and counting... always counting. My goodness, it takes a long time to count to 40 when you can only do one number per week! I told Gabe for the next one there will be no counting, but by then I figure we'll be too busy with a toddler creature to micromanage a pregnancy anyway.
Baby girl is around 3.3 pounds and a bit over 16 inches long. She is definitely making her larger presence known. I can feel her way down low and under my ribcage at the same time. And sometimes you can see protrusions from either side of my belly. I had my prenatal check-up last week and everything looked good, and I had gained 21 lbs. That night I felt a shift and Gabe and I both thought the baby had dropped. My belly button was further away, I peed more urgently and often and I could suddenly take deep breaths again. This was confirmed the next morning by my client who took one look at me and said 'wow, she dropped. she's coming early.' Yes, I did the typical first time mom thing and called the birth center to make sure there was no concern if she had dropped. (Everything's fine.) And I think she may have un-dropped. Or just got bigger. I don't know.
The last few clients (and a random lady at the grocery store today) have asked how far along I am and when I tell them they say 'that's it?!' and recount their girth at their own pregnancies. I am learning now the self-defensive maneuver of just being confident that everything is at it should be for me & baby.
Tomorrow will mark two more months until her maybe-arrival. Yesterday we finished our childbirth classes and did a 'birth rehearsal'. I'm feeling pretty ready emotionally, fairly ready logistically, and feeling excited about the birth part. Gabe is jumping-out-of-his-seat excited to meet his little girl. I'm tired of writing it each week, so just assume I am physically uncomfortable unless I notify you otherwise.
Week 31 belly pic:
No one ever remembers how big they were at what time during their pregnancies. I had the same thing - people would tell me I was big for 25, 28, 30, 34 weeks. You look pretty normal to me and might I say, you have such a cute bump!!
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