31 weeks today! If the last week is any indication, the next 9 will fly by. It seems to be true what every has-been pregnant woman told me in the beginning of my pregnancy: "Wait until you get to the third trimester - it flies by". Holy Schnikey. The belly is definitely large and in charge now. Although yesterday during an interview with an older adult for my job I remarked about being pregnant, the woman replied, "Really? You're pregnant?". I think she may have had vision issues, really.
I am EXHAUSTED. Luckily I had a wonderful night of sleep at JN's house on Saturday night to boost me through a couple of days. I took a nap last night after my run and woke up only to move to my bed, only to wake up at 2 AM and move to the guest bed at 3 AM. Apparently baby doesn't like to sleep in one place for too long. I didn't care - although I have to say that now in the middle of the night when I wake up, I am too tired to do anything that I had been doing - watch tv, read, etc but not tired enough to fall back asleep. It's weird...and frustrating.
The guesses regarding the gender keep coming. Two people - an ex-co-worker and one of my BILs actually think we found out the gender and just aren't telling people. While that would be our perogative, trust me when I say we did NOT find out. You can even call my doctor and confirm this as I barraged him with my neuroses for weeks thinking he would accidentally let the gender slip. Lately, people have been relating the gender to my size or how I am carrying, which I find strange. As I already posted, my FIL was the first to do this. My MIL also thinks I am having a girl by the way I am carrying and yesterday my dental hygenist commented that she thinks I am having a girl because I am "shaped more like a watermelon than a basketball." She then followed that with, "When I was pregnant with my daughter I was also shaped like a watermelon and really puffy". So, am I puffy?! I don't agree with these comments at all - maybe I am delusional but I don't get it. I certainly don't think I am carrying a watermelon and haven't noticed any puffiness. Maybe I am just too used to how I look now...there's a scary thought!
Anyway, the baby gender poll is heavily siding with "boy" but most verbal comments I get say "girl". Hmmm...9 more weeks until we find out! I have to say that in my future pregnancies (yes, I already think that there will be more than one baby s), I don't know if I could ever find out the gender. I think it is so fun not knowing and really has built up the anticipation for me. My favorite new game to play with my belly (my husband REALLY thinks I'm crazy) is one I like to call "boy or girl". It goes like this - {grab belly} "Hi baby! Kick mommy once if you are boy and two times if you are a girl". Most times the response I get is no kicking. :)
Please tell me you "got" the title of this post....sigh, if not. It's a direct quote from Baby in Dirty Dancing.
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yup! got it... baby's justification for attending the employee after party! so funny that we watched a good chunk of this movie in quebec dubbed in french. was good was to "practice" french since i know most of the script- lol!
ReplyDeleteanyhoo! from all the pics, no you don't look puffy. you look fabulous!!!! and i can't wait to see the watermelon in just a couple of weeks!!!