Its hard to believe Im flying through my third trimester. Im nearly 30 weeks pregnant. Ive gained about 20 pounds! My tummy is HUGE, Ive been getting a lot of comments on it. My baby is still very active and squirmy. Lots of kicking and moving around, sometimes she is so active it takes my breathe away for a moment. Im having some difficulties sleeping these days. Its hard getting comfortable in bed. Its most comfortable for me to sleep on my back but the weight of my uterus can press on my vena cava causing a restriction in blood flow so its dangerous to sleep on my back. I usually still wake up once a night on my back. I am looking forward to easier movement during the night too. I feel like a whale everytime I turn over in bed.
I walked three miles today and felt good doing it. Im very very slow these days but I really enjoy working out still! I feel so alive afterwards for hours. I really hope I can keep up at least three miles as a ‘long’ distance once a week and two other shorter walks per week until I give birth. In Four weeks I have a 5k ‘race’ in las vegas. Ill be walking it, but it should be a great time!

Posted by Shelley in Journal on November 4th, 2007 |