I am peachy :)

Movement: So much of it, I can not only feel it but also see it, it is kind of neat.   

The Belly: I think I look pregnant now but apparently everyone else says I am not that big for how far along I am.  But I definitely have a belly now.

Milestones: He is starting to regulate his own body temperature and urinates half a liter a day. His head is proportionate to the rest of his body and his brain is developing nerve connections. He can tell the difference between artificial light and sunlight.

28 Weeks

Photo Thoughts: Not a great picture (it is another iPhone picture) and the words now seem a bit dark and harder to read, hopefully I will find my camera charger sometime this week so the pictures will get better again.

How Far Along: 28 weeks and into the third trimester

Total Weight Gain/Loss: 17 lbs

Size Of Baby: 13.6 to 14.8 still about the size of an eggplant

Cravings: Nothing that I don't already eat, normal stuff :)

Maternity Clothes: Completely into wearing them, I look pregnant now (but apparently not to everyone) so I want to wear maternity clothes that way I don't stretch out my normal shirts

Stretch Marks: Still just on my boobs, I am keeping my fingers crossed that that is the only place I get them

What I Love: His movement, it is so fun to get to feel him move all the time

What I'm Looking Forward To The Most: Finishing all the stuff with his bedroom, we are almost done with the bedding and then I will bring it home and the crib won't look as weird by having nothing in it.

Worries: Well apparently I wasn't worried last week when it happened(or I was just ditzy and didn't remember it when I was writing this) but I got in a little fender bender last week and so when I went to the doctor I had him double check the heartbeat and he decided to kick right then, it was kind of fun but it was good to hear it and know that he is alright

Sleep: Good sleep but back to having weird dreams, anything from house burning down to finding my husband's iPad (mind you he doesn't own one) is full of porn... yeah my mind it a bit weird apparently.

Belly Button In Or Out: Still half and half but the top half is sticking out a lot more, you are starting to be able to see it through my shirt

Happy Or Moody Most Of The Time: Happy!! It was a good week, nothing to bad  

Symptoms: Back is hurting again and I get random belly pains but I have been told that is normal, not many headaches, and that;s it I think

Movement: Lots of movement, and it is not just kicking, weird moving feeling of limbs, but it is good to feel him

The Belly: I am thinking about starting to measure it to see how big I get in this last trimester but I definitely look pregnant now not just fat.

Milestones: He is capable of breathing air but if he was born now would have a hard time doing it outside my body. His brain is developing folds and grooves and is starting to get more fat so he is looking less wrinkly.

27 Weeks

Photo Thoughts: No picture

How Far Along: 27 weeks

Total Weight Gain/Loss: 16 this week

Size Of Baby: 13.6 to 14.8, about the size of a rutabaga

Cravings: Nothing special, just hungry, want to eat lots of food

Maternity Clothes: So wearing them needing more because my normal clothes are not fitting as well anymore

Stretch Marks: All around my boobs, but that is it so far and my mom found a way to try and make them less noticeable so I am going to have to try it and see how it works

What I Love: Being able to see and feel him move inside me, it really is so cool and the fact that we now have a crib and have put it together

What I'm Looking Forward To The Most: Finishing the sheets so that we can finish putting all of the bed stuff together and his room will start looking more like a room

Worries: A little bit about the gestational diabetes test this next week but not that much

Sleep: I actually haven't been as tired but I still love my sleep and need lots of it

Belly Button In Or Out: Still the weird half in, half out, it needs to make up it's mind

Happy Or Moody Most Of The Time:  Happy, it was a good week, it went fast

Symptoms: Back hurt, and acid reflux, but that is all I can think of right now, it has been a good week

Movement: So much of it, you can see my belly kinda ripple when he kicks, it has become a game for me to watch it but tons of movement

The Belly: Looking big and getting bigger but still pretty adorable

Milestones: He is now showing brain activity, his retinas begin to form and he can open his eyes.  He will suck his thumb in the womb and and has fully functional taste buds and cheeks.

26 Weeks

Photo Thoughts: So back to crappy picture quality, I somehow managed to lose my camera charger so we had to resort back to the horrible iPhone.  And my dog Nala decided that she wanted to make an appearance, and was such a good dog to sit for the picture, otherwise, not horrible picture.

How Far Along: 26 Weeks

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Up to 15 lbs which is still pretty good

Size Of Baby: 13.6 to 14.8 inches about the size of a head of lettuce

Cravings: Cereal, and I keep thinking about cookies but I haven't had a chance to actually get some yet so maybe next week

Maternity Clothes: So because I am extremely spoiled, my grandma got a $100 gift card for free and decided to use it on me so I got a pair of slacks (I only need to wear them once a week but I have had to resort to wearing skirts every time and in about a month I will be very cold), a couple shirts and an adorable dress.  I had asked one of my pregnant friends where she got her maternity clothes in town (for as many kids people have here they seem to have a slim selection of kids and maternity stuff) and she told me about a place called Kid Connection so since my mom and I were in the area we checked it out and found some more clothes.  I got a few more shirts, another swim suit (my boobs are starting to pop out of my other one) and a nicer dress which I really needed because I know I have an event coming up

Stretch Marks: My poor poor boobs.... but at least the only people that see them is me, my hubby and soon to be my baby

What I Love: How active he is, I get to feel him move lots now

What I'm Looking Forward To The Most: Hitting the third trimester

Worries: Nothing specific this week

Sleep: Just can't seem to get enough, always so so tired....

Belly Button In Or Out: Still half and half, it is weird

Happy Or Moody Most Of The Time:  Half and half this week, I have had bad days and good days, they just seem to be kind of random

Symptoms: Back pain is back full swing but the doctor is my hero and the magnesium is working and I have no more Charlie horses so thank goodness for that.  Other then fatigue that is pretty much it this week.

Movement: So so much movement and it was so weird, I felt his head move, it was this big lump moving around, and he kicks lots and moves around although I can't normally tell what part of him is moving.

The Belly: Swear it is getting bigger and it is definitely there.

Milestones: He has eyelashes and is getting his  immune system ready by soaking up my anitbodies.  He is able to distinguish between light and dark from inside me and will respond to sounds.

25 Weeks

Photo Thoughts: No picture

How Far Along: 25 weeks

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Fun jump this week to 14 lbs

Size Of Baby: 13.6 to 14.8 inches, he finally is a different size and about the size of a cauliflower

Cravings: I have been eating lots of sandwiches and fruit roll ups (apparently I have the appetite of a 5 year old)

Maternity Clothes: Still using the same ones but they are doing good

Stretch Marks: Still just on my boobs, thank goodness

What I Love: This week I have a few things. Number one is my husband, we were at a friends house that has a 1 year old daughter.  Hubby got to play with her for quite awhile (her parents were getting everything ready for her to go to bed) and just watching him playing with a baby makes me so excited to see him with our kid and how good he is going to be with him.  I also love my neighbors that were getting ready for a garage sale but my hubby thought they were having one and saw lots of baby stuff so he told me about it and I wandered over.  He so should have not done that....  I walked away with a stroller, a carrier, a crib mattress (which is actually brand new, I wouldn't have gotten it otherwise), a electronic swing thing and a bunch of clothes for the low low price of $90!!  I was so excited and thrilled because everything is in such good condition.

What I'm Looking Forward To The Most: Getting to the third trimester, I am getting really close

Worries: Just normal stress and trying to figure out how everything is going to work with a child

Sleep: Good, I just do it as much as I can

Belly Button In Or Out: Still half and half, it is really kind of weird looking

Happy Or Moody Most Of The Time:  It was a good week, so happy

Symptoms: So my back pain has come back but now it is in my shoulder blade, which is odd.  Other then that I have been pretty good, my legs are feeling good, only like one or 2 headaches, and not much acid reflux.

Movement: Lots of movement and I got a fun story with this one.  So hubby half wakes me up and I don't notice when his hand sits on my belly and suddenly he says, "I think I felt him move, did he just kick?"  I wasn't paying attention, I was sleeping so I just said "sure something moved" so there he sat for a few more minutes and then he really did start kicking, lots, while his hand was still there to feel it, he was so excited and I just wanted to get back to sleep so I should have acted more excited but I was awake enough to notice that I wasn't very excited.  The next day however I realized how cool it was that he finally got to feel him too.

The Belly:  Getting bigger, I think....  I see it every day so it is harder for me to tell.

Milestones: He now can tell up from down.  He has fully formed fingerprints, he bones continue to harden and he nostrils are starting to open.