29 Weeks!

11 weeks until my due date. That sounds SO SOON!

The Belly: Baby is still technically "small," which is fine with me, as long as s/he is healthy! I feel humongous though! I have never weighed this much in my life, and it's amazing to me how different I feel carrying this extra weight, despite the fact that it's baby and other good things.

Physically: I'm starting to get restless legs at night, which "they" say is common for 3rd trimester. The other night I slept only 4 hours because I couldn't stop moving my legs. I had to get up and take a hot bath at 12:30 a.m. to try and calm down because I was so tense and antsy feeling. I try using those moments to practice my Bradley class relaxation techniques. I just about want to get up and run a marathon though, because my legs are creepy-crawling so much. I feel like I want to run out of my skin! I'm hoping that settles down, soon.

Weight: Still around 146, so I am up 17 pounds from when I started. I feel good about that, but am a little worried because I don't feel like I'm eating more than when I got pregnant, and shouldn't I be eating like 500 extra calories at this point? I'm listening to my body's cues and eating when I'm hungry, but when I write it all out, I'm not eating that much. I AM eating mostly healthy foods (with the exception of my daily ice cream), though, so that makes me feel good that my baby is at least getting good nutrition!

Food Aversons: Heavy, rich things, still. And super spicy things. Anything that causes the all-too-common-these-days-indigestion.

Food Cravings: Anything cold, still! Also ice cream. I can't get enough. And I've been craving cake, too, but luckily haven't had access to a lot of that :)

Feeling: I'm starting to get a little more uncomfortable. Still loving pregnancy, but the baby is definitely getting bigger and more squished in there. Before, all of the baby was mostly right in front, and down low. Now I regularly feel body parts in my ribs and above my belly button. It makes me feel a little nauseous sometimes feeling so much movement in there, but I know it's a good thing!

Emotionally, I am REALLY working on "letting go" right now. I have no control over when or how this baby will come (well, very little control), and I have no control over when our house will sell. And that is okay. Because our God is good and he has great plans for us. I have to let go of the fact that everything will not be "perfect" when our little baby comes home from the hospital, and that will be just fine. Right? Right.
Baby: ...was turned sideways all week. S/he was in the perfect position at my last appointment, then decided to do some gymnastics and change that. I had a butt and feet in my ribs, and a head in the center of my belly for a few days. It was soo uncomfortable. I kept pushing at it, doing pelvic rocking and tons of walking hoping it would move, but to no avail. I'm pretty sure that it's back to head down today though, after my chiropractor appointment yesterday. I can feel a big blob right in the middle of my belly, though I still feel feet or something over near my ribs. Oh well, baby will figure itself out eventually.
Other: Can we say "nesting?!" man oh man. I used up all the labels in my label maker, and am pretty sure I am keeping Sterilite/Rubbermaid in business. Our basement has lovely labeled and stacked and organized bins in it, as well as the closets and bathrooms. I can't get our house clean enough or organized enough, it seems like. All in good time...