31 weeks

9 weeks to go! Craziness! I think I definitely look pregnant now. lollllll. I'm feeling fine. I'm still going to the gym. I went yesterday and walked 3 miles. It took me 50 minutes- quite a bit slower than I used to walk, but hey, at least I'm still doing something!

I have a doctor's appointment coming up on Wednesday. This is my first two week appointment. Now that the appointments will be getting closer together, I have a feeling I'm going to start wishing that I'd chosen a clinic that was a bit closer to work. Oh well.

This upcoming weekend we have our birth class at the hospital on Saturday. I think it's supposed to last from 9-5 or something. Ugh. That's a long day! Hopefully it will be useful.

30 weeks

Well, I haven't had time to make an update this week because it's basically the craziest week of the year for me (at work). Even now, I'm updating this at 5:05pm, and I'm still at work. Students started registering for spring today, so I've been insanely busy. I swear I'll make a real update on Monday...

Mom and Cari came to visit last weekend. Mom brought me the gifts from the shower. It sure is a lot of stuff! I can't wait to go through all the clothes and organize everything.

I'm feeling fine. I've actually been sleeping pretty well. I think the baby is now about 3 pounds, and 15 inches long. A website I look at said he's the size (crown to rump) and weight of a large squash this week... which is a bit disturbing since Mom brought me 4 butternut squash last weekend, and I made one for supper last night! lollllllll

The baby doesn't seem as active this week as in the past few weeks. I think the crazy, sharp movements I felt in the past few weeks were due to the fact that he was completely changing positions. Now, I think he's in a comfortable position in there! I don't feel as many kicks or jabs, but rather more big movements that feel like he's turning or rolling or something. Who knows what he's doing in there... hopefully he's turning into the head down position!

Update

So... I had a doctor's appointment this morning. I'm glad to find out that my instincts were somewhat correct… I totally knew that the baby had moved into some weird position in the last week or so, and that he’d moved up much higher (just based on how my pants have been fitting). I asked the doctor if she could tell what position he was in, and she said definitely. I told her that I thought he had changed positions. So, I laid down and lifted up my dress, and before she even touched me she laughed. Just by looking at me she knew… she started prodding around, and said that he’s definitely breech. Fabulous… I guess that the butt (being down at the bottom) doesn’t fit as well (as the head does) into the narrower area down low in the pelvis, and so that’s why I could feel that he’d moved up (because he truly is now sitting higher up). But, she said there’s no reason to freak out, and that there's still lots of time for him to turn into the correct position. I sure hope he does, because I do NOT want a c-section.

On a brighter note, she said my gestational diabetes test was great (high limit is 140, and my score was only 84), and my anemia test (which I guess they did on blood from the same blood draw last time) was also great, so I don’t have to take iron supplements. No more tests now until about 35 weeks! But, now I have to start going to appointments every other week (with my next appointment on October 29). I'm going to start feeling like I live there!

29 weeks

Wow! I suddenly feel huge this week! Seriously, my belly has totally changed in the last week or so. It's much harder now, and it feels like the baby is sitting up much higher.

The baby has been much more active this last week than ever before. I swear that he was dancing a jig 24/7 a few days last week. lollllllll. Not only does he kick and punch, but I feel like he's actually rolling over or something sometimes. I think I *may* also have felt some hiccups- they kind of feel like a series of little spasms. Totally bizarre, but kind of fun!

28 weeks

The shirt I'm wearing in today's picture isn't the best for belly pictures- it's kind of a big tent. (And it's not even maternity!) I'm feeling fine. I don't really seem to be getting any bigger, but my belly does seem to be getting harder, so I guess that means that it's finally turning into all "baby" now, and less blubber. lollllllll. He should be about 15 inches long, and 2.5 pounds.

My weight has stayed about the same the last few weeks. However, I may have gained a little bit this weekend... Clay and I met Cari and Ty in Chicago for the weekend, so we ate out a few times. I'm sure our little boy will be very mad at me some day when he finds out that the first concert he ever attended was... the New Kids on the Block reunion tour, with his Aunt Cari! LOLLLLLLLLL. I know that the baby can hear sounds from outside the womb now. I wonder how loud the concert was to him- it was unbelievably loud- a full arena of screaming women and really loud music. Hilarious!

The dresser/changer was delivered last week, and I think that the carseat is going to be delivered today. I guess this means we need to start making room for all this baby stuff! It's going to be tough- we dont' have a lot of storage space. But, obviously we'll make it work.