It's people like Kellie with extremely low standards that make me feel really good about myself :)

Sara - no, I have not gotten the bit about not lifting your arms because the umbilical cord will get wrapped around the baby's neck - thankfully - but I am sure it is only a matter of time!

I was trying to get a couple files out of someone's filing cabinet yesterday, and she was like "let me do that for you! Think about the baby!" I said "it's REALLY not that hard," which I hope didn't come out as irritated as I meant it...but I was trying to get like 3 folders that weighed like 2 oz. each. If that's going to harm my baby, then this little guy is not going to survive till January. I guess, then, that I should completely neglect him when I'm pregnant with my second...if carrying 2 oz. is going to kill my baby, then carrying a 30 lb. toddler is going to be catastrophic.

I was talking with my midwife today about the labor and getting the epidural, etc. When we had the ultrasound a bit over 2 weeks ago, all his measurements were on par with a baby around 27.5 weeks. Not his head, though...his head measured at 29.5 weeks. I kinda got curious as to what implications this massive head will have on my labor. She checked the chart, and apparently his head was measuring in the 88th percentile. 88th! When you put it that way, my kid's going to be a freakshow!

She said not to worry unless he was in the 90th percentile or higher...that's a relief- a whole 2 points off! I did gain like 5 pounds in the last two weeks, too, which is even more worrisome. Maybe his body is catching up with his head, which will just mean I will have to push a 13 pound baby forth through my pelvis. That might be preferable to the alternative, where my new 5 pounds is actually 5 pounds of head. I'll be lucky if he's as well-proportioned as Stewie!

When I told Andy about the whole 88th percentile thing, this look of grave concern passed over his face. I assured him everything will be ok. I am sure it will be.

So, 30 weeks now. Hopefully no more than 10 to go. I've got this burning sensation at the bottom of the right side of my ribs where he's starting to jut into me. I'm having to roll in and out of bed. I had to invest in some travel-size packs of Tums thanks to the heartburn. I think I'm over being pregnant - I'm ready to go to sleep and be woken up at the end of January ;}