30 weeks

28. apr

BABY'S SIZE     a zucchini! 15-16.5 inches and 2.5-3.5 pounds (that is one heck of a zucchini - i feel like maybe an alaskan zucchini?).

HOW I'M FEELING     this has been a good week.  but i do get tired easily.  lots of naps.  lots of doing things in little spurts.  lots of breaks.

WHAT I'M EATING     i was thinking the other day that for the most part, i don't think i've had any cravings that felt stronger than cravings at any other point in my life.  the occasional bologna (i know, i know) and dessert, but i think i normally have cravings like that.  maybe i'm just a cravey person, so it makes my pregnancy cravings seem not so bad....
arley may beg to differ.  i have to admit i texted him from work at 0530 the other morning to make sure he was going to get milk for breakfast so i could eat cereal...

HOW I'M CHANGING     my belly is getting tighter, with all the growing.  it's getting easier to feel the lumps of baby.

MOVEMENT     lots of stretches, i think.  really slow, hard pushes.  it doesn't hurt yet, but i'm waiting for it!  i think baby is head down (or was for the last ultrasound), and it seems to be doing this weird poke with its hands (or maybe even head?).  it just gets me in the guts really really low and to the left side.  i'm not sure if it hurt hurts, or tickles, or what, but i flinch every time.

SLEEP     oh, sleep.  i am wishing for a good, hard sleep.  when i wake up in the middle of the night and it's been 4 hours instead of 3, i have a little party.  it's so sad.

THINGS THIS WEEK     our birth class ended last week and one of the other couples suggested that we keep meeting.  they told us about this park that has food trucks and a band every week.  so this week we went.  because we don't have any friends, and we decided that we probably need some.
i could only go if i got cancelled at work.  and when i get cancelled, i tend to forget everything and just go back to sleep.  so at 630 arley woke me up and told me that we had to be there at 700.  and it is a 25 minute drive.
it was a rocky start.
so i was getting flustered about being rushed and was trying to get ready really fast.  finally, i was ready and i grabbed my water and threw it in my bag and we jumped in the car.  a few blocks later, i went to grab my water and realized that it had opened inside my (leather) bag and the entire 16 ounces spilled out.  i threw my purse in the back seat and started crying (of course).  so arley was trying to drive through all this construction traffic, and find our way, and figure out what was wrong with me.
i was cranky, so he started getting cranky and we couldn't find the park.  FINALLY, we found it AND a parking spot, and arley said, "are you ready?"  i was still on the brink of crying again, and said, "i just want to go home," in that really majestic wobbly cry voice.
luckily we stayed, because we got to hang out with some really cool couples that we might be friends with.  it turned out to be a pretty good time.

LOOKING FORWARD TO     mikah is getting here tonight and tomorrow we are driving to wyoming for a quick baby shower and mother's day trip!  woo hoo!

FUN FACT     baby's brain is getting wrinklier to make way for more and more essential brain tissue. baby is also now strong enough to grasp a finger!

29 weeks

21. apr

BABY'S SIZE     an acorn squash!  (i always thought those were small...who knows?)  15-16.5 inches and 2.5-3.5 pounds!

HOW I'M FEELING     i'm feeling a little angry at the massage place.  i booked our massages at least 3 weeks ago.  and the night before our massage - not even 24 hours beforehand, like they expect from customers when changing plans - i got a voicemail saying they don't give 2 hour prenatal massages (gift cards, woo hoo!!).  so who knows if we will even be able to go tomorrow.  i have been looking forward to this for weeks, jerk massage place.

WHAT I'M EATING     i've noticed that i feel WAY too full eating the same amount of food that i've always eaten.  baby is squishing my guts.  so i've been eating the same things, but trying to be more aware of how much of it i eat.

HOW I'M CHANGING     the swelling has begun.  i tried to put some shoes on the other day for a work meeting (we're not supposed to wear flip flops) and they did not fit.  so i wore flip flops.  you can't really wear tennis shoes with a dress.

MOVEMENT     i think baby is getting big enough to wedge itself against one side of me and kick against the other.  it's less of a bubbly feeling (like the kicks and wiggles) and more of a slow, hard pressure.  sometimes it almost hurts!  pushing on my belly and feeling lumps of baby is getting easier.

SLEEP     bleh.

THINGS THIS WEEK     i'm going hiking with a girl from work on monday - maybe that will make up for my missed hike last week.
also, my ob appointments have upped to every two weeks (third trimester!!!).
also, i think arley is getting some pregnancy cravings.  he has been very supportive about dessert, and we seem to always have something munchy and sweet around.  i think i like it...!

LOOKING FORWARD TO     only about a week or so before mikah comes over, and then drives with me to wyoming to have a little party!

FUN FACT     baby is hiccuping (and has been for a few weeks now).  i saw baby hiccuping in the ultrasound, but i can't feel it.  my conclusion is that the anterior placenta gets in the way.
baby is putting on lots of fat, which means lots of energy.