{31 weeks}

9 weeks until due date. 6  weeks until full-term. Around 63 days to do. Any way you look at it, not much time left! Exciting because I can't wait to have my little man in my arms (and ok, to feel skinny again..lol). But also sort of scary because a.) besides getting some baby gear out and all of his clothes washed, I've done nothing to prepare for this little guy yet and b.) life with 3 kids sounds a bit daunting. I'm hoping by the time Em starts school we will have all adjusted and I won't be having breakdowns every morning while trying to get myself and three kids under 5 out the door on time. ;)


Weight gain ~ I'll find out on Thursday. Bathroom scale just has me up a pound, so I'll say 2-2.5lbs at the doctors office. Right now, I'm pretty much dead on with my weight gain with my last pregnancy. I am such a slacker when it comes to exercising. I'm definitely the type who will do really well at working out for like 3 days and then not even think about it again for 2 weeks! Haha! I get so mad at myself because I have a treadmill just wasting away in the living room and the only thing I do with it is hang clothes on it. Ooops. Fundal height is right at 31cm. That always make me feel good because it's just further proof that he's growing in there!


Movement ~ Oh Lordy, sometimes Declan really gets going and it can downright HURT! Right now he is going to town and I literally feel movements everywhere. I _think_ he's still breech, but it's so hard to tell when it feels like he's doing a gymnastics routine. Lots of movement in my lower belly this morning, so he either has his feet down for a change or I'm finally getting some hand action down there (but if I were betting, I'd say it was his feet). There are still moments where he gets pretty quiet in there. Not long, just long enough to get to wondering about it. Everything I read says from this point on they are sleeping more than they are awake, so that probably explains it. Em loves sitting down beside me and watching my belly shake and wiggle around. C just says "you have big belly?" like he's not sure how it got there. :)


Irrational fear this week: Besides wondering where his cord is situated, I'm all good. At this point I'm trying not to worry too much about him possibly still being breech. I'm trying all the positions that I've read or been advised to me and might go to a chiropractor here soon if my doctor thinks it'll help. Since I've decided against a version, I feel confident that if he's going to turn on his own, he will. If not, then I guess I'll just have to deal with a section. I'm sure I'll cry like a baby if it comes to that, but I won't feel like I didn't do enough.


Sleep is getting harder and harder to come by. The two sleep positions for a mama almost 8mo pregnant, left side or right side, is getting ooooold. I just want to crash on my stomach! My shoulders hurt so badly in the mornings since I can't get any relief from laying on them. It also doesn't help that I still get up at least once to pee and drink something because I am always so HUNGRY when I wake up in the middle of the night. Like, stomach growling, starting to feel sick hungry. It's crazy since I always eat a snack and drink some milk before I go to sleep.


Other symptoms include a sore throat, especially in the morning. Not sure what's going on with that. I'm hoping it's just drainage or from sleeping with my mouth open (so attractive, haha) since I have no other symptoms of a cold. I've seen a lot of people suddenly talking about getting the whopping cough vaccine right after labor, which is something I've never done before. Is this a new thing?


What I'm looking forward to: I won a free photo shoot for the kids off of facebook, so that's happening on Wednesday and thursday is my ob appointment. We have about a million and 1 other things also happening this week but those are the highlights. :)