31 Weeks: 8th Month!

Waist Measurements: 44" at the belly button

Weigh in: 151lbs according to home scale

Pregnancy Symptoms this Week:

• slight hand and feet swelling
• Joint pain in hands
  
• Heart burn
• Tiredness
• Painful kicking of the ribs

Pregnancy first this week: the joint pain has been a little weird but i think its because i did a lot of gardening and gave Paul a really long massage after he roter tiller'd the back yard.

My Pregnancy Brain: Fear has set in! Well kinda, I'm just sacred of not being able to raise my daughter to be a good citizen.

Dr Visits: None this week

Belly Shot:

What the baby looks like this week: She weighs about 3½ pounds and measures a little over 16 inches. From this week on, she will continue to gain around ½ pound a week until shortly before birth. She can now process information from all five senses. By now, your baby's lungs are the only system not fully mature. She can turn his head from side to side, and his arms, legs, and body are beginning to plump out as needed fat accumulates underneath his skin.