31 weeks

I have a very heavy heart. I mentioned in last week's post that a friend suffered a late term loss and I had a 2nd friend also suffer a late term loss a few days later. Two in one week. Not only is my heart heavy but honestly it has made me nervous and really worry just a bit more. There's always worry. Always. But it's hard to hear their stories. My heart goes out to them and I am just devastated for both of them. And I've laid in bed thinking about their losses, my previous losses, and just how fragile in general life is. I'm hugging Neil a lot closer, too.

How many weeks: 31

Size of baby: A pineapple and measures 29 cm or 11.4 inches, crown to rump length. Head to toe is 16 inches. The baby also weighs 1700-1800 grams or 3.75-4 pounds.

Total Weight Gain/Loss: I gained 3 pounds so I'm up 8.5 pounds. This is actually the same weight I was at, at 26 weeks. So net gain from 26-31 weeks was 0. 

Maternity Clothes: Most definitely. They are still a bit loose on me right now but I am not complaining about that one!

Gender: Boy. 

Movement: I feel it a lot and it's stronger than I remember it with Neil, still. This baby definitely reminds me every so often that he's here, for sure. If I'm busy I don't always notice but most of the time sitting down or laying down I'm feeling movement. And it's fun to watch my stomach roll. He also pushes against whatever side I'm laying on so he must feel the mattress or something.

Sleep:I can't kick this cold and it's bad. I can't breathe at night so my sleep has been pretty bad. I did ask at my appointment early this week and they said Benadryl is fine to take every night for a few weeks until the darn cold goes away. BUT it seems like every other night I sleep well and that's just because I'm so tired. Nothing I can take is helping. The midwife also suggested a neti pot, which I tried and is DISGUSTING. And it didn't do a whole lot for very long. It did clean out my nose but very temporarily. I can't wait until I'm feeling better and can sleep.

What I miss: Being able to take decent medicine when I'm feeling sick. (Same as last week AND the week before.)

Cravings: Nothing, 

Aversions: Nothing.

Symptoms: Growing belly, I'm starting to feel like I waddle at times. Although I'm also finding the more I walk around the more comfortable I feel.

Best moment this week: We went to our last Penguins game and I felt emotional about it. I'm going to miss Pittsburgh a whole lot. (We had more tickets but sold them because we won't be living here for those games.)

Looking forward to: Seeing our friends and saying goodbye since we'll be moving. Although I'm not looking forward to the goodbye part of it. But I am hoping we'll be seeing some friends. Oh and it's a week ahead but Neil's birthday is coming up! I don't think we're really going to do much but he's only 2 anyways.

Same this time: Last time this week I posted about pregnancy/labor dreams. I didn't have them then and I don't have them now. I have not had any labor dreams so far in this pregnancy. And I also mentioned not feeling Braxton Hicks contractions. I'm not really feeling them this time, either. Maybe I just don't recognize them or something.

Different from last time: I just have so much less energy. Now I can add to the list this cold. Sometimes at our house just walking up the stairs, which aren't very big, I pause, and Dave asks if I'm okay. I just sigh and say yes I'm just really really tired. Oh and last time I mentioned that my belly button popped this week. That happened a lot earlier this pregnancy. I should have written down when but it popped weeks ago. One other thing- last time I was saying I had trouble moving around or was starting to. Maybe it's the lack of weight gain but it's not really that bad for me right now. I don't feel like I've lost my ab muscles and I am still moving around for the most part pretty easily and well.