30w3d

by Veronica on November 16, 2008

in Life, Pregnant. Finally.

30 weeks and 3 days in. Only 9 and a half weeks left to go, right?

Please excuse my terrible posture, Nathan made me laugh just as he was taking the photo and I kinda threw my head forwards.

Ugh.

What to say about 30 weeks?

Has anyone else found that their fingernails grow twice as fast while they are pregnant? Seriously, what is up with that? I seem to be having to clip my talons every 2 weeks, rather than however often I used to do it before. Not as often as now though, I feel like every time I clip them, they need it again.

And let’s not talk about hair.

I’m all for my head hair growing twice as fast and twice as strong (or whatever happens) but seriously, everything else? Really? Do I need inch long pubes in order to give birth?

I think not.

And considering that I am having a hard time seeing anything below my belly button at the moment -where all my stretchmarks currently reside- how on earth am I meant to trim or shave my pubes? I’m not game enough to work blind with sharp implements down there.

So the hair growth? Feel free to slow down anytime now. I’m not sure Nathan really wants me to hand him the razor and say ‘go for it baby’ when things aren’t going to progress much past the shaving part. Poor boy.

On that note, how unfair is it that my libido seems to have returned? Just at the point where the actual logistics of getting laid are much more involved than the actual act?

Not fair at all. To either of us.

Leaky boobs. Oh the fun!

I had forgotten just how much FUN leaky boobs are.

I was examining my nipple the other day (as you do) making sure that everything was fine – I had cracks show up prior to Amy’s birth. Funnily enough, I didn’t get any after she was born, even though she spent all her time attached to my boob like a limpet – when, I squeezed a little too hard OBVIOUSLY and squirted myself in the eye.

Sure it would have been funny, if it wasn’t MY eye.

Plus, colostrum is much stickier than actual milk. I’m lucky that I had a sleeve handy or I might just have glued my eye shut.

[Wonder if I could glue Nathan’s shut the next time he pisses me off? Squirt him while he is sleeping and see what happens…]

Right, I think that’s just about everything covered. Fingernails, pubes, sex and breasts. Sound about right?

Hey, I never said I had any modesty left. At the end of all this I fully expect to push a baby out of my vagina and that isn’t exactly the kind of thing to lend itself to modesty.

So there.

Jeanette November 16, 2008 at 7:52 pm

Oh LOL that made me laugh!!
You look stunning!

Lulu November 16, 2008 at 8:22 pm

You do look great- A real cliche but you do look like you are glowing.

hehe about the leaky boobs though, have never experienced it myself (although you have written enough to scare me a little) but hope it doesn`t continue to be a problem.

9 and a bit weeks to go- you can do it!

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Kelley November 16, 2008 at 8:59 pm

Every time I see a pic of your belly I am amazed at how quickly it has gone!

Well for me anyway… 🙂

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Xbox4NappyRash November 16, 2008 at 10:38 pm

Poor, poor, poor Nathan.

and snort…9 1/2 weeks…

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Ali November 16, 2008 at 10:55 pm

You look gorgeous. My nails and hair always grow too fast when I’m up the duff too.

Pregnancy is very glamorous, I’ve always thought so. Hehe.

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Badness Jones November 16, 2008 at 11:34 pm

Yeah – pregnancy always gives me great hair, great nails, and great skin. Then the baby comes and my hair falls out in clumps, my nails all break, and my face turns spotty. Hardly fair! I just shaved blind at the end, very very carefully. I’m too much of a chicken to get waxed. I was always more worried about the hair on my face. There’s actually not that much of it, and what’s there is white blonde, but I usually way my upper lip because I like it hairless. Somehow though, when I was pregnant with the Princess, that particular grooming ritual got left behind for awhile….what with the puking 8 times a day every day for 27 weeks and all. Hubs actually said to me one night as I emerged, green sweaty and shaking from the loo, “Don’t you think you should do something about your moustache?”

I know. I’m surprised he’s still alive too.

But you? YOU look great. And the next 2 months are gonna FLY.

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Badness Jones November 16, 2008 at 11:35 pm

ahem. WAX my upper lip.

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M & B November 17, 2008 at 12:17 am

You look fantastic!

Yep, great nails, great hair and great skin for 40 weeks. Then WHAM all taken away again! Can’t say I noticed the pubes – leave all that to the woman in the waxing salon!

Marylin November 17, 2008 at 1:00 am

haha I loved to squeeze milk out of my boobs while I was pregnant! 😀

Looking good honey! xxx

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Jenni November 17, 2008 at 1:03 am

Yep, sounds about right for 30w!

And you look fantastic.

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Talina November 17, 2008 at 1:19 am

I hear ya on the nails and pubes. I am practicing shaving them with my eyes closed right now so I’ll have good practice when the belly pops and I can’t see down there anymore… Good times!

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Marie November 17, 2008 at 1:25 am

Wow. Things to look forward to? 🙂

You’re looking beautiful! Can’t wait to see that baby when he comes!

Andi November 17, 2008 at 1:55 am

Ok, I totally had a friend who, after the birth of their son, would squirt her husband with breastmilk if he said or did something stupid. He would always gag and run to the bathroom as if he was going to vomit and she thought it was hilarious. I told her there are men who would pay for that kind of twisted torture and that she should lay off her poor milk-phobic hubby.

I don’t know what options you have in your town, but where I live, there is a spa that does a “pregnancy prep” package to get moms ready for the big day. It includes a facial (because YUMMM facials are great) and a massage (they have a special table that lets the belly poke thru), a full leg/bikini waxing to groom things up in the nether regions, and finally a mani/pedi to totally pamper you and give you cute toes (that will be on display in the stirrups as you are a-pushing). You should totally look into that. Strongly suggest that friends and family chip in for this gift. You probably don’t need that much more baby stuff anyhow, have them pamper you instead of buying another outfit for the baby!!

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Nicky November 17, 2008 at 2:15 am

Hahahaha!
That’s all I have to say.

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Jenn November 17, 2008 at 2:59 am

You are looking great!

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Taz November 17, 2008 at 3:37 am

aww

ya look further then 30 weeks and 3 days.. 😉

i agree on the pubes.. fingers no, mine seem to get weaker.. sex what is that again? colostrum yeh i have too much..

i have another issue.. lol

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Ree November 17, 2008 at 3:43 am

Really? Only 9 weeks left? That’s amazing.

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Memarie Lane November 17, 2008 at 6:11 am

my hair grew like mad this go around. it’s never been so long.

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Mrs. C November 17, 2008 at 6:14 am

I’m so glad the baby is doing well and you don’t have too long to go!! You guys sure scared everybody there for a while. :p

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frogpondsrock November 17, 2008 at 6:33 am

You look gorgeous honey.. and as for the pubes I am a great believer in if you can’t see them they don’t exist..

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Leslie November 17, 2008 at 7:41 am

Veronica, you look great! That baby belly is adorable.

And I agree with your mom, if you can see them pubes, they’re just not there.

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SECRET AGENT MAMA November 17, 2008 at 10:22 am

What an adorable baby belly!!! 😀 But, your smile…your smile is GLOWING!

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tiff November 17, 2008 at 10:55 am

Haha that was funny.
I love the pic. Secret Agent mama is right, you are glowing.
Long pubes serve a purpose in a zany carwash the baby’s head as it is crowning kind of way.
What?
It’s true!

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Bettina November 17, 2008 at 11:35 am

Modesty is definitely something one learns to put aside when growing and birthing babies.

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Jayne November 17, 2008 at 1:02 pm

Aint no modesty in birthing 😉

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Tara November 17, 2008 at 2:11 pm

Chris TOTALLY trimmed mine with scissors and a mustache trimmer before the kids were born. I trusted him not to “hurt” his gold mine LOL

My boobs never leaked that much before. You lucky gal, you 🙂

you look awesome, Veronica! Really – you look great.

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Sharon November 17, 2008 at 2:15 pm

No there’s nothing modest about childbirth or it’s aftermath lol! After my son’s extremely messy forceps delivery, one the group of student nurses who were doing ’rounds’ with my midwife actually passed out at the sight of the not-so-delicate embroidery decorating my bruised and battered nether regions! She should have tried sitting on them!

maiden53 November 17, 2008 at 3:14 pm

Veronica, you are looking so beautiful!

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KatSTUFF November 17, 2008 at 3:24 pm

Hey! Looking adorable and very pregnant now!

Pushing a baby out of your vagina with twelve people looking at it, and sticking their hands up there.. definitely doesn’t lend itself to modesty.

Reminds me – right after I gave birth, my doula helped me into the bathroom and she was embarrassed while I peed in front of her. I thought that was hilarious. “You just stared at my twat for three hours and this embarrasses you?!”

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Sarcastic Mom November 17, 2008 at 3:43 pm

You are adorable! And that belly is gorgeous.

And lmao @ the pubes shaving bit. Ahhh, the joys.

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river November 17, 2008 at 6:59 pm

Seems like only last week you were telling us all you were pregnant, now there’s only nine weeks left! You’re looking beautiful. I had the extra hair and nail growth too, but not the leaky boobs. That came after the birth. Two days of non leaky colostrum, then my milk came in. Twin fountains for weeks!

lceel November 18, 2008 at 12:31 am

You are, if nothing else, luridly descriptive. I remember when our Boys were babies. I never called Annie’s boobs ‘boobs’. I used to refer to them as ‘snacks’.

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nikki November 18, 2008 at 1:27 am

Dude, I have tons of white hair. Everywhere. Damn hormones. I just plucked 2 white chin hairs. WTF? I’m only 28!

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Kate Coveny Hood November 18, 2008 at 2:39 am

Goodness – I forgot about how much your modesty diminishes when you’re pregnant or have just had a baby! My youngest two just had their second birthday, so I guess I’ve started the road back to squeemishness. I do remember talking on my cell in line at the grocery store and actually using the word “vaginal.” I barely glanced at the horrified onlookers – let alone look apologetic.

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Suzie November 18, 2008 at 5:09 am

The finger nail thing was great. But isnt pregnancy fancy leaky nipples long pubes. Ahh the memories

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Widdle Shamrock November 18, 2008 at 6:43 am

Beautiful bump.

The time has just whizzed by.

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Tanya November 18, 2008 at 8:13 am

Cool. So this is what I have to look forward to.

Excited already! No actually, I am. Pregnancy is the best thing in the whole world!

I read yesterday that it used to be thought that pubic hairs carried bacteria so the hospital would shave them off for you sometime during labour.

My nails and hair are growing like crazy too. My toe nails are the biggest pain cause when I’m as far along as you theres no way I will be able to cut them myself.

Good luck for the rest of it!!! Patienty waiting here for some baby photos. Post some more pics of Amy.

Bobbi November 18, 2008 at 9:38 am

Wow, I can’t wait to get pregnant now! All that sounds bitchin!

Cat November 19, 2008 at 3:36 am

Holy information. I don’t know how I might recover from being squited in the eye by my own boob. I’ve never had squirting boobs, so I’m not sure how I’d feel about that. My first thought is “eeeew” immediately followed by “coooool”.

Also, saw a tv show the other day which listed the top 7 pests in the world, and most of them were in Australia. You have problems with rabbits there? Dingos? Those birds with the icky poo?

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Just a mom November 19, 2008 at 4:38 am

YOU LOOK GREAT!!!!!!!!! I just love seeing prego mommies they just glow! Hang in there it is almost over then teh REAL fun starts!

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Jenn FL November 19, 2008 at 10:19 am

You look great Veronica!!

Just remember … out of sight, out of mind.

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Angela November 19, 2008 at 3:24 pm

Lovely pic! 🙂

And I am completely there with the hair and nail growth!

Hyphen Mama November 20, 2008 at 4:35 am

You look amazing! Wow—ONLY 9 weeks left. Time really has flown by. *snort*

Somehow I was able to keep my pewbs shaved and my toenails painted, despite the fact that I’d gained 60 lbs and couldn’t see past my nipples. I guess all those years of masterbating helped me navigate down there with sharp instruments. I KNEW that would come in handy someday.

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Momisodes November 20, 2008 at 6:53 am

Minus the leakage, I’d kill to have my pregnancy boobs back. Heck, I’ll take any boobs.

You look wonderful! You’re in the final stretch 🙂

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Trish November 21, 2008 at 10:04 am

LOL – and you look gorgeous.
wow 9.5 weeks to go …yay for the home stretch

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One Night Off November 21, 2008 at 2:35 pm

You look lovely 🙂 Cute belly!

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