weeks 29-31

week 29

Last week in the 20's! This pregnancy is flying by.  I am still loving every second of growing this little boy.  I'm still feeling great-besides being anxious about just about everything.  Having the holidays around the end of a pregnancy probably doesn't help to be getting everything done.  Baby Boy is still as active as ever-I love that he moves so much!  Some extremity goes wild on the top of my belly and I see him poke body parts out every now and then.  He is still hiccuping all the time.  Usually at least once a day, sometimes a couple different times per day.  It always makes me giggle.

We had our newborn/childbirth/breastfeeding class this past weekend.  It was great! We had gotten a lot of snow the night before so we got started a little bit late while couples kept trickling in, but we still got all the info.  I learned a lot and I know Matt did too.  I have no doubt he will be an awesome support person for labor and the best dad ever once he gets here.  I'm still anxious thinking about labor/delivery/breastfeeding and how all that will go, but I know I can't control too much of all that and we will just ride it out however it happens!  

We had our doctor's appointment this week and all was well.  I saw a different doctor today (we decided that for these every two week appointments we would try and meet a couple different doctors just in case one of them delivers us and then we will go back to my doctor for the last few appointments) and while I loved him, I was not too happy with his nurse.  She was in such a hurry, barely let the scale beep my weight before she wrote something down and walked away, and took my blood pressure in 1.5 seconds before she walked out.  On her way out, I asked what it was and her response was "its high...140/100...he might retake it".  And she was gone.  The doctor ended up retaking it and it was totally fine (much lower).  I had gained another 2 lbs since last appointment which is a total gain of 16.5 lbs so far.  Baby's heart rate was 144 and we measured right at 29 weeks.  I also got my Tdap shot.

Baby is the size of an acorn squash weighing in at 2.5-3 lbs and 15-16 inches long!

week 30

Rolling into the 30's during Christmas week!  Crazy to think he will be with us next Christmas!  30 weeks seems like a huge milestone to me.  We're in the home stretch now!  I have a feeling these next 10 weeks (or so) are going to fly.  

He has been pushing his butt (or head...some big round lump) up and making a huge hard lump at the top of my belly, usually on the top right side or top middle.  If I push at it, he would push it back out at me and then kick around.   Its cool because I can put my fingers around it and see the shape and how big it is.  I hope it's his butt, because I would feel a little bit bad if I had been pushing on his head this whole time.  His movement has gotten a little different, you can tell he's running out of room in there.  It's mostly him sticking body parts out (butt, head, legs, feet, arms) and big squirms and rolls, and occasional big kicks instead of the constant little kicks all the time. There are times he still goes crazy in there like he's dancing or something :).  I'd love to know how much he actually weighs because he feels so big in there!  Its fun to be able to feel him moving all the way down and all the way at the top or on all sides at the same time.  He still gets hiccups ALL the time.  Today at work, I was holding a baby and once I put her up on my chest, he kept moving and kicking me.  I think he was getting jealous! ;)  Matt got his room cut in with paint this week and hopefully we can get the rest done this coming weekend.  My friend Jamie took some maternity pictures today and she is going to take some more in a couple weeks with Matt and I.  I'm so excited to see them! She is so talented and I'm so thankful she is taking them for us!

Baby is the size of a cucumber weighing in at 3 lbs and 16 inches long!

week 31

It's the last day of 2013! What a roller coaster year it has been.  I'll never forget the feeling of finding out I was pregnant, telling Matt, and then seeing that little heart beat flicker on ultrasound.  This has been the best experience ever and we are so grateful.  2014 is going to be the best year yet and we are so excited!

Matt is amazing.  He got the nursery pretty much completed this past weekend!  I am shocked at how quickly it all came together and how awesome it already looks. On Saturday, he got everything painted (except the closet since he ran out of paint...we were so close!), put together the crib and storage cube thingy from Ikea, and then we put up the light fixture and lamp.  On Sunday, he got the dresser all put together and hung the blinds and curtains. I cleaned the window in the room and the baseboards and vacuumed everything once we were done.  We laid down the two rugs we are trying to decide between and put everything in its place.  I LOVE how it all turned out! It is absolutely perfect and way better than I ever imagined.  We walked into the room and just sat there multiple times this weekend just looking around and talking about him being here.  We've been peeking in there all week :).  So all we have left to do is finish the closet (paint, new shelving, storage cube), hang stuff on the walls, and can just add in the things we get from our shower and have a place to put it.

I've still been feeling good.  A little tired here and there-but nothing a nap can't fix, legs/feet/hips/low back are a little achy after I run around a lot all day, cardio classes continue to get harder (I'm officially done with BodyCombat), and I'm still having plentiful Braxton-Hicks contractions.  I did a BodyFlow (yoga, tai chi, pilates) DVD this morning and it was great!  Yes, it was a little humorous to be doing yoga with a big belly in the way, but it felt so good to relax and stretch.    

I started thinking his movements were getting even more different (to the point of me wondering if he's in a total different position than normal) so I let the doctor know at our appointment.  We saw another different doctor and we loved her too!  After she felt around, she was thinking he might be breech in there.  She scheduled us for an ultrasound before our next appointment just to check positioning and growth. It's not worrisome quite yet if he does happen to be breech, he can flip all the time in there and isn't really settled into his "position" until closer to term/due date.  I'm excited for another ultrasound to see what he looks like-he will be so much bigger than the previous one which will have been 14 weeks ago and I'm excited to see how he's measuring (probably big :) ) and position.  I can't help but get a little anxious about him being breech and having to have a c-section because of it.  I guess we will deal with that once it gets here and honestly, all I want is a healthy baby and whatever way he has to come out will be fine by me.  I obviously would never wish or choose to have a c-section, but we will gladly do it if he stays breech.  Everything else at our appointment checked out well.  Weight up another 2 lbs which makes the total 18.5 lbs so far.  Blood pressure was good, baby heart rate 160, and measured right on at 31 weeks.

Baby is the size of a pineapple this week weighing in at 3 1/3 lb and 16 inches long!