Week 31
Baby Center says, "Your baby's arms, legs, and body continue to fill out — and they are finally proportional in size to his head. He weighs about 3 1/4 pounds and looks more like a newborn. You can expect your baby to gain at least two more pounds before delivery."
I feel like he gained at least two pounds in the past week! My belly has definitely gotten bigger. I was really hoping to get through this pregnancy without getting any stretch marks. That's right, all you moms....just go ahead and laugh at me.
I had an appointment on Thursday and everything is good. They looked over Embry's kick count chart and declared him "healthy and active". I got to hear his heartbeat again. I just love that part!
The best part of this appointment was the note I got saying that I could only work 40 hours a week. That is going to be so nice. Especially since I usually work between 55 and 65 hours a week. It will almost seem like I've gone "part-time".
I feel the baby move a lot now. Sometimes I wake up in the night and I can feel him squirming away in there. Once in awhile I can get him to play. He'll kick and I'll poke and then he'll kick again. A couple of times, he has kicked Cat in the back when we're snuggled in bed.
My appointments will start to increase now. I'll go every two weeks for the next month and then weekly. Some time in the next couple of weeks I'll have to go back and repeat my glucose test. Yuck!