We are at the 30 week mark, which means that after this week we are in single digits for the countdown. I am so excited that it is getting closer, but feeling like I need to cherish every last minute of being pregnant. I have so enjoyed being pregnant (minus those first 12-13 weeks of being SO SICK!) and feel a little sad to see it coming to an end. Ok, so I know I still have 10 weeks, I just know those 10 weeks are going to go very very fast. So here’s to enjoying every day, no matter what! (Will you remind me of that when I’m so big and fat that I can barely walk around at the end?)

New updates for the past few weeks
– my last appointment dr. was unable to say for sure if she had moved head down yet or not. She was previously breech, which FREAKS me out. The thought of not getting the chance to have a natural birth is crushingly devastating- dramatic, I know, but that’s how I currently feel. She thinks she is diagonal with head on the lower end, but we will have to wait and find out
– I have recently found out I am anemic, which apparently is very common for the average pregnant woman and with me already being iron deficient before it was bound to happen. No big deal, just taking supplements and realizing THAT may be why I have been SOOO tired.
– My terrible pain in my hips/pelvic/ahem…other parts has miraculously gone away. I have been feeling BETTER as I go along, which is strange and awesome! I’ll take it.
– It feels like it takes an act of God to wake up in the morning because I am so tired. Then, midnight rolls around and as I try to go to bed and I super happy to be awake and stay that way. Trey on the other hand most likely does not like the new nocturnal me. He already had a hard time getting me to stop talking before going to bed before now. Now that I know I will be up until at LEAST 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning I would love to keep talking all night long. But some people do have to wake up at the crack of dawn for work, thank goodness not me.
– Her movements are so dramatic (which is apparently the word of the week for me). She moves so much it is hard to focus on what I am doing sometimes. She has started this new thing when I cross my arms and rest them on my belly she will slowly and deliberately (or so I think) push my arms off my belly. What a stinker!

Coming Up
– Next week I get another sonogram to check baby’s position. I am praying (and would totally take any other prayers people are willing to give out) that she is head down at this check. If not, I have a plan (as always). I have got some good advice from both my dr. and several friends about the benefits of chiropractic adjustments during pregnancy, one of which is helping baby to be able to naturally flip over. Either way, I am excited about the sonogram- I can’t WAIT to see her and see what her little body looks like now.
– I have another shower coming up that a few of my sweet friends are throwing me. So excited to celebrate with everyone!

Week 27!? Time is flying by! A few weeks ago I couldn’t wait for her to get here so we could meet her and name her (yes- we are keeping the name a secret and in fact do not know her name ourselves. Trey & I have decided on a few names and are waiting to meet her before naming her). But lately I have been loving being pregnant- despite the complaints and whines I have for my husband and my best friends when I feel huge and am hurting- and I feel like I will miss having her in my belly! I love having her with me all day and being so close. I also am starting to feel like things are so much easier right now and she is so much safer right where she is. So I am perfectly happy with where we are and have no desire to rush things along. 🙂

She is still moving a lot, but her movements are definitely feeling different. I don’t know if its because she is getting bigger or because there is less room in there for her to move, but her movements are not as jarring as they used to be. They are feeling stranger and like more controlled movement than random pokes and bursts of movement. I had a doctor’s appointment today and was told she is very very low and is currently breech (yikes!), but there is plenty of time for her to flip head down first so no need to worry. So if you see me standing on my head frequently you will know its not from going completely insane (only partially)- I am just so hoping she will flip herself over. My doctor is also completely on board with our unmedicated birth plan and was very encouraging when I talked through it with her which makes me feel SO good to have her on my side! Everything was on track at the doctor- waiting to hear back about my glucose test- hoping no gestational diabetes here! But really that orange sugar drink was not so bad- not great, but totally fine. From here on out its dr. appointments every 2 weeks!

One of my very close friends, Liz, had her baby this week and he is such a cute baby! It is so strange that we have been pregnant together for so long and now she is a mommy and I will be following in her footsteps in not too long. I love getting to hear her stories and journey before I get there myself. I am so happy for Liz, Brent and Baby Briggs! What a blessing! Really! This whole giving life thing is seriously a MIRACLE. Before getting pregnant I thought of babies and the miracle of life so differently. It is so amazing to see God’s work and see his blessings. I feel amazing blessed to be a part of it and to bring another one of his children to this world.