Growing Baby Growing Belly...

Updated pic of our little bundle... belly is getting very round!  And I'm happy to report that at the last midwives appointment, baby was head down (optimal positioning).  I'm 35 weeks now, 5 to go... but it's not like I'm counting or anything. ;~)

Definitely feeling more "things" lately:

• Both hands pretty numb in the night/early morning as a result of the pregnancy-related carpal tunnel, but it goes away soon after I get up.
• Heartburn went away for a few days, but came back with a vengeance last night (eat more yoghurt, yoghurt, yoghurt).
• Getting up between 4:00-4:30am to EAT... so, so, so, so hungry in the early morning hours.  Sometimes I go back to bed, but often I'm up for the day.  It's nice to watch the world wake up.
  
• Afternoon naps... I feel so lucky to already be on leave from work so that I can surrender to that oh-so-delicious afternoon nap, there's nothing like it!
• Restless-leg... only seems to affect my right leg, but it drives me kinda bonkers at night.  Not much I can do about it but try my best not to kick my sleeping husband :~)
• Breathlessness, comes even when I'm sitting still sometimes.  Should see me trying to walk uphill, between breathlessness and the "waddle".

 Despite the above I feel great most of the time and am enjoying the fact that I have absolutely no low-back pain during pregnancy... something I usually have some degree of in my non-pregnant state.  Something to be said for relaxed ligaments.

My favourite activities for the third trimester includes:  Eating, Yoga, Swimming, Walking and Eating.  Did I mention Eating?  Although I'm on the hunt for new recipes and different things to eat as I'm getting bored of my standards.  Just made a delicious broccoli/kale soup for breakfast, with hemp seed hearts for protein.  So good.   I actually dream of recipes and food concoctions during the night, then pray that I have the ingredients in the house when I get up!

We picked up a car-seat the other day (a lovely gift!), got a stroller oh, and the birthing pool (we got the La Bassine).  We did a trial run of the pool last weekend, I so wanted to get in and float around for a while but thought it best not too.  Blew up pretty quick and no leaks, although emptying it took quite a while.  (We are going to look for a pump this week.)

Have been graciously given tonnes of newborn clothing, no need for additional items under 12 mos.  Laundered everything this week and put it all away for now.  May need instruction manuals for some of the items!   And we've ordered a diaper service which we hope to do for the first few months at least, who's gonna have time for laundering diapers???