34 Weeks

Little dude is the size of a pineapple (ouch)!

There is no rhyme or reason to my eating habits these days. Although, for the past two weeks, I find myself in a battle for breakfast sandwiches with Chick-Fil-A. One morning I had one of their english muffins with egg, cheese, and bacon, and it was AWESOME! I wanted more. Went back a few days later on my way to the doctor, but they got my order wrong. I was already late for my appointment so I ended up eating the blasted chicken biscuit thing they accidentally gave me (I was too hungry not to). A few days later I tried again, but missed their breakfast service by ten minutes! I ended up with yet another chicken sandwich (I was too hungry to not order anything). Chicken again!!! This egg, cheese, bacon, english muffin has now reached holy-grail-food status in my world. 

Physical changes: I've gained 25lbs! I'm told it's all belly even though I can tell my butt is definitely bigger. Hope you're not all just telling me I look good just to be nice. My joints are cracking a lot lately, especially in my back and legs. I can feel the extra weight in my knees for sure. My sleep routine is more of a pass out in my recliner, wake up to pee at 1am, crawl into bed, wake up to pee and eat at 3am, pass out sitting straight up in bed because of heart-burn routine. 

Happy thoughts: Six weeks or less and we meet this little guy. Man, he's rolling a lot! With every ultrasound and non-stress test he is still head down, so all I can imagine is that he's doing head-spins on my pelvic floor. Feet buried in my rib cage, elbows poking out near my belly button (or what's left of it anyway). I really love feeling him move. It feels super weird when he gets hiccups though, and he gets them multiple times a day.

Speaking of non-stress tests and ultasounds, I live at the hospital now. With three to four appointments a week, I feel like I'm always at the doctor's office. Once I'm there though, and they hook me up to those monitors, just sitting and listening to his heartbeat and movements is so peaceful. It's lovely and reassuring. I'm grateful for this kind of pre-bonding I get to do with him. 

Watching the monitor at one of my non-stress tests. Top line is baby boy, bottom line is me. He's an active little guy!