I am now 30 weeks along and feeling like it.
So far so good. Everything is going perfectly and I have no complaints.
We are getting down to crunch time though. We have a lot of things to get in place before this little one gets here. I have an entire list of things to find and or purchase that the midwife will need us to have in the house on the day of the birth. Suzanne (midwife) will provide all the medical supplies and tools that she might need so that is no issue. I'm referring to things like plastic to cover furniture, extra sets of sheets for the bed in the event of a mess, comfortable changes of clothes set out for me, towels, warm blankets and hats for the new baby, diapers ... etc. All pretty normal stuff that we will need just to make the day go more smoothly.
I think by the end of this month I will post my birth plan for everyone to see. It is my vision in writing of how I would like the day of birth to play out. Reading the rough draft I have already started it sounds very much like an agenda for a big party event. I find it amusing!
Jacob is still super thrilled. Steve treats me like a queen and just grins at me all the time.
Up to this point I have physically been able to perform everyday tasks with no issue at all. Now that we are in the final 10 or so weeks I am starting to act pregnant. Not on purpose. I just can't help it. My body is changing and not telling me ahead of time. Some days I will feel perfectly normal, even a little better than I did before I was pregnant. Then the next day I will feel like a beached whale who needs assistance to be rolled off the couch. My pelvic bones have begun the softening process and I can feel it. I wake up with sore hips and it takes me a while to waddle around to start my day. None of this is bad. It is just all part of the process.
I am pretty sure that this kid has super human hearing. Every time the midwife says what it should be doing at this point it reacts and starts doing it immediately and with much enthusiasm. For example, Suzanne mentioned at our last visit that I needed to start keeping track during the day of how often the baby moved around and how strong the kicks were. The more movement and the stronger the kicks was a good thing and I needed to feel a minimum of about 10 movements during the hours of 8am to 4pm. The time reference was just a way for me to remember to count. Well the baby heard this and has not stopped moving since. Seriously, like clock work the next day at 8am I got the crap kicked out of me. And anytime Jake or Steve talk directly to the baby through my belly it starts dancing around in response. It is really cool!
Steve, Jake and I all have made guesses about what we think the baby's weight will be at birth. Steve said 6lbs 10oz. Jake said 6lbs 5 oz. I think it is going to be 7lbs even. Jake was 6lbs 14oz when he was born and I just have a feeling that this little on will be a little bigger. We'll find out.
That's it for the moment. I'm going to waddle on to something else now! :)