Today is the 30 week mark in my pregnancy!
Easy math and that's 10 weeks left!! Although I'll probably be a little late, none of my babies have been early.
I still feel reasonably good. I do get tired quickly, especially if I've been on my feet too much. I feel them start to get tight and I know I have to sit down.
At my last check-up I had only gained about 20 pounds, but it's all in front of me! Bending over is a pain. When something is on the floor, I look at it and determine how badly I really need it, or I ask one of the kids to pass it to me!
The baby has become really active in the last couple of weeks. It must have had a growth spurt or something! It also chooses bedtime to practice some gymnastics!
I always have vivid dreams when I'm pregnant. Last week I dreamt I found an abandoned baby. Hubby thought that was weird and sad, but in my dream it was a good thing. It was cute, chubby little baby boy and I wanted to take him home and look after him. I never got to find out if I was aloud to or not.
I have so much to do in the next 10 weeks! It's hard to imagine that it will be October, I might just have a Thanksgiving baby!
I think God made the gestation period just long enough so that you're ready to give birth by the time it's up.
I'm definitely not ready, but I do so look forward to holding my newborn...oh and the new baby smell!
Well, for most of these pregnancy updates, I've been using a the lovely photo above, which is not my belly. I have just been playing around on photobucket and here are the results:
My calendar tells me I'm 26 weeks. In 4 more weeks I'll be 30 weeks and once you hit the 30 week mark, 40 weeks doesn't sound so far away(even though October does sound far away!).
I went for my glucose test and because I haven't heard anything back yet, I'm assuming that I don't have gestational diabetes. Which is good because my craving continues to be ice-cream, especially the soft serve kind, but I'll settle for milkshakes too, anything cold and creamy!
I tend to have fairly easy pregnancies(I'm not bragging, I sympathize with those who don't.), but one thing I do get is leg cramps!! If I feel one coming on, I try to relax to keep it at bay.
I can tell when I've been on my feet to much and I have to sit with them up at the end of the day.
The baby calendar on my sidebar says that the baby knows my voice.(I will never forget one particular moment, right after my second baby was born. He was breech and so I needed a C-section. Although I couldn't hold him immediately after being born, they brought him up to my head for a little snuggle. He had been crying since they had pulled him out and has soon as he heard my voice, he stopped!! He knew my voice!) I told my kids that the baby can hear low voices better than high pitch ones and so when they talk to it, they always speak in a low voice. One thing this baby will be used to, is noise!
I've been having some interesting comments from my 4 year old. Like "Does the doctor open up your tummy and the baby just crawls out?"(I gave a gentle explanation of how I have to push the baby out, but the doctor is there to help.) and "You have a big, huge, fat tummy!"(What do I say to that? Ummm, 'Thank-you'?)
Over all, I can't complain. I actually enjoy being pregnant.
Nothing is as precious as those first few moments though, right after birth, seeing your new baby for the first time...
that makes me anxious for it to be all over.
We have movement!
Albeit, ever so slightly, and only when I'm still for a long time, like when I'm laying down to go to sleep or driving.
I actually felt it last week(around 17 1/2- 18 weeks) but sometimes those first few flutters are hard to distinguish.
I am now 19 weeks along, almost half way!!
The first half always goes by so fast!
I am definitely showing, although I only measured 14cm at my last Dr visit. It all falls forward when you stand up!
I also did not gain any weight during the last month! Huh? It must all be going to the baby!
I feel my worst in the evenings, my feet get sore, and sometimes it feels like I'm 6 months along already.
Next week I go for an ultrasound. I always love that! Not the full bladder part, just seeing the baby's shape and seeing it move.
Has anyone ever had one of those 3D ultrasounds done? There is a clinic close by that offers them.
My latest craving: soft serve ice-cream. Am I satisfying this craving? Not as often as I'd like!
