Pregnancy Update

Beginning of February 2014-
30 weeks down, 10 weeks to go!

Cravings:  Beef!  As in Arby's, hamburgers, & Dickey's barbeque.  I can tolerate ground beef again (that was the worst food ever a few months ago)

Weight gain: too much.  I don't even look at the scale anymore at the doctors office.

Discomforts: Heartburn/acid reflux often.  Almost constant ache in lower pain, sides, and inner thighs (as if I had exercised that area tons).  It is very painful to move sometimes.  My body just hurts so much at the end of the day I want to cry.  I can't imagine how I'm going to make it another 10 weeks, but I guess I don't have much of a choice.  A heating pad helps on my back, but I don't sit much during the day because I have too much to do and I change positions too often at night.

Some days I am so tired I feel just like I did in the first trimester.

The bottoms of my feet feel like there is no skin or fat padding on them.  It's like I'm walking on bone.  It's weird to explain, but very painful also.

My ankles started to swell just last week.  I really hope it doesn't get worse.  At least I made it this far before that started to happen.  With Brynlee they started to swell when I was only 17 weeks or so after our plane trip to the Philippines.

I tried to take my wedding ring off last week to clean it.  It would not come off, even with soap and water.  I also really hope my finger doesn't get any fatter or else it will need to be cut off!

Enough of the complaining.....

Feeling baby move very often.  Sometimes his movements are visible on the outside.  His most predictable time for active movement is when I sit/lay down in the evening after Brynlee has gone to bed.  He moves around all day too, but as soon as I mention it to someone he stops.  Thankfully his movements don't keep me up at night.

People mention constantly how huge I am.  Thankfully my friends and family know better than that.  It's pretty much just strangers and people I work with.  I'm not sure why they think it's okay to say anything.  Do they think they are complimenting me by telling my I'm fat?  I don't think I will ever understand.
3 comments in the same week:
"Were you this big with your daughter?"
"Wow, you are really packing on the pounds!"
"Wow, April is a long way off"


The baby room is pretty much done.  I hate that the baby only gets half a room because he has to share it with my office, but babies don't care too much.  We are pretty well stocked with diapers and clothes, plus all the big stuff we already had.

Funny story:  last week after a long work day, I had the radio up pretty loud on the drive home so I would stay awake.  About halfway home a Pink song came on.  I felt the baby kicking hard on both the left and right side of my belly at the same time.  It was so weird and I have never felt anything like that before.  He was pretty active the whole song, but nothing else the rest of the drive home.  I figured that meant he likes Pinks music, but john thinks it means he hates it and wanted it off!

We are so excited to welcome this baby into our home in a few months!