31 and 32 week update

How far along:
31 and 32 weeks

Baby is the size of a:

Bunch of Asparagus and Bok Choy, she's 42cm long and 4lbs heavy.
 

Total weight gain:

12lbs by week 31 and then 15lbs(!!) by the next week

31 weeks

 

32 weeks (this is starting to look really unflattering)

 

 

Maternity Clothes?

Got a new pair of maternity jeans, the belly band was nice and tight for the first week, but now it's stretched out.(and washing them didn't fix that) My belly needs good support or else it starts hurting, so can't comfortably wear loose belly bands!

Stretch Marks?

I honestly don't even know

Sleep?

What's that?? I'm sleeping so badly.
 

Best moment of the Week:

My girlfriend signing the contract to her first flat(apartment)! She's moving in in April and baby and I will follow a little later as I have a 2 month notice period on my flat.

Movement:

All the time, though she definitely has quieter times. She seems to get especially active just when I'm going to bed :)

Food Cravings:

Not cravings, I just want to eat chocolate and bad foods all the time, I did that before I got pregnant though ;-)
 

Belly Button in or out:

In

 

Gender:

Baby girl, still without a name!
 

Symptoms:
nothing new: varicose veins, back ache, lack of sleep and terrible breathlessness, so far I seem to at least have been spared from heart burn and nose bleeds. 

 

Anything Making you queasy or Sick?

No, feeling great food wise
 

Have you Started to Show yet?

Yes, people say I look *small* for how far along I am, amazing considering I feel like I'm the size of a whale!
 

What I miss: 

My sleep!

 

What I'm looking forward to:

Moving in with my partner of 5.5 years in a couple of months
 

What I'm not looking forward to:

Moving 200miles away with a newborn baby in a couple of months!!

 

29/30 week 4D scan

I've been a bit of a scan addict this entire pregnancy and had one at 6, 7, 9, 12, 15, 17, 20 and 22 weeks, some private, some as part of my treatment and some through my hospital.

Since we weren't able to confirm the gender at 20/22 weeks, I knew I would want to have another scan later on in pregnancy.

I ended up booking a 4D scan with the same company who did my reassurance scan at 15 weeks and the gender scan at 17 weeks.
At least booking with them I knew that I would get a free re-scan in case baby was in a funny position.

The appointment took place at 29+5 weeks.

We were called in and immediately the sonographer saw that baby was facing the wrong way, so after doing the necessary head and tummy measurements as well as confirming the gender(though somewhat vague "I'm thinking girl") they sent us out to go for a walk and advised to drink and eat something sugary.
We were asked to return 20 minutes later.

We did and while baby had turned around, she now had both arms and one leg in front of her face.
I was asked to turn to the left, to the right, to the left...just to get her to move her arms, lots of jiggling of my tummy, yet still no change.
For a brief second she removed her arms and legs and we got this gorgeous picture. Clearly baby takes after me and got my family's big nose ;-)

 

 



As we had paid for a 30 minute 'bonding scan' we were once again sent out of the room, this time to the waiting area and I was asked to drink lots and lots of water to fill up my bladder.
After another 20 minutes we were called back in, but despite lots of turning from side to side on my part and jiggling around there was no change, so the sonographer called it a day and told us to re-schedule.
I immediately called the next day and was able to book an appointment for 30+3, and while my girlfriend wouldn't be able to come along, my mum would as she was visiting from Germany that weekend.

So the day of the second appointment came and my mum was very excited.

Unfortunately baby seems to be a little bit camera shy, so while she was facing the camera, she was only showing us half her face.
The sonographer tried her best, again lots of turning and jiggling and then she even made me get up on all 4 on the bed and shake my tummy around to wake the little one and shake her into a different position. So glad nobody filmed this part as it was a bit embarrassed.
But no luck.
We managed to get a couple more pictures, but nothing amazing and I'm definitely glad I didn't pay extra for the dvd as it was non refundable and wouldn't have been worth it.
We actually chose a picture from the first scan attempt to be printed as the colour picture as it was better than anything we got the second time.
I find the last picture a little scary...

 

I'm still glad I did the 4D scan as we were able to confirm (twice) baby was a girl and we got a few glimpses of what she will look like once born.
She seems to have rather full lips too, I remember saying after the 12 week scan that she had pouty lips so nothing has changed since then.
I can't wait to meet her and compare her features to these pictures we have.

29 and 30 week update

How far along:
29 and 30 weeks

Baby is the size of a:
Butternut Squash and now large cabbage
She's 1.4kg or 3lbs 3oz according to the latest scan.
 

Total weight gain:
12lbs, I started slowly and now catching up quickly

 

(29 weeks)

 

(30 weeks)

 

 

 

Maternity Clothes?

Other than my maternity jeans and 'upsized' tops, I have started wearing underwear which was only intended to go in my hospital bag...big Bridget Jones style underpants ;-)

Stretch Marks?

No new ones I think, but to be honest unless they're the angry red ones, I don't really care

Sleep?
Not doing great, the mattress supplied by my landlord is cheap and starting to get uncomfortable, but because I'm planning on moving this summer, there's no point buying a new one
 

Best moment of the Week:
4D scan at 29+5, I'll be sharing pictures soon

Movement:
loads, no kicks, just lots of rolling around
 

Food Cravings:
sadly nothing healthy
 

Belly Button in or out:
in

 

Gender:
confirmed baby is a little girl
 

Symptoms:
*back ache
*varicose veins
*feeling heavy in my belly
*breathlessness, even when just lying and sitting down
 

Anything Making you queasy or Sick?
*had nausea for a couple of mornings this week, no idea what caused that, but luckily it's gone now
 

Have you Started to Show yet?
People who know that I'm pregnant have commented that I look more pregnant, but I'm still not being offered seats on the bus or the train
 

What I miss: 

sleeping comfortably
 

What I'm looking forward to:
My mum coming to visit at the end of the week and going for a re-scan of my 4D scan as baby wasn't cooperating and we didn't get
 

What I'm not looking forward to:
Getting bigger and more uncomfortable