Week 31- Third Trimester
- Baby is about the size of a : bunch of leeks (as long as) OR the size of a foam finger
- Weight : 3.8 lb. | 16.18 in.
- Little man is accumulating fat underneath his skin. He can grow as much as half a pound per week at this point! He is still shedding some of the lanugo (body hair). Even though his lungs are the last thing to develop, baby is practicing breathing 30-40% of the time. His bones are also continuing to harden.
Gender: boy
Weight Gain: 24 pounds
How I Feel: For the most part I'm feeling pretty good. I will say there have been some minor changes recently. I feel like I hit 30 weeks and various symptoms started popping up. For example, my pelvis hurts and aches, a lot. I get some pretty sharp pains randomly in my lower cervix area. My midwife told me this is seriously called, "fork in the vagina." (also called lightening vagina) Yep, that's pretty much what it feels like too. I cracked up when she said this, but she said it was true! Okey dokey.
I've also had times of the day when the nausea is back. Nothing too unbearable, but I definitely don't feel good. It seems to be mostly in the morning. My right leg is having more trouble. Every now and then it feels numb-ish, my right ankle sweels, and it's kind of just uncomfortable feeling. I never had ANY of these problems with Dayton, so this is new for me! No complaints though. Honestly. I am more than happy to be pregnant and refuse to complain about one thing. I'm only being honest about how I feel so that if we get to have #3 then I will remember what I went through with #1 and #2!
I'm also much warmer than normal and get hot easily. Especially at night.
- Stretch marks: none
- Belly button: popped out
- Other: varicose veins (right calf only), some swelling in my ankles, right lower back pains, a little bit of nausea.
Food Aversions: fish (except shrimp)
Movement: little man is still moving pretty consistently, but his movement have definitely slowed down. I don't feel the "kicks" or "punches" as much, just slower feet movement on my upper stomach. He still pushes out to the right side often. Little man is head down, facing towards my spine, with his butt up in my right ribs.
Sleep: still sleeping great, except if I get hot, then I can't sleep at all
Best Moment This Week: the countdown to summer break. As of this moment, we have 10.5 days left and I cannot wait!
Looking Forward to: our 32 week appointment next week with my midwife, Kim. I love her! Somewhat hoping she has me do an ultrasound so that we can check my uterus fluid level. I'm sure everything is fine, but I worry now and then.
What I Miss: just little things, like getting in and out of the car easily and rolling over in bed
Diet: My diet hasn't changed much at all this pregnancy. I eat clean about 80/20. I have been craving sugar lately, but that is probably do to the fact that it is everywhere!! The end of school always brings extra treats in the teacher's lounge, which I try really hard to steer clear of. Confession... on Sunday Dayton and I went to the popcorn shop in our downtown to pick up 17 (yep, you read that right) bags of popcorn for end of the year thank you gifts for my team. We had to grab one extra one of caramel corn for home. It was sooo good and I ate almost the entire bag. So bad, but so good.
Exercise: The same. Still lifting weights and running 6 days a week. I'm still on Jamie Eason's LiveFit trainer, Phase 2. I am feeling more fatigued before and after my workouts, but once I get going I do pretty well. I'm still running 3-5 minute intervals with speed intervals. I run two minutes at 6 mph, 2 minutes at 7 mph, and 1 minute at 6 mph. My right leg always gets tired, but I'm sure that's do to where the baby is sitting.
I'm still getting up at 4:30 am Monday through Friday to workout. Saturday we go to the gym around 9:30ish and Sunday is my rest day. This has been working out great! even though it's really hard some mornings to wake up that early during the week. How many days until summer?
What's Happening This Week: Life has been so much better since our schedules have slowed down. I can't even tell you how much I needed that! Monday was low key and a cloudy so we didn't get outside much. Tuesday we have nothing going on and we're hoping to go for a bike ride! Wednesday is about the same. Thursday we are headed over to our friends Kate and Ryan's house to plan our family vacation to St. Louis! I'm so excited to take Dayton to the zoo! Emma (their daughter) is still pretty small, but I know she'll enjoy being outside and walking around looking at the animals. This weekend will be dedicated to baby room prep and changing Dayton's bed to his bog boy bed!
Speaking of Dayton...he's peeing on the potty!! We are so excited and he is the one who initiated it! He goes on the potty about 50% of the time. I'm waiting until our first week of summer to fully potty train him using the three day method. Since he's doing so well, I think it'll go pretty smoothly...at least I hope so!!
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