pregnancy affects gums too?!!

saw the dentist last week for a cleaning.  last time they saw me i was only 7 weeks pregnant and the hygienist warned me that my gums may get swollen and bloody due to pregnancy hormones.  the bleeding didn't start for me until the 3rd trimester...  but i didn't even know i had swollen gums until she told me last week.  there's one small area that is inflamed.  again, normal during pregnancy.  she told me not to worry about it, not to even look at it and that it will go away after delivery.  of course the first thing i did when i got home was look at it.  it looks gross.  good thing it's a small area and all the way in the back!

dragon moves SO MUCH now.  i see waves of movement all the time.  been trying to catch it on video but he gets shy.  he constantly moves and hiccups during the day and wakes me up at night too.  we were in a meeting the other day and my coworker said he kept seeing my belly move - he couldn't stop staring.  haha!  it's distracting for me in meetings too.  there really isn't much room in my belly and i feel a lot of pressure when he moves.  hope it's not preterm labor.

it's v-day today but mik and i don't celebrate it.  feel like it's a forced/fake holiday....  but we watched "this means war".  pretty good movie.  it's our 3rd movie since friday.  what can i say - we love watching movies!  everyone says we can't do that anymore once the baby comes but hope we can go the theater across the street with the sleeping baby sometimes.  ;)