31 weeks pregnant...

We are SO excited. It's getting really hard to wait now, especially now the baby's room is ready. We keep looking at the cot, thinking how tiny little one will seem in it! The socks for little 'un are ridiculously small. We keep going into the bedroom and picking up clothes and cooing. Likely a bit sickening for any viewers, but no-one else lives with us so while this is true, we will continue being sickening.

I've found my sleep pattern has totally changed and I wake up regularly about 4:00am. Last night, it was between 2am-4am. Not so lovely but goodness, the world is quiet between those times!

So nine weeks to go and baby's arms, legs and body continue to fill out – and they are finally proportional in size to the head therefore looking more like a newborn. Some people say the baby stops moving as much but this isn't true for our little squirming munchkin. I actually thought there was something wrong with them last night, they honestly moved solidly for about half an hour! It was so bizarre but very funny. The funny thing is, there's still a fair bit of growing to do, apparently we should expect them to gain at least 900g before birth. Good gracious. The organs are continuing to mature and they are passing water from the bladder, which is good practice for the urinating they'll do after they're born. Also the bone marrow has taken over from the liver in producing red blood cells. The incredible thing for this week? Brain scans have shown that babies have periods of dream sleep around month eight!

I've been feeling a bit of pressure on my hips from the baby which I've been told is the head beginning to engage. I've also been having a bit of rib-tickling from little one which isn't the most comfortable but still an amazing feeling!

Weight gain from food hasn't been a massive thing for me during this pregnancy...well, the scales don't show it but I may have done. Websites and books say I have probably gained between 1.3kg and 1.8kg this month. Gaining 450g a week is quite normal during the last trimester as the baby has a final growth spurt before birth. The lovely thing is I've been complimented about blooming! It makes me feel very lovely while I'm feeling like a big biffa right now.