Stepping over into 30 weeks felt like a huge milestone. The "30s" mean you are really in the home stretch and almost there. 37 weeks is considered full term even if most women deliver after the 40th week. I have also seemed to explode in the last two weeks, my belly swelling even further than I thought it could go. People at work have started commenting that I'm "blooming" (what a kind phrase), and at least I'm not waddling yet.
I can definitely feel the difference in how I'm able to move now compared to just a few weeks ago. Turning over in bed is quite a struggle that wakes me up as I heave my body over. Getting on tights and trousers is a challenge, as is picking things up from the floor. Wriggles is still quite active but is more likely to be kicking and jabbing multiple parts of my tummy at the same time or flipping around causing a great rolling sensation. I still have to say that large or not I still love how I look. I love feeling little body part protruding out of my tummy knowing that it's my baby I'm growing in there. I'm sure the next ten weeks will surprise me even more as Wriggles is due to put on about 1/2 a pound EVERY WEEK until s/he is born. I'm surprised my appetite hasn't increased any, but I just keep trying to eat healthily and get all the nutrients I need to grow a strong baby.
Each week my husband and I work through our list of baby related things to get done before Wriggles makes his/her arrival. Last weekend we put up the curtains in the nursery and it's really starting to look like somewhere a baby will be. We can't finish the nursery yet, because we are waiting for the John Lewis delivery of all the rest of our baby things - which won't come until the end of May! We still have quite a few house projects to do (more curtains and blinds to mount), as well as smaller but important things, such as updating our wills and preparing freezer meals.
Yesterday was quite exciting as we had our first NCT class (National Childbirth Trust). Most people say the women you meet in your NCT group will be your friends for life, starting with the birth of your babies. Everyone is due within 8 weeks or so of each other, so we'll all be popping them out in late spring/early summer. All the couples seemed lovely and kind and excited (or nervous!) about having their babies. Many had never even changed a nappy before, and more still had seemed quite uniformed about labour and birth. I wonder if perhaps I am a bit overenthusiastic about learning, as I read my pregnancy app every morning and am also reading two pregnancy books and learning about hynobirthing at the same time. A part of me is actually quite excited about labour and birth, traumatic as I know it can be it. It's going to be the start of when I get to meet my baby, which is so exciting!
I'm also trying to break up my day with more resting, as teaching primary students is not even remotely relaxing. I still have 8 weeks of work left which feels like an eternity. I know at the end it will be quite a struggle to get up and moving so early and keep myself energised all day. For now I'm just thinking it through one week at a time and then at the end, perhaps one day at a time. Pregnancy is a tough job and at this stage, the mom comes first!
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