From babycenter.com:

This week, your baby measures over 16 inches long. He weighs about 3.3 pounds (try carrying four navel oranges) and is heading into a growth spurt. He can turn his head from side to side, and his arms, legs, and body are beginning to plump out as needed fat accumulates underneath his skin. He’s probably moving a lot, too, so you may have trouble sleeping because your baby’s kicks and somersaults keep you up. Take comfort: All this moving is a sign that your baby is active and healthy.

Me & Blake in front of "Mt. Rushmore" at the Presidents Museum in Clermont, 31 weeks.

How I’m feeling:

• Hot
• Hungry
• Huge
• Tired
• Achy everywhere
• My hair has gotten crazy long
• Heartburn sucks
• Otherwise ok

Really, this is just me whining. I’m fine. All my symptoms are mild in comparison to a lot of pregnant women.

How I’m feeling at 30 weeks:

• Like I’m harboring a professional boxer (Ben’s kicking like a madman)
• Tired (having trouble sleeping, getting up a lot, tossing and turning, back hurts, neck hurts, waking up in the middle of the night starving)
• Like my stomach acid is is eating my throat (heart burn – love Tums!)
• Otherwise, not bad 🙂

Update from BabyCenter (she changed to he):

Your baby’s about 15.7 inches long now, and he weighs almost 3 pounds (like a head of cabbage). A pint and a half of amniotic fluid surrounds him, but that volume will decrease as he gets bigger and takes up more room in your uterus.

His eyesight continues to develop, though it’s not very keen; even after he’s born, he’ll keep her eyes closed for a good part of the day. When he does open them, he’ll respond to changes in light but will have 20/400 vision — which means he can only make out objects a few inches from his face. (Normal adult vision is 20/20.)

So far, I haven’t really had any weird cravings. For a month or so I wanted spicy foods. Got over that. Lately I’ve just wanted food and I’ve been drinking a lot of pomegranate-cranberry juice.

However, on Wednesday, I walked into a bathroom at the public library and smelled something that made me salivate… in the bathroom!

Go into the poddy, do my business, and I go to wash my hands. I smell the scent again. It’s soap! And I start to salivate again. WTF?!

Smells like lunch!

Update from BabyCenter.com:

Your baby now weighs about 2 1/2 pounds (like a butternut squash) and is a tad over 15 inches long from head to heel. His muscles and lungs are continuing to mature, and his head is growing bigger to make room for his developing brain. To meet his increasing nutritional demands, you’ll need plenty of protein, vitamins C, folic acid, and iron. And because his bones are soaking up lots of calcium, be sure to drink your milk (or find another good source of calcium, such as cheese, yogurt, or enriched orange juice). This trimester, about 250 milligrams of calcium are deposited in your baby’s hardening skeleton each day.

One night this past week, baby was kicking so furiously that I thought I was gonna vomit up a baby. I cleverly coined the phrase “Ben-digestion.” Get it? A play on “indigestion”? Yeah, I’m hilarious.