31 Weeks, 5 Days (plus a baby pic!)

*How far along?: 31 weeks
*Total weight gain: I have no idea anymore! I'll find out Thursday.
*How big is baby?: 3.5 lbs
*Maternity clothes?: Loving my maternity jeans
*Sleep?: On a nest of 4 pillows. I'm up at least 2 times a night now to pee.
*Best moment this week?: The birth of my niece Maisie and our 2nd wedding anniversary!
*Movement?: We poke back and forth at eachother. I just love her :).
*Food cravings?: Creme Brulee... crunchy on the outside, creamy on the inside.
*Labor signs?: I have BH contractions all day every day.
*Belly button in or out?: Still in!

*What I miss: The ability to bend over, drink a glass of wine, and sleeping on my stomach.
*What I'm looking forward to: Holding Lillian in my arms and feeding her
*Milestone: Buying the last baby related items on my list today, and starting to write our birth plan!

A pic of my lovely niece:

30 weeks 1 day (and a bare belly pic)

*How far along?: 30 weeks

*Total weight gain: 20lbs

*How big is baby?: 3lbs

*Maternity clothes?: All of them

*Sleep?: I'm sleep pretty well now.

*Best moment this week?: Seeing Lillian on the Ultrasound

*Movement?: She gave me a scare Monday with loss of movement and didn't really pick up until Wednesday. Now it's back to normal.

*Food cravings?: Sweet Iced Tea

*Labor signs?: I have BH contractions all day every day.

*Belly button in or out?: The edges are coming out, and the center is getting smaller.

*What I miss: The ability to bend over.

*What I'm looking forward to: My sister having her baby :)

*Milestone: The nursery is close to complete!

29 weeks 5 days: u/s pic

Stupid L&D Visit

Yep. Again.

Today I wasn't feeling any movement from the baby. I tried EVERYTHING! I tried sugar, protein, carbs, ice water, laying down, standing up, moving around, moving from side to side. No movement.

So after about 12 hours of wondering what the hell was going on, I called the Doctor. My Doctor was on vacation so they sent me to another Dr. To make a long story short, they hooked me up to monitors, found the heartbeat and then discovered I was having contractions that seemed to be less than a minute apart.

HUH? I didn't even feel anything!

So, he did an internal to see if I was dilating and sent me to the hospital. I wasn't dilating but he wanted them to monitor me and work to get me hydrated and conduct an ultrasound.

Several hours later (and after a pretty awesome ultrasound) they sent me home. Everything on the ultrasound looked okay, but here's the ringer - they said I have "too much" amniotic fluid.

-insert giant WTF moment here-

Yeah, so 10 weeks ago they had me worried out of my mind freaking out about having too little fluid. Now I have too much? STFU. I want my real doctor.

So even though I'm thrilled to see my little girl again and absolutely thrilled to have peace of mind, I'm a little annoyed that the doctor sent me to the hospital when it was clear I wasn't dilating. Honestly I think he wanted to go home because it was 5 o'clock and he didn't want to monitor me for dehydration - which turns out to be the reason why I was contracting.

I'll post a new picture of my cute little princess tomorrow.

28 weeks

*How far along?: 28 weeks
*Total weight gain: 15lbs
*How big is baby?: Almost 3lbs!!
*Maternity clothes?: I'm loving my summer dresses!
*Sleep?: Sleep is getting better now that the dog is banned from the upstairs, and I bought a nightlight for the bathroom.
*Best moment this week?: The baby shower! I'll update with some pics tomorrow.
*Movement?: Still the normal kicking and pushing
*Food cravings?: Still wanting snow cones!! Finally found a place that has them in town!
*Labor signs?: I had my first noticeable braxton hicks contractions the day before my shower.
*Belly button in or out?: It's still in, but when I laugh or cough it pushes out a little.
*What I miss: Sleeping on my stomach and having smaller boobs... even though they were never very small. These things are ginormous.
*What I'm looking forward to: The birthing class we have on Saturday
*Milestone: The Braxton Hicks contractions felt like a milestone. Also making it to 3rd trimester!