30 weeks!

How far along? 30 weeks!

Total weight gain/loss: 13lbs

Maternity clothes? I mostly only wear scrubs. The bottoms fit but my tops are getting tight..might need to invest in maternity scrub tops. I mostly wear sweats/yoga pants around the house

Stretch marks? haha none from baby..well maybe a few from baby..

Sleep: No good! I pee pretty much every hour to hour and a half every night...what a nightmare!

Best moment this week: finishing the painting of the nursery and putting all B's toy's together!

Movement: Constantly..ALL THE TIME! Does my kid sleep? His mommy certainly doesn't!

Food cravings: Toaster strudels....weird I know!

Symptoms: heartburn, back pain, pelvic pain, stomach pain...swollen legs and feet

Gender: ALL BOY!!! :)

Labor Signs: nope! Keep baking, please!

Belly Button in or out? Innie..but its starting to look pretty crazy...I still think it will stay an innie though.

What I miss: not getting out of breath when I go up and down stairs...bending over without back pain or straining...ugh!! I miss being able to get out of bed without having to roll..

What I am looking forward to: Starting our childbirth class this week!

Weekly Wisdom: PUT YOUR FEET UP!!

Milestones: I'm starting my two week appointments this week!

Top 10

I stole this off my friend Ashley's blog. I love reading her blog, its hilarious and unlike me, she's really good about updating hers. Anyway, I thought this was so funny and SO true to anyone who is or ever has been pregnant.

1. I have some many pills inside my purse, travel bag, or cabinet, you may think I'm a drug dealer. (or 85). I take at least 4 pills a day sometimes 5....or 6 or 7 if I need Tylenol or Tylenol PM....

2. I need coalesce like my life depends on it. If you don't know what coalesce is, well its a stool softener. And I swear I can't get through my days without it! Sometimes I even double the dosage.

3. On that note...I need fiber like my life depends on it. I will spare you many of the details....but lets just say I need it for the same reason I need coalesce. And thats a huge need and I'm sure I will need it long after B is born. I mean I love me some fiber: fiber pills, fiber cereals, salads...and yes, yes I know too much of good thing is not a good thing... but I'm attempting to alleviate as much pressure in that area as possible.

4. I get winded walking up stairs. Well, honestly anywhere! And not to mention I walk so slow! It takes me forever and I quite often need to catch my breath just to make the last few steps.

5. I need help getting out of cars and even out bed. Sometimes, its very hard for me to hoist myself up out a car or bed. I sorta have to roll around and get myself ready before I can really make the step. It's a challenge.

6. I have so many aches and pains that are so random and have no real medical definition too them. It's just like an old person, they just "Aww, I'm just getting old"....Well, "Aww, I'm just getting more and more pregnant."

7. I drive so slow you might mistake me for a Grandma. I have a huge fear of being in a car accident while I'm pregnant. (Think Grey's Anatomy....Callie's accident..yeah shouldn't have watched that episode) I'm sure this is another trait that will continue after Berks is born. I'm overly cautious, forget pulling out in front of someone. I go the speed limit or very close to this number. So, the next time you want to honk at someone for being an overly cautious driver...that might be me, just take extra precautions for my precious cargo.

8. Along those lines, I worry about the strangest things. Just as your Grandma probably did when you were younger. One of my favorites was that we HAD to wear socks in the basement, because it was too cold down there, we would get pneumonia. I worry about things like, should I eat this? Should I breathe this in? Am I stretching enough? Is my baby getting enough nutrients? Oxygen? and so on....I'm old worry wort.

9. My breast. I'm not sure how many of you have seen an old lady breasts, but they are everywhere! And they are generally huge...I mean from my short stint of doing nursing work in a nursing home and my own Grandmothers...I feel these things to be true. Now, as of now my boobs are not droopy. But they sure as hell have a mind of their own. Who knows when they'll decide to stick out the side of my bra or move to some awkward position. It's like they have a mind of their own....

10. My mind. I forget everything! I don't remember where I put things. As of now I'm searching for my brush? No idea what I did with that guy. Not to mention, I walk into a room and am think what on earth were my plans for coming in here? If you ask me to something and I don't get it done. I'm not ignoring your request....I simply don't remember you made the request at all. So, if something isn't done remind me again and again. I swear I'll get to it!

11. And finally the last thing I have in common with an 85 year old woman.....My Granny Panties. And I promise you will wear the same thing when you a pregnant. It's ALL about COMFORT. Nothing more, nothing less. And I'll be damned if I'm going to wear thongs when everything on my body is disproportioned, achey, and out of whack.

Ashley, you are hilarious and you're going to be a great mom...I love that you're just a few weeks ahead of me so I always know what to expect! I can't wait to see Baby B and...I will add that I'm looking forward to hearing about the birth the most...since that's what I'm most worried about! I think it will be in true Jenny McCarthy context..and I will thoroughly enjoy it! :)

Mommy MIA

Sorry that I've been MIA the last month. I feel like with 10 weeks left.. (YES 10!!) that there's so much to do that we haven't done! I am 30 weeks today and reality is setting in that I don't have much time left before Bauer arrives! I had my 28 week appointment last week and got a little shock while I was there...well several little shocks.

Shock number 1: The forms. Lee has gone to most of my appointments with me, but I had to take a 2 hour glucose test and I didn't want to make him sit around and wait with me. I wish he had been there though, because the amount of forms I had to fill out all by myself was crazy...not to mention, it made me realize that this is getting so close to happening. All those forms about procedures that they might have to do during delivery...consents for possible emergency c-sections..and various other things. Reality really set in for me!

Shock number 2: At almost 29 weeks I measured 32 weeks! Now, there could be a few reasons for this. The first being that I'm overweight. Since I'm somewhat bigger than the average preggo..the Dr said I could be measuring a few cm's bigger and that's normal. OR, I could be diabetic. BUT, I'm not...so yay! Lastly...I could just have a big baby...yay..a fat baby! Lol. There is always that possibility that I could be further along than we thought and that's the consensus we've agreed to. When Lee and I went in to the doctor for our second U/S after we thought we had a miscarriage we happily discovered that we had a baby in my tummy and that we were 6 weeks along! From there, they calculated my due date to be, Halloween! Oddly enough, I took a little glance at that same U/S picture this week and noticed that the picture didn't say 6 weeks at all! It said 8 weeks and 2 days! SO....either the U/S tech made a mistake or we really are two weeks further along than we thought! Which would put me at 32 weeks this week! We're expecting that our little boy may arrive sooner than we thought!

So what have these two overwhelmed parents been up to lately? Let's just say a little stressful, and tense. I haven't been the best wife lately. I've not been getting a lot of sleep and I'm so exhausted when i get home from work that I haven't been able to do a lot of the housework lately. Lee has been doing a lot, but lord knows he doesn't take it as serious as I do, and being a neat freak, this stresses me out..not to mention makes me extremely tired. My feet and legs are swollen every night so I have to come home and put them up for an hour or so and they're fine. But, then I'm too tired to make dinner so Lee's been doing that...and I might add that it hasn't been the healthiest of meals lately since he's not much of a cook, but more of a throw something frozen in the oven or skillet kinda guy. On top of all of this...I've been trying so hard to get through my school work which is nearly impossible but I really want to get it done before Bauer is here. I don't recommend coding. I already to it a little bit in my job, but its SO boring which I knew before I started, but the pay is really good and I can work from home. Its just so hard to push my way through something that's so boring...ugh! We've also been going to town on the nursery but I still haven't found time to do that artwork and stuff that I want to put on the walls. I feel guilty if I work on that stuff when I should be cleaning or working on schoolwork! We haven't ordered the crib yet! We have the money but we haven't done it! Don't ask me why because there's no excuse! I seriously thought we had more time but really we don't and that's why I've been MIA. I've been a big ball of stress and tension....which I know isn't good for Baby B. I'm hoping I can find some sort of balance in the next few weeks....otherwise...well..I don't know. I'm using preggo brain for this one.