I’m at the tail end of my pregnancy and, shame on me, I haven’t officially let you all know, yet! My original plan of sharing photos and little nuggets about how the pregnancy was going every week didn’t quite come to fruition. A new (to us) house with lots of fixing-up to do, traveling, and general baby preparation has kept me away from blogging about the awesome experience of being pregnant. For the next ten or so weeks, I’ll make it up to you.

Needless to say, Jamie and I are absolutely thrilled to be welcoming Baby Doser some time in late July/early August. This week is kind of a big deal. Thirty weeks just seems like the home stretch, and Baby Doser is full of energy lately. Last night I felt like there was popcorn popping in my belly, and the little one kept right at it this morning. We had an appointment with our midwife tonight, and everything is looking good. Head is down, heart rate is 140, and I feel amazing. I’ve found it increasingly difficult to put on my tennies, so I’ve been opting for flip-flops. The warm weather is a great excuse to wear a dress, which is awesome. I’m so over maternity jeans. I’m guessing the next few weeks are going to be some of the best weeks of pregnancy. I’m not really uncomfortable yet, I feel super-cute in my dresses, it’s not incredibly hot (yet), I’m not to the point where I just want this baby out of me, and he or she is super active. I’m going to soak it up while I can!

Here is a summary of how the first 30 weeks of my pregnancy went, in case anyone is interested. I found out in mid-November and we told our parents and close friends & family around Thanksgiving. I never had bad morning sickness, just a little nausea now and then. I found that, for me, eating every 20 minutes helped curb it. So I gained 15 pounds right off the bat and was showing pretty early. I first felt the baby move around 18 weeks, but Jamie had to wait another 2 weeks before Baby Doser was strong enough to be felt from the outside. The 20 week ultrasound was amazing. We couldn’t believe how much Baby was moving around! I have felt great, aside from the occasional back aches, and quite a bit of “baby brain”. I’m the woman other pregnant women don’t want to hear about — the one with no terrible side effects or horror stories. So far, anyway.