30 Weeks

I am feeling very similarly to how I did in the first trimester. I'm gradually feeling more tired, hungry, and experience more frequent heartburn than I have fore the past few months.

With my birthday money I got in March from my family, I purchased an elliptical machine this past week. It really helps me get in a little exercise now and then, especially on days when it is too yucky to go outside. I think it will really come in handy as I try to work off my pregnancy weight once Ashley is born. Today, I hopped on it and began to ride, only two minutes went by and I started to feel really sleepy. I took that as a hint from my body that it just wasn't going to happen today. This sort of thing has been happening more and more lately. Yesterday, my husband and I went walking. We usually go two laps around a little track in front of a local elementary school. But I was only able to make it one lap before I felt completely and totally exhausted. With my uterus pushing on my sternum, it takes a little more effort to breath which may be a big contributing factor to how tired I am, especially during exercise.

I have heard that many women get really depressed after delivery because they claim to miss that feeling of being pregnant. I honestly don't know what those women are thinking. I am so ready to have my own body back, my strength, and endurance. I guess I never realized how much I had taken my own body for granted before pregnancy, but I miss how it used to perform for me. Now I take extra special care of my body because of the precious cargo I am carrying, and I am only getting heavier, slower, less stable. I'm a wimp! But I know it is only temporary and I'll have plenty of time to build my body back up and get back into my old clothes again. But I certainly do not think I will ever miss being pregnant. I want more children...far....far into the future from right now, but I don't look forward to feeling like a beached whale all over again.

29 Weeks

I went to see my doctor again last Friday. She pretty much gave me a clean bill of health. My blood pressure was still a little high, but not high enough to cause immediate concern. The nurse measured my uterus from the top of my pelvic bone to the top of my uterus itself, and told me that my baby was growing right on target. This is a relief because if my baby was determined to be too small for her gestational age, it may indicate that my slightly elevated blood pressure is having an impact on her growth. The doctor also told me that I passed the glucose test just fine, which means that I will not have to sit through the three hour glucose test. Thank goodness! I am so thankful that thus far I have had fairly good health throughout this pregnancy.

Ashley is being really stubborn lately. She will start moving around so much sometimes that I feel like I am going to give birth to an alien, but when I try to get her daddy to feel it with his hand on my belly, she stops moving! She always seems to stop moving around when her daddy wants to feel her move. We are both getting so anxious to have her here with us instead of dancing around in my belly. I keep dreaming of holding her in my arms, my husband really seems excited about her arrival too.

I have her picture on my phone at only 8 weeks gestational age and I keep thinking how amazing she is, a small miracle in and of herself. I have a new best friend growing stronger each day inside me.

 

God is taking such good care of us.

28 Weeks

 Third trimester is finally here. I seem to be feeling kinda tired lately, both sleepy and muscle tiredness. It's almost like my legs do not want to support all this added weight. As I stand up, my thighs and calves spasm.The spasms stop when I am up and stable unless I stretch a certain way that causes the muscles to flare up again.

I have not yet received any calls from the doctor about the outcome of my glucose test. I suppose she will let me know my results at my next appointment this week. A few people have told me that the fact that I have not been contacted immediately and told to lay off the sugar should be a good sign that perhaps I don't have a problem, or at least not one so severe so that the doctor could wait two week to tell me the results.I like the idea of remaining optimistic.

Ashley must be doing well in there. She spends her days splashing around in her small environment between naps, and her nights preventing her mom from getting any sleep because of all the movements she makes.

I suppose there could be many things I could complain about, I certainly feel like I am literally "tired" of being pregnant and do not think I will miss it, but I know it will be worth it.

27 Weeks

I've been feeling really optomistic today. It is strange,though, just how unwell I've felt the past couple of weeks, I suppose it was just hormones. I have no idea if it also had anything to do with the fact that I was feeling moody right around the time I would have had my period, but if not, it was an eyebrow raising coincidence. At least, now, I am feeling much better.

My glucose test was last week. I do not yet know the results, but I suppose my doctor will let me know when I go back in next week. I am now at the point where I see the doctor once every two weeks instead of four. As far as the test goes, they made me drink this syrupy stuff that was orange flavored. My mother had warned me that it would be just plain awful, but I don't really think it was all that bad. It was just really super sweet. It was kinda like flat orange soda. After exactly one hour, the nurse drew some blood from my arm, bandaged it up, and sent me on my way. The hubby had taken the day off work just for the heck of it that day and so we spent the rest of the day running around and enjoying each other's company. We had lunch at City Bites, which was delicious, and I watched him bowl a few games at the local bowling alley. I loved just getting to spend time with my sweetheart all day long, it really did my heart some good.

Baby Ashley is still getting bigger and stronger. She was really having a good time rolling around inside me the other day and I told Hubby to put his hand on my belly to feel her acrobatics. His eyes widened and he said "Wow! She's really moving in there!" It was a neat experience for the both of us to feel her movements.

One more thing, I hesitate to add this because it is embarassing, however natural it may be, but it appears that I have started leaking colostrum (pre-milk). I do not believe that I need absorbant pads just yet, but I feel that may be a possible necessity within the next month or so. Like I said, embarassing to admit, but normal.

Okie dokie, I'll give more updates next week!