Thirty Weeks

This week: Wolverine Baby is almost 16  inches long and weighs roughly three pounds. That's about the the weight of a head of cabbage and the length of a (rather large) cucumber.

Development: This week, Wolverina's eye sight is continuing to develop.  Her skin is smoothing out (but her brain is getting more wrinkled), and she's now got the strength to grip a finger.  I'm sure Kellie O'Dare would be glad to know that our girl's already working on that grip strength.  Pull-ups will definitely be in her wheelhouse!

Are you craving anything? Still chocolate milk and ice cream.  It's pretty much the only thing that doesn't give me heartburn.

Is there any food that turns you off? No, but I am avoiding eating anything too spicy. 

How do you feel? Large and uncomfortable... And a little worried about what this might mean for the remaining ten weeks.

How is your sleep? When I sleep, it is wonderful.

Most surprising thing you've noticed or experienced: Wolverina attempting to get out of my uterus yesterday...  I was in Ray's office sitting across from him after we finished lunch.  Our child, I swear, attempted to fight her way out of the womb and onto the desk.  She punched/kicked me so hard that it hurt and scared me enough to make me grab onto my stomach to try to keep her in there.  Obviously, I know she can't get out that way, but she was certainly making a valiant effort to go somewhere!

Something you're surprised you haven't noticed or experienced: Nope.

Favorite/most comfortable article of clothing: Anything that fits.

How is Ray doing? He's doing amazingly well, just like he does every week.  We started our online childbirth classes last night, and he diligently sat through all the explanations of the stages of labor and even took the quizzes.  He was happy, too, when we skipped over all the "pregnancy symptom" pages because I said, "Puh-lease.  I'm completely familiar with these. Moving on!"