These photos are from the other night. I thought Jbird did a good job at catching an action shot of the belly at 34 weeks in action. Things are starting to happen a little quickly for my liking, and I feel very unprepared. Every week I feel heavier and sorer and my tummy grows noticeably larger - to me at least. I've started wearing a compression stocking on one leg sometimes to avoid what could become a varicose vein. I'm still swimming but I've had to start being far more gentle - my energetic mile was proving to be a bit much, making my hips ache at night. So now I swim 40-60 laps instead of 60-80. And I swim them gently. I'm also still biking but only around the corner, nothing more than 5 minutes away. It feels nice to bike - even though my legs bang into my belly a bit. Even better than walking, though I'm going to put walking back into my regime now that my yoga class is finishing. I'm often tired yet I don't sleep well at night. I think it's a combination of excitement, discomfit, and just plain insomnia. It's plagued me throughout the pregnancy and I feel that it's very unfair considering the fact that I won't be able to sleep much at all when I'm nursing* through the night. Or the baby doesn't want to sleep.
*nursing is an American term I prefer to the NZ 'breastfeeding'. I don't have to say 'breast' to strangers.
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