Bonnie

Feeling: Pretty good, considering people keep telling me it looks like I have a basketball in my belly. My left eyelid has been twitching for over a week, which is really annoying.
Movement?: He's been in the same position for weeks now - with his legs on my left. I'm still trying to get him to turn so he's facing in. I sit forward all the time, and a few weeks ago I replaced my office chair with the exercise ball. Also my chiropractor has tried a technique to get him to move - but he still won't budge.
Cravings: Tea and Christmas food
Wishing for: Another 10 days of baby hanging out in my belly. After January 1st he's free to make his debut whenever he'd like!
Movies: more Christmas movies... Rudolf, Miracle on 34th street, and A Christmas Carol
Current Project: keeping my eye on 2 puppies. We're fostering a guide dog puppy for 9 days while her owners are on vacation. Her name is Bonnie and she's a 4.5 month old goldendoodle. Addy and Bonnie love wresting in the living room, but hitting the Christmas tree makes a big mess.
Weight: down 1 pound, I have no idea how that happened with all the cookies I've been eating! So up 25 pounds in total.

With just three more weeks to go and at about six and a half pounds (though weight and height vary from fetus to fetus), your baby is doing just fine. You can expect weight gain to be about half an ounce per day. (Boys, though, are likely to be heavier at birth than girls) Since your little one is considered full-term at 37 weeks pregnant, if your baby was to leave the wet nest this week, he or she would likely thrive. That's because Mother Nature and you have done such a fine job.

So what's keeping your little one busy while waiting it out until D-day? Practice, practice, practice. Your baby is simulating breathing by inhaling and exhaling amniotic fluid, sucking on his or her thumb, blinking, and pivoting from side to side. Here's an interesting fact: Your baby's head (which, by the way, is still growing) will, at birth, be the same size circumference as his or her hips, abdomen, and shoulders. And guess what's making an impression (literally) these days on those shoulders and hips: fat — causing little dimples in those cute elbows and knees, shoulders and hip, and creases and folds in the neck and wrists.

Logging all the vitamins I've been taking, so I can remember them for later:

Multivitamin: I've been taking New Chapter Organics Prenatal, but just discovered Thorne Prenatal - which is much more affordable.

Iron: Starting taking Floridex liquid when I found out I have low iron stores (third trimester).

Super DHA liquid (Genestra): was taking this even before pregnancy, since it's good for brain development.

Folid Acid + B12 (Genestra): was taking this before pregnancy til the end of second trimester.

Biotone EFA (Genestra): good for skin elasticity and maintaining hormonal balance - great for acne too. I started taking them around week 26, but wish I had started earlier.

AFA-Gen (Genestra): good for boosting immune system and helping with fatigue - taking during month 9, and first few months of breastfeeding.

Probiotics: started taking around week 26, hopefully helps prevent Strep B.