31 weeks - getting huge-er and huge-er

I utterly suck as a blogger. I may try to blog the remainder of the pregnancy though. We shall see. I barely have the energy to roll my large self out of bed in the morning (or afternoon), so I'm not making any promises.

Baby seems to be doing well. At 30 weeks my belly was measuring 32. I've started to gain back some of the weight that I lost (I was wondering when that would happen). Baby is quite active most of the time (particularly between the hours of midnight and 6 am....figures) and there's really been no cause for concern at all.

I'm on to biweekly midwife appointments now. I'm trying to get together all of the stuff I need for the homebirth and for the baby, though I feel so slack with it all. We have a pool liner! (Though we're not sure where, exactly, we're going to put the pool). I have a doula and a back-up doula and a back-up back-up doula.....  Not sure how she's getting paid yet, but we'll figure it out. Might sell off one of the other kids, I s'pose...

Kidding.

We have an expect net game set up for the L'il Shagger. So that's fun. Winner gets a prize decided on by moi. Perhaps a bottle of wine or a case of beer or something knit by me (you know, with all that free time I'll have once the baby gets here). I enjoy it though. I love seeing all the guesses. I'll try to link up the game in one of the side bars.

Anywho, here's a few recent belly shots (because blogs are totally boring without pictures)

Just for fun...

I so totally have to update with belly pics and appointment updates and whatnot, but for now, this will have to do:

These are just a preview from our photo session on Middle Cove Beach this past Saturday with my very talented cousin Tracy Penney Pomroy.

18 weeks 3 days - "19 week" ultrasound

For some reason I'm having trouble typing today. My fingers just aren't working right. Good thing I have pics to fill this post!!!

We had our "19 week" ultrasound today. Our tech was new to obstetrical ultrasound, having spent the first part of her career looking at livers and kidneys. So she had to take her time, which was nice, actually. She was really sweet. And now, without further ado, here's all 18 weeks and 3 days of Trouble:

Hand on chin

Alien baby

There were two other pics that they gave us, but they're just variations of the above two pics. I wish they had printed the pic of the feet. That was the sweetest ultrasound pic I've ever seen. Sad panda. Overall it was great though. My placenta is fundal and a bit posterior, so that's good news. Baby is breech, but there's still plenty of time to turn. I'm going to make a doctor's appointment for some time in the next couple of weeks and hopefully there won't be any surprises in the ultrasound report.

Oddly enough, I still really don't feel pregnant. Baby still isn't moving much (though I'm getting a few jabs here and there). He or she is definitely more chill than Jesse. At Jesse's 19 week ultrasound he was doing log rolls and would not stop moving. This baby will totally calm and relaxed. I'm hoping the movement pics up soon so I can stop worrying so much!