Our baby at 30 weeks

At 30 weeks, the baby weighs about as much as a good-sized head of cabbage (approximately three pounds).

I had my 3o week doctor appointment on Friday (Friday, December 26th) and it went well. The time feels like it's going so quickly now when he breaks down the remainder of my pregnancy in just a few more appointments, every two weeks until the big day. I'm still measuring normally at 30 centimeters (from the top of my pubic bone to the top of my stomach). Jeff was a whopping nine pounds and seven ounces when he was born, so when we were told that even though "one person in the room weighed like 97 pounds or something at birth, there was no reason to think I'd be having such a large baby myself," well, I was very happy. Please hold true.

Gotta love my doctor who even said that I looked fabulous! I had to make sure that's what he said when we left the room so I asked Jeff, "Did he say I looked great or did he say I looked fabulous?" "He said fabulous." All right! I needed to remember the exact phrase; I was worried it may have been my imagination or wishful thinking. Usually I wouldn't necessarily feel the need to write that down, but hey, I'm hanging onto any compliment I can get at this point. It was so nice to hear that, especially after my weigh in revealed that I had gained another four pounds since my last appointment, just over two weeks ago! That currently makes the grand total 20 pounds. Thank you nice weigh in and blood pressure taker lady and thank you Dr. Chow for telling me that's normal and good. Whew.