31 and 32 Weeks

I’ll start with the good, and see where I end up this week. My favorite things right now are feeling baby girl move and watching baby girl move. It’s still hard to believe that I am having a baby in less than 8 weeks. I can’t believe how much my bump has grown, especially over the last couple of weeks. Just the other day I was back from walking the indoor track and was wearing bike shorts and a tank top. Travis walked in the door and the first words he said to me were, “Wow, you look a little pregnant!” I look more than a little pregnant! My belly is definitely out there and can’t be missed. He likes feeling the baby move just as much as I do. Lots of nights and mornings we just lay in bed and he puts his hand on the right side of my upper belly. She kicks me there quite often. We both laugh at how much she moves and just marvel at how amazing it all is! While in Istanbul she was moving like crazy and kicking really hard. He had his hand on her so he could feel. His exact words were, “holy shit!” They were some hard kicks and he understood a little more about how I feel sometimes when it hurts. I also find myself just staring at my belly. It is really a crazy feeling to see her moving and know that my baby is in there doing that and that soon she will be out and in my arms!

On the other hand, sometimes she kicks a little too hard and it hurts. She also punches me in the lower left side. I read that she probably sleeps around 18 hours a day right now. I would like to know when she could possibly get those 18 hours in! She rarely stops moving. I find myself talking to her and asking her to just lay still. I think I am seeing into my future…Music soothes her and so does my hand when I rub where she is kicking or punching.

My symptoms lately are peeing every 15 seconds, rolling out of bed like a bug stuck on its back, walking like a snail in mud, breathing like I just ran a marathon and eating every 30 minutes while gulping water as if I have never had it before. It hurts to sit too long, to stand too long, to lay too long and to walk for too long. It’s a joyous time in this pregnancy. I really never knew how hard pregnancy would be. I know it’s different for everyone, so some of you probably think I am a wimp while others think I am crazy. I think I am both right now. Oh, I also find that I start to tear up for no reason. Good times. Good times.

I am trying to walk as much as possible to keep up my stamina, but boy it is rough. I am trying to do yoga, but since our internet is so slow, I can’t download much. I think I have finally convinced Travis to upgrade so it will work properly. I’m keeping my fingers crossed!

Other than that, I have 35 teaching days left until my due date, but who’s counting? This year has truly flown by and I cannot wait for the summer!

Here are my pictures from these weeks:

Mama, Daddy and Baby this week:

• Mama still loves to eat her ice cream!
• Mama walks very slowly now.
• Mama talks to baby girl a lot more lately.
•  Mama feels a lot pressure at the bottom of her belly.
• Mama has a very sore back and varicose veins.
• Daddy loves to feel baby girl move.
• Daddy is working very hard in the backyard this week and is also planning on putting together the dresser for baby girl.
• Baby is about 19 inches, the size of a head of lettuce.
• Baby is getting close to 4 pounds.
• Baby is probably sucking her thumb.