I have finally passed the 30 week mark in my pregnancy and I feel like now I'm legit and respected as a pregnant woman. I feel like when people would ask me how far along I am and I'd say oh I'm 20-whatever weeks they'd respond with "Oh, so you still have a while to go" and I'd think to myself "No, I'm pretty far along". But now that I'm beyond 30 weeks people say "You're going to have your baby so soon" and I think to myself "Finally, I get some respect around here".
Another milestone is strangers are now asking me about my pregnancy rather than just suspecting. That has been really exciting for me that people can now tell that I'm pregnant, and thankfully no one's asked to touch my tummy *fingers crossed*. Funny side note, the other day I was in a family's house for work and I was sitting on the floor and the mom said "Wow, I just saw your baby move" and she continued freaking out the rest of our visit staring at my tummy saying whenever she could see the baby move.
The baby is definitely getting stronger and enjoys kicking and punching me and I can see her moving all around which is so fun. I cannot get over how amazing it is to feel Neil's and my baby move inside me, that is something I definitely want to take in and appreciate while she's still growing inside me.
Now that I have less than 10 weeks until baby's "Guess Date" Neil and I are really starting to prepare for the birth of our baby and we have pretty much everything for her that we need, except we need to get a crib mattress and buy our cloth diapers. The baby doesn't have a ton of clothes but we will have plenty of time to get more, right?
My amazing midwife, Rachel, told me at my 30 week appointment that Neil and I need to write down what we want our birth to look like and to be very specific so I've been watching a lot of birthing videos and doing my Hypnobabies home study course to prepare as much as possible for the big day!
Current cravings are still orange juice and chocolate, I've finally gotten everything for my healthier, raw chocolate recipes:
Raw Chocolate Ganache (Ganache is just like chocolate frosting and I kept it in the fridge and ate it with a spoon periodically)
Ingredients:
1/2 cup agave nectar
1/2 cup cacao powder
2 tbsp coconut oil
Directions: Blend all ingredients until blended well and voila <--my kind of recipe
And I made this yummy Almond Bark which is a recipe from my midwife:
Ingredients:
2/3 cup almond butter
2/3 cup coconut oil
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1/3 cup agave nectar
1 tsp vanilla
almonds (or any nut of your choice)
Directions: Place a layer of nuts on the bottom of a 9x13 pan. Blend above ingredients in blender and pour on top of nuts. You can grind some sea salt on top (I didn't) and then freeze it over night and break off pieces after frozen.
And it is to die for, so I suggest trying both of these recipes because they're amazing!
