Month Seven | 28-31 Week Update
How far along: 32 weeks today! Some days I can not fathom we will HAVE A CHILD in eight short weeks! Cue the freaking out/uncontrollable excitement.
Size of Baby: A squash. When I told Nathan this he said, “What does that mean? Aren’t there A LOT of different kinds of squash?!” Uhh…yes? And then I wanted some grilled yellow squash. YUM.
Gender: A precious little boy! An ultrasound last week left NO DOUBT in my mind he is a boy. Zero.
Movement: Changed so much again this month! He rolls, and rolls, and rolls around in my stomach basically all day, every day. A few times (usually after dinner) it has almost gotten annoying! Which I feel bratty even saying but it’s true. He is a very active little boy. I’ve had people see my belly move from across the room, which is so weird.
Weight Gain: Up 20-something pounds.
Sleep: Sleep was really hit or miss this month. Some nights I slept great and others were the most miserable nights I’ve had. Heartburn is a nightly occurrence now no matter what I eat and I’ve had some trouble with the muscles in my sides pulling, which makes it hard to then try to sleep on your side. One night my left side felt like it was practically on fire from my hip to my shoulder and they told me he was probably touching a nerve. So much fun.
Workouts: Mostly long walks with the dog and prenatal yoga. That’s about all we can handle at this point. My arms feels like jello though so I’m going to really try to do some light free weights more regularly.
Maternity Clothes: All maternity clothes, all the time. Not even my baggiest shirts fit over this bump anymore. Some of Nathan’s t-shirts don’t even fit – which is just mind boggling to me!
Symptoms: So tired. So much heartburn. So much stretching of my stomach muscles. He is sitting (or whatever you would call it) SUPER high which makes sitting/breathing kind of hard…Hmm, I’m sure there are more but those are the worst things! I hear that it’s all worth it in the end, though 
Cravings/Aversions: I wouldn’t say I have had true cravings or aversions but I do get very hungry, very quickly and have not been great about keeping enough healthy food around so I’ve been eating way more junk than usual. Must do better at that.
Missing Most: Mexican food (the residual heartburn is just not worth it) and my regular workouts! Someone asked me what I missed most throughout this pregnancy the other day and the first thing I said was “working out.” Sad but true!
Nursery: Is officially cleaned out, painted, and the furniture is put together. Now I need to decorate and organize – my favorite parts! Will share lots of pictures when we are done but for now, there have been some sneak peeks on Instagram!
Nathan: Has been gone a lot this month traveling for business which has admittedly been harder than I expected it to be. Shout out to the single mommas out there. No for real. There were times this month I felt overwhelmed being pregnant, taking care of this dog, and this house on my own plus working! I can’t imagine what it’s going to be like when he has to travel when the baby is here. I know I’ll be able to do it and I’ll be fine/better in the end but woof, that’s not going to be a fun transition.
Best Part of the Month: Hands down, my first baby shower! It. Was. Incredible. Hopefully, I’ll have a recap with more pictures to share another day but for now here’s me and one of my (seven) hostesses, one of my sisters!
My dress is from H&M’s MAMA line here
Other Stuff I Want to Remember:
1. These 4D ultra sound pictures! So different compared to last month’s where he looked like a straight up alien. Now he looks like a real baby!
2. Percy is completely obsessed with protecting me and loves to lay across my belly whenever possible. I blame him for the radio silence on the blog because it’s real hard to blog when your lap looks like this every night…
And for kicks…
Keep on growing baby boy!
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