32 Weeks - 8 weeks left

I saw the doctor this week, actually she was delivering a baby, so her nurse checked the baby's heartbeat and measured me. So two times ago at the doctor I was measuring big, then last time I was just right, now this week I'm a little small.  So it seems I just had a huge growth spurt and thank goodness it has slowed.

31 Weeks - 9 weeks left

31 weeks

22 weeks

So I was thinking with 9 weeks left, how much more am I going to grow?  I know the growing slows down but I did a comparison of myself 9 weeks ago, I hope I don't grow even half that in the next 9 weeks. It was such a cute little belly back then! 

Well as you can tell, the size of my belly is really becoming an issue.  Craig just laughs at how much effort it takes to do simple things. I feel like my belly is hard all the time, I don't know if it's contractions or just that he's running out of room in there.  He's way up in my ribs and it's starting to hurt.  Kendra never kicked me in the ribs.  It's true every pregnancy is different, but this boy is big and rough as far as I can tell. I feel like I should be due closer to Thanksgiving than Christmas.  Oh well when he's ready, he'll let me know.

30 Weeks - 10 more weeks and counting!

It's fun now to start counting down the weeks, it makes it feel closer.  It scares me to know that Christmas is that close as well. I'm getting more and more braxon hicks contractions, some with cramping some with no pain, but things are still going well.  The more he moves now really throws me off though.  Like he'll kick me and I'll let out a yelp on accident.

Now I have to start thinking of preparations for when he'll arrive, before it's too late.  I want his room to be ready by Thanksgiving so I don't get stressed out. I have to keep my eye out for sales on baby boy clothes cause the unisex ones I got from my sister for Kendra aren't going to last long. I also am looking for sales on diapers. Craig's aunt is making a baby blanket, but I know I need more than one, oh well he'll have to sport pink blankets if he's a spitter upper.

29 Weeks - at the doctor

Yesterday I went to the doctor for a routine gestational diabetes test. They took my blood and Kendra watched the whole thing and the rest of the day she pulled up my sleeve and said "it hurts". I asked about the cramps I've been having and about sharp pains in my sides and my legs. (I never had this sort of thing with Kendra)  She said that I should avoid climbing stairs.  I thought, "I haven't been climbing stairs", then I thought, "I live on a hill and walk 3-4 times a week up and down."  No more hills for me.  I'm measuring normal again which is good, but I'm not happy about how much weight I gained. I hope I slow down a lot on my weight gain in the next few weeks or I'll be in trouble. 

28 Weeks - third trimester

Well I guess last week was really the beginning of my third trimester.  I feel huge, like I should be in my ninth month.  And this boy moves all the time!  with Kendra she would move if I pushed on my belly or if a garment or pant seam was too tight on my belly.  But this boy just moves, not only when I'm sitting or laying down, while I'm walking he just does kung-fu. I don't even know if he sleeps, if he does it's like cat naps, no longer than 20 min at a time.  If it's this bad now, I don't even want to know what it will be like in two months!  But at least I know he's healthy, and that's the most important thing, not my comfort.  Bearing children was never supposed to be comfortable.

27 Weeks- Heart Burn

I'm usually on heart burn medication all the time, even when I'm not preg. but when my prescription ran out this last time, I decided to see how my heart burn would do without it.  For me, I felt almost cured of my heart burn problem, but when I got preg. I knew that it would get worse.  I talked to my doctor about getting back on my meds but she decided to wait until it got worse like before.  Well, I think now it has.  I have major heart burn three times a day at least.  It's been really bad these last few days.  I have two weeks till my next apt so I'll have to suffer until then, but, I'm definitely asking for my meds back or I wont have an esophagus by the time I give birth cause the stomach acid will have eaten in all away.

26 Weeks - Grazing

Well my appetite returned about three weeks ago.  Instead of just eating three meals in the day, I now just nibble all day long.  I can't eat much at one time, but I seem to need to eat every two to three hours or my hands get shaky. The problem is I still don't like snack food.  I don't want chips or crackers or anything salty, which is usually the kind of snacks we have.  I always want fruit, but we never have enough, so I end up eating bread: toast with jam, or bagel with cream cheese or toast and tomatoes.  Also, chocolate in all it's varieties: chocolate chips, ice cream, candy bars, cookies, chocolate milk, etc.  So what does this all mean?  CALORIES!! And too much of them.  I only gained the recommended amount of weight between my last two appointments, but yesterday the Dr. said I'm measuring a little big.  If I don't change the types of foods I'm eating I'm going to gain unnecessary weight.  I've only gained 15lbs this pregnancy and I hope to keep it under 30 (which is recommended).  With Kendra I gained 35lbs.  I want to stay healthy so I need to shop and eat smarter.