31 Weeks

I can actually see a difference in myself. I told Scott that I thought I'd gotten a lot bigger, and he just looked at me. I don't think he knew quite how to respond to that, fearing that either agreeing or disagreeing could have been the wrong answer.

Good week, though some more of those interesting symptoms I've heard so much about have reared their ugly heads.

For one thing, let me just say that indigestion is no joke. I'd go into the gory details, but they're gross. Suffice it to say that sometimes reflux is downright nasty, but Tums are my friend.

I've gotten a few minor foot cramps (not leg cramps), too., in the middle of the night. They're usually remedied pretty easily by just pointing my toes up and stretching it out, so they're obviously not at their worst yet. Maybe they won't get bad for me, but I know better than to assume something like that.

The itching has been bad this week. I've been walking around with little red bumps all over my chest from where I've scratched and scratched. It's starting to improve, but I have a feeling it's going to stick around awhile.

My feet are virtually inaccessible....so much so that when I walked up to Scott with a pair of socks in my hand, he automatically assumed I needed him to put them on for me. (That's actually not why I had walked up to him, but I took him up on it since I was there.) He had to tie my shoes when we went out last night. I may soon have to retire shoes that require tying or fastening of any sort, which is tough when it's cold.

And speaking of cold........I don't feel it so much. Yeah, I can recognize when it's 40 degrees outside, but strangely enough, I haven't been cold in church in ages. I have ALWAYS been cold in church. ALWAYS. This morning, though, I was actually hot. Me. HOT. That, my friends, just does not happen.

My appetite is ravenous, but I still can't eat a lot at any one time. I eat often, for sure, but not in large quantities. I have actually had someone say to me that I don't eat as much as they would assume I would; I'm thinking that's because he doesn't follow me around all day.

The baby is moving around a lot, which I love, and I thought earlier this week that she was trying to rotate herself around. At my last appointment my doctor told me that she was in a transverse position, and my books say that around this time she'll probably move to the head-down position. Knowing that, I assumed that some of the more, um, violent movements I was feeling was probably her changing positions.....but there's still a suspicious head-shaped bulge in the same spot as before, so I don't think that's happened yet.

Less than two months until my due date, which is absolutely surreal. For months we've been anticipating a baby boom at our church, with about half a dozen women all expecting within a window of about 2 months. We have been set to bring up the rear of the boom, and it's pretty jarring to realize that the women who were starting out the baby boom have already given birth. It's coming, whether we're ready or not! We're more excited than nervous, though, and just as thrilled as can be that we're going to get to see her soon.