31 Weeks

Sunday, January 13, 2013

How far along? 31

 Due Date: March 17^th

Total weight gain: Up about 1.5 pounds this week for a total of +24.2 (making up for last week I guess…)

Maternity clothes? Yes.

Stretch marks? Small ones on my left side.  Strangely, I don’t see any on my right side…

Sleep: Same story from last week: great nights of sleep mixed with not so great nights of sleep.  Lots of getting up for water or the bathroom. Lots of tossing and turning because if I sleep too long on either side, my hip starts to feel sore.  And some good old pregsomnia thrown in for good measure.  I can only imagine sleep goes downhill from here…

Best moment this week: Our new kitchen table arrived!  I love it!

Miss Anything? Sleeping on my stomach…

What’s Baby Like? According to The Bump, Baby is now the size of a pineapple.  The average baby is between 15.2 and 16.7 inches and long and between 2.5 and 3.8 pounds.  All of Baby’s senses are fully developed while brain and eye development continue.  The irises now react to light. 

Movement: Most of the movements are still very gentle but some stronger ones are getting thrown into the mix now and then.  A few times Lucky actually startled me with a gigantic kick out of nowhere.  I’ve actually seen my belly, or things sitting on my belly, rise in time with the movements.  And once this week I am 99% sure I felt Lucky roll over.  Baby has stayed away from my ribcage this week.  Thanks sweet-pea!

Food cravings: Not necessarily craving anything anymore.  

Anything making you queasy or sick: No.

Gender: Waiting.  Although it’s getting tougher now that I can realistically start buying baby clothes, especially for the two holidays that might be baby’s first: St. Patrick’s Day or, more likely, Easter.  Bows, tutus, and dresses for girls.  Ties, argyle socks, and sweater vests for boys.  We’re going to go broke once I can start buying this stuff.

Labor Signs: No.

Symptoms: Tired legs and feet.  More tired in general.  Had some bad foot cramps earlier this week.  My legs are a bit restless at night.  This actually started a few weeks ago, but I didn’t recognize it for what it was…  And the hip soreness at nighttime is worse and now also lingering through the morning.  Boo.  Also, non-pregnancy related, but I’ve got a lingering cough/sore throat/stuffy nose thing going on. Nothing super awful.  Certainly nothing like the flu that’s been going around.  But no fun.

Belly Button in or out? Still in but pretty flat.  Frequently, rather than movement, I can feel Lucky just pushing out on a specific area of belly.  Sometimes the pressure is right over my belly button, and it feels like one of these days I’m just going to be able to watch it pop out!

Wedding rings on or off? Still on but feeling snug when I get really warm – mostly overnight when I’m all cuddled in our down comforter, so I take the rings off to sleep just in case.

Happy or Moody most of the time: Pretty normal this week.  Not excessively happy or anything but also no meltdowns.

Looking forward to: We’ve pretty much finalized plans for the nursery and painting starts tomorrow!  I can’t wait to see it all come together.  Also, one more week till the semester ends, and we get a slight breather with a few long weekends and half days during exam week.  I know, we just had Christmas break, but the end of the semester is so stressful and go! go! go! that we seriously need the downtime…