Week 30 - Back in Sydney

Arrived back in Sydney on Monday - the flight was 3 hours delayed from Singapore so we didn't take off until 3 am in the morning. Freya enjoyed all the special attention given to her by the SQ stewardess (all pregnant women out there, if you really need to fly - fly Singapore Airlines and you'll be spoiled rotten). Mommy spent almost the whole Tuesday sleeping...

In Jakarta Freya got the first taste of her grandfather's bus driver style driving (Indonesian bus driver, mind you - not civilized Australian ones). At 64, my dad can still make Sandra Bullock's driving in "Speed" look like child play.

Speed bump - kick. Another speed bump - kick kick. Sudden brake - punch punch kick. Another week with this driving Freya would've decided to come out early.

PS. We're doing the 4D ultrasound this Friday so check out this blog next week for cool pictures (and hopefully video)

FACT: This week and the following three, the bub puts on fat at a greater rate. The skin is still a bit wrinkled, so there's room for the new fat underneath (does this mean we'll talk diet soon?). The lanugo will start to fall out although a full head of hair may stay. The eyes are fully open, but it can't be very interesting just watching all that hair floating around. Baby hiccuping starts to get more violent (tell me about it...) and mommy can feel the little jerks (and sometimes big jerks in the middle of the night that wakes mommy up and then she can't sleep again and then.. oh forget it). Bub may be jiggled around by the Braxton Hicks contractions. Height: 27cm, weight: 1.3 kilos.

How mommy’s life is changing:

• Boobs are still getting bigger - will they ever stop? Unfortunately yes.
• Start feeling Braxton Hicks (practice contractions).
• Midnight wee starts easing out, only went to the loo once last nite (yippee!) although I went 12 times during the 7-hours flight from Singapore. Surely I can get so many frequent wee flyer points...