31 Weeks - a few days late

How far along: 31 Weeks

Total weight gain: next question? ha. I think around 25 pounds. SH**. That's how much I wanted to gain my entire pregnancy and I have nine weeks left. Makes me curse. And cry.

Maternity clothes: Yes

Stretch marks: No

Sleep: Sucks

Best moment of this week: Another appointment with the midwife - she was startled by how active my baby is when she was checking heart rate, haha! HR was 140's

Miss anything: BEING SKINNY. Running. 

Movement: Yes 

Food cravings: Ice cream and Dr Pepper

Anything making you queasy or sick: No

Have you started to show yet: Yes.

Gender: girl

Labor signs: no

Belly button in or out: In

Wedding rings on or off: On

Happy or moody most of the time: Moody

Looking forward to: losing this weight! and getting all our baby gear after the next baby shower.

Exercise: Walking more. Leanna said what I describe from walking is just my abdominal muscles flexing and working - not braxton hicks or contractions. So I've increased milage some to doing more 3 mile walks. Still not going super fast - I have a lot of pulling near my pelvic bone to hip bone. I was not motivated this week to do much, but I worked out almost every day anyway.

additional symptoms: Steve can feel when she has the hiccups now :)

Heart burn is pretty bad.

I have been super hungry this week :( Back to waking up in the middle of the night or really early wanting a sandwich.
Horrible gas. Super embarrassing.
Speaking of embarrassing. I SNEEZED AND PEED MYSELF A LITTLE AT THE GYM THIS WEEK FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER. I have increased kegel exercises. I cried. I really hope it's short term and only a pregnant thing. Now I'm worried about having that be a regular problem postpartum. :(
Shortness of breath! OH my WORD sometimes it is sudden and kind of scares me! It can be hard for me to catch my breath and I almost feel like I've had the wind knocked out of me. I haven't been able to breathe well enough to get my heart rate very high during workouts.

I can definitely feel her getting bigger and stronger. I try not to complain about how much she moves and be thankful, because I'd freak out if it stopped! ha. It's been a hard week for me - I just don't like being pregnant. It's hard to not just give up and eat whatever BS I want b/c I feel like weight gain is inevitable - which it is, to a certain extent. My emotional eating is definitely making it worse, though! Steve has been great and trying to support me by going on walks with me and making me salads and offering to cook healthy food when I'd rather just go out to eat. I'm a mess. Oh, well. Here's to tomorrow! ;)