30 Weeks!

How far along?   30 weeks! Soooooo happy to finally see that “3” in front!

Total weight gain:   +22

Maternity clothes?   Just the same. Mostly lounging around the house in leggings and pajama pants. I put on my jeans to go out tonight and they sure are getting tighter around the belly area.

Stretch marks?   None

Sleep:  Pretty good, I seem to have a pretty set schedule now. I fall asleep pretty quick from being so tired and then I wake up once before the sun comes up to run to the bathroom, fall right back asleep until Gabe gets up for studying and then after I see him off I quickly fall back asleep for a couple more hours. I actually like it, it’s been pretty nice. I am trying to take everyone’s advice to get as much sleep as I can right now.

Best moment this week:   Spending some quality time with Gabe for my birthday, which made me think about how lovely it’s going to be when we are a family of three.

Miss Anything?    Just my old body without all the aches and pains. It’s interesting to see how many ailments your body takes on during pregnancy, but it must mean he’s getting big, right? And that’s definitely a good thing. 

Movement:   Still lots of movement from the little one. I tell him every day to “keep it up buddy”.

Food cravings:   No odd cravings. I don’t feel that I really have had the strange cravings that many pregnancy women get. I made myself a goal to try every flavor of snow-cones this summer, but with a new budget I have only had one this summer so far… I don’t think I’ll reach my goal. Good thing it was just for fun!

Anything making you queasy or sick:   Getting out of bed really quick makes me sick, but that’s a no biggie.   

Gender:   Boy.

Labor Signs:   No siree. Unless they are the labor signs that I make up myself that is. I tend to exaggerate some weird symptoms because I worry myself.

Symptoms:   Backache, sciatic nerve pain in the BUTT, some belly soreness, inability to move.

Belly Button in or out?   Still a bit of half and half.

Wedding rings on or off?   On.

Mood:   Anxious! It’s hard to deal with how pregnancy is so unpredictable. It’s really hard to plan for things… and to feel prepared for things.   

Looking forward to:   My baby shower. Can’t wait to fold and wash all of his little clothes and put the finishing touches on everything so we can say that we are officially ready.

Random Ramblings:

**So remember how I was so worried about not passing my first gestational diabetes test? Well, I didn’t pass and I had to go back for the 3 hour test. I was pretty bummed out when I got the news, but once it came it actually seemed easier than the 1 hour test. I had to fast for 10-12 hours, but I just went in right in the morning and then they drew my blood 4 times – once an hour every hour. I barely even felt hungry. Thankfully, I did pass the 3 hour test and do not have gestational diabetes!

**My newest pregnancy symptom: sciatic nerve pain. Ahh the joys. I can say, it is a billion times better than the back pain that I was having a few weeks ago. I would so much rather be dealing with this! I am crossing my fingers that the sciatic pain will just come and go instead of hanging around all day every day. It’s crippled me a couple times a day where I just can’t move my leg. I’ll step, get a nice sharp jab in my butt, and then have to stand still for a while before I can keep going.

** I have decided that it should be a given that you get an ultrasound in your 3^rd trimester, just as a reward for making it so far. Wouldn’t that be a great treat? It’s kind of driving me nuts that I haven’t seen our baby boy for so long. I have no doubt he will be a handsome little guy, but brown hair or blonde? Brown eyes or blue? It’s killing me to not know what he looks like. But I guess that’ll make the anticipation of labor so much better, we have so much to look forward to!