30 weeks! The Final Countdown Begins

Hooray! We have finally reached 30 weeks, and the final countdown begins. I am 31 weeks tomorrow; I took this picture last tuesday (when I hit 30 weeks) but I am just getting bad at posting on time :) I am loving the fact that in just 5 short weeks this baby will be considered full term. 

Cravings/Aversions: Popsicles and ice cold water! Last week we bought Dryers Outshine fruit/veggie popsicles and they are delicious. I think Robert, my sister Natalie and I all agreed that the Tangerine Carrot was the best. It could be that this recent craving spurt is due to the finally warming weather and the fact that this little boy is all up in my diaphragm making breathing difficult and sitting down for meals increasingly more uncomfortable. Popsicles just always seem to hit the spot nowadays. 

Books: I finished The Bradley Method: A Husband Coached Childbirth last week and now Robert it reading it. LOVED IT. I have now moved onto A Guide to Natural Childbirth by Ina May Gaskin. If you guys don't know who Ina May Gaskin is, she is this total hippie midwife that runs The Farm Midwifery Center in Tennessee. You could consider her the queen of the natural birth/midwifery/spiritual birth realm. Anyway, she is a super interesting woman and I just really like what she has to say about birth. Interesting read! She brings up fascinating points about childbirth that I have appreciated. But in the long run, let's be honest, she should really reconsider her birthing center name. The Farm? Really? Because that doesn't make a pregnant woman feel like a cow.

Exercise: Everything is great in this area, per usual. Robert and I are both running the the Temple to Temple relay (it goes from the Rexburg Temple to the Idaho Falls Temple) with some of my little sisters friends next weekend. It will be baby Davis' first race and I am excited!!

Excitement/Concerns: A few weeks ago I passed my glucose tolerance test with flying colors. My doctor was really impressed, and it made me feel pretty good because going to the doctors and watching your weight go up is just plain depressing so it made me feel like I am still healthy and doing something right! As of late, I have gotten big enough that I can see this baby move from the outside. It's pretty entertaining and keeps me (and Robert) distracted when I may or may not be falling asleep in church.  

Baby: He is about the weight of a head of cabbage and is roughly the 16" in length. Starting in the 3rd trimester is when all babies start to vary in their hight and weight, so this is just a very rough average. He could be a lot bigger or smaller. I guess we will find out in 2 months. Robert can also hear his heart beat when he puts his ear on my belly.