Pregnancy update 31 weeks

I am 31 weeks pregnant which means only 9 weeks left until baby is here, it is looking more and more likely that I will not go past 40 weeks, I am glad as I am really fed up of being pregnant. It is an amazing thing to be doing, I am growing a whole new human being but to be honest I am not really enjoying being pregnant. I feel awful saying this considering I have had a relatively easy pregnancy apart from the scans and gestational diabetes. I have not had any of the really good things that come with being pregnant like having an obvious bump, I just look fatter. I don't feel movements as often as other pregnant women due to my anterior placenta and I also suspect due to my weight. As long as I feel the baby move at least once in the morning, again in the afternoon and in the evening I am not worried, but generally you are meant to feel the baby at least 10 times in 12 hours which I never have. Jonathan hasn't been able to feel the baby moving, as I generally feel it a couple of times in a row and then it will move somewhere unexepected or somewhere I cannot feel it. I haven't been able to see any movement on the outside either. However, I am glad baby appears to be healthy and at the end of the day this is all that matters but I am jealous I don't get all the good stuff.

I am starting to get a little more tired now and feel really heavy around my stomach. It is so frustrating not being able to do as much as I could before being pregnant, for example I have to take a lot more breaks when cleaning and going shopping is knackering! It's so weird feeling heavy, I did gain 14lbs but when I weighed myself Tuesday and Wednesday this week I have lost 5lbs so total gain of 9lbs so I am still nowhere near the weight I started at in 2011.

I had my latest appointments yesterday. I got to meet the diabetic nurse who is slightly concerned that my glucose levels have been high, I had an ear infection which I had to take antibiotics for so she thinks that may be the reason for them being a bit higher I have to ring her on Monday and if my levels are still not within target I will be prescribed insulin. I asked if there was anything else I could be doing and she said sometimes things are just out of your control. I also saw the obstetrician who was different to the person I usually see, she was lovely though. The midwife checked my blood pressure, it has gone up since last time it was 138/80, they didn't mention it but I am concerned as my bottom number has never been above 70 and am aware that I am nearly at the cut off of it being normal, I am hoping it was just the stupid traffic and muggy weather that affected it. The heartbeat was checked which is perfectly fine. The midwife also felt the baby and it appears the baby is still breech which I guessed as my movements are still in the same place. She said I felt a lot bigger than 31 weeks, she measured me with a tape measure which also said I was bigger than 31 weeks. I am not too worried as the 29 week scan had me measuring normal for the gestation and I really can't see the baby growing that quickly in just two weeks. I have to go back in 3 weeks which is the same date I have my next growth scan.