Pregnancy Update

I'm officially 31 weeks pregnant as of today! That means only 9 weeks left! We're finally in the single digits! It's interesting because I feel like every day since we found out we were having a baby has gone so slow, but then looking over the entire section of time, I'm so amazed at how quickly it has gone. My belly grows bigger almost every single day, and I can literally tell the difference from the day before. I'm so grateful to be able to have a baby. The feeling of her kicking me is the happiest part of my day. She kicks sooo much now. She kicks when I wake up, especially when I eat, and when I lay down to go to sleep. For some reason, she always seems to kick around noon. She does it every single day. I always stop, stare at her (because I can finally see my belly move when she kicks) and just laugh. I'm so excited!!

I'm feeling pretty great! I get bloody noses... a lot! My feet and hands swell pretty easily and I get exhausted incredibly fast. Over the last two weeks or so, I've noticed I almost always throw up in my mouth after I eat something. I talked to my doctor and she said to just take some tums in the morning. I had a glucose test a few weeks ago, and they said my blood looks normal. Thank heavens! I'm so thirsty all the time. I feel like I can never get enough to drink. Then, when I do drink a lot, I throw up haha. Either way, I'm pretty sure my pregnancy has been much easier than most. I feel incredibly lucky and blessed.

Now that I'm in Utah, I can finally start to purchase things. I bought some clothes for baby girl and it's gotten me so excited!! I honestly pull them out of the bag every day, lay them on the bed and just stare at them. I'm so excited to dress her up, cuddle her and just look at her! In Tennessee they did an ultrasound (since I was a new patient) and they showed us some photos in 3D. It was easily the coolest thing I've ever seen. Baby girl was eating something at first, then she wouldn't take her hand off of her face. When our Doctor started to take photos, she shoved her face into my placenta and wouldn't move. That actually just makes me incredibly happy because I assume she likes to cuddle!

Anywho, here are some photos of my bump growing and some of baby girl's 3rd trimester ultrasound.

 26 weeks

28 Weeks

30 weeks

31 weeks

This is the 3D photo that they gave us. I look at it almost every day. She is sooo cute!! In this photo, her hand is laying on top of her face, so it's hard to see her nose/mouth. She's such an adorable baby!

The doctor said that she is measuring for a week and a half early, but they said she may just come on her due date and be big. She's measuring to be high 8's or around 9lbs. I was a 10lb baby, so it totally makes sense. I can't wait to squeeze her chubby cheeks!