Baby makes three...

Must be a combination of bar exam stress and pregnancy hormones, but this story about Naomi Watts and Liev Schreiber's baby shower deeply annoyed me. Why are their paparazzi at a baby shower? Seriously, what are these people famous for? Has Liev Schreiber done anything memorable since being the creepy dude in Scream? Is Naomi Watts famous for anything more than being Nicole Kidman's friend; I mean that Ring movie was really cool, but it wasn't exactly Top 100 Movies of All Time. How do reporters even find out about baby showers? Do you think B-list parents tip them off?

It's like the photos in People Magazine of Tori Spelling and Dean Whatsisname leaving an ultrasound clinic... do the paparazzi routinely frequent ultrasound clinics? Seems a little fishy to me.

It's a bit weird that the media is so fascinated by the upcoming birth of someone who in the future will be less recognisable than Danny Bonaduce. (And being less recognisable than Danny Bonaduce isn't necessarily a bad thing.)

All I'm sayin' is, I'm pretty sure my kid is going to be 10 times cuter and more interesting than the Watts-Schrieber or Spelling-McSleazy offspring, and you don't see me putting in a call to Star Magazine.

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I read awhile ago that babies practice their breathing in the womb and get hiccups when they do so. Being a bit of a worrier, I was a little concerned that I hadn't felt any yet. Anyway, I finally realised today that those little pulsing ticks I get are hiccups! I thought the kid was just kicking repeatedly.

I have started to be able to figure out a little better where the baby is. I can feel its back anyway. The hiccuping is down low, so I am assuming baby is head down, as it has been at my last two appointments. That's a good thing, since if it stops being head down, that may preclude plans for home birth. I am reading a lot about different positions to help the baby into the best position. So now when I read in bed for a half hour I get into a real awkward kind of position - sort of a modified yoga "child pose". It seems to help as baby definitely moved more front and centre today instead of nestling over to the side. I think being on the side is fine, but it's always on one side in particular, so I thought it might be fun to mix it up.

My neighbour, who is also pregnant and six weeks ahead of me, gave me some great tips for sleeping and hip pain. So I tried a pillow between the legs last night. It did stop the hip pain, but my knees hurt instead! Still, I will experiment with it a bit. Just need to remind myself that all these tendons are loosening to make birth easier!

Julian and I had a great weekend in Montreal. I had to fly there, naturally. It was kind of funny because although WestJet made a big fuss about me needing a note to fly, no airline personnel acknowledged my pregnancy the whole time. I am not exactly at the "ready-to-pop" stage, but it's pretty apparent, so that was a little weird.

There was a lot of belly rubbing from old friends, which was nice, though baby is a little stubborn and stops kicking whenever someone puts a hand on the belly. I also did lots of dancing - I think some of the great-aunts thought that I was going to go in labour right then and there! But so far so good.

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No question that we're in the third trimester now. Am still feeling good, am unmistakably large. Am noticing weight gain in areas I never suspected, like my back. Sounds charming doesn't it? But I am reminded that all this is necessary in order to have enough sustenance to feed the baby. I have also started to get "are they twins?" questions from people, which is kind of funny since at my last appointment I was measuring just a wee bit behind. I don't think most people realise how big babies (and bellies!) get. "If there aren't two, must be a big one!" said the man at the post office.

Baby is definitely more active and responsive to touch, voices and so on. I can see my whole stomach move and shift shapes, which is kind of cool. Even Julian can see it from across the room. I'll feel one kick on in my lower left quadrant and another under my right rib. It's definitely one active little person, though I still cannot tell what position it is in - hopefully the midwife will help me figure that out tomorrow at our appointment.

My hips have started aching when I sleep on them, so I have now resigned myself to pregnancy wedge pillows, but that is the only real discomfort these days other than the stretching feeling in my belly. Other than that I am feeling well and trying to walk for 20 minutes or half an hour every night - sometimes much longer.

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