i thought they were exaggerating...

...but my stomach really DOES feel like it's about 5 inches down from my throat. which feels just *sooooo* good when i'm trying to eat. or when i have heartburn - which is ALWAYS!!!

...but i DO feel like i have to pee all. the. time. even right AFTER i pee!!! and then when i go and look forward to the "great release", it's just a few sprinkles. no satisfaction, i tell you.

...but i AM tired pretty much always now. walking upstairs in exhausting. breathing in deeply is almost uncomfortable. getting in and out of my husband's regular-sized suv hurts. like, "down there".

...but my hips are SURELY breaking in half like a wishbone. i KNOW it's not just stretching and moving and whatnot. SURELY my bones are slowly cracking into millions of tiny fractures. that's the ONLY explanation for this kind of pain.

but i'm 30 weeks today. THIRTY WEEKS, people. THIRTY WEEKS PREGNANT! probably about FORTY WEEKS ago, i thought i'd never get to be pregnant, maybe, ever. and here i am. in the home stretch. amazed; excited; in disbelief. cuh-razy.

i can't wait to meet mr. max. i do believe he's going to be the next love of my life.

:)

getting my ass kicked.

swollen feet.
vagina bone feels like it's breaking.
hip joints hurt like i've been laying on my side on hardwood floors for hours.
officially had to take two of my rings off.
irritable.
irrational.
crying for no apparent reason. (repeat of week 11/12 on that one)
waking up every hour and a half to pee like clockwork.

BUT...
max moves all the time now.
he has "disco parties" as i say because he'll be all quiet, then go apeshit crazy.
my last appointment went perfectly. glucose test was fine; my weight isn't so bad; i'm measuring great; and i get another ultrasound in two weeks!
i'm a two-weeker now!

so all in all, i guess getting my ass kicked is the best feeling in the world.

:)