30 Weeks/7 Months!

Only 10 more weeks to go! Ahh but whos counting?! Certainly not the proud mommy and daddy! Our baby's latest developments are getting baby more and more ready to survive on it's own. The baby's brain is developing it's grooves and indentations which allow for an increased amount of brain tissue. The growing brain is beginning to be able to regulate body temperature, in combination with the increased body fat. So, my baby's sweet first peach fuzz style body hair (lanugo) will begin to disappear now. Another huge change...our baby's bone marrow has begun making red blood cells!

I still don't feel that big, although I do feel very pregnant. Everything is tight and pinching and stretching and I can hardly breath and eat these days. I am good if I can get down half a can of soup with the heartburn and stomach aches that accompany it. I often feel a thumping/rolling right in between where my rib cage converges into my breast plate. Even more frequently I feel what I think is a head under the right side of my ribs. It kinda makes me mad that this child has made my rib cage his or her home and I am couting the days until the baby drops down lower. Hopefully he'll drop lower. Won't the baby drop lower? Oh don't answer that.

In the mean time I can attempt to overlook the necessary evil and concentrate on the new bundle of joy baby will be! Josh gets to feel big time kicks and punches these days. It's funny to watch my whole stomach jump and move. I try not to think about Aliens too much since it hits close to home. My baby will not be an alien, my baby will not be an alien. Josh and Bob finished sanding the baby's room and retextured last weekend...so it's time to slap on a coat of primer and paint! We're getting closer to it being a real bedroom!

I got all of my pre admission forms filled out and mailed off yesterday. That was a nice little check off the list of to dos. We start lamaze next week and I am really looking forward to that. The instructions are to bring 5-6 pillows and a blanket to class each time so I am pretty sure this is my and Josh's style of class!

My love to you all this week! And in the wise words of Jerry Springer from his closing monologue each show...take care of yourselves...and each other.

***Tums and Zantac Free Wishes to All***