31 weeks - could this go any faster?

So here we are facing down single digit remaining weeks. it is absolutely crazy, how fast his seems to have gone by. Even though 2 months is still a lot of time, all things considered, it's barely any time in the grand scheme of things (I remind you of the super-8 videos when Ez came home from the hospital in his mother's arms...) I relish every night, especially 9:30 pm to 10:30 pm which is baby's 'witching hour'. Like clockwork, baby starts their little aerobics session and moves all over and shows off - I call it 'The Baby Show' and we watch religiously. Lately it has been wonderful as full body movements are easier to see and yesterday I was standing in front of the mirror just marvelling at how much my body has expanded and rounded and I saw that little foot move from near my belly button over to the side of my waist where it poked out for a few seconds before disappearing. What a completely addictive experience - I cannot get enough of it! Sometimes I literally dream of their tiny hands and feet, fingers and toes. A few nights ago Ez even discovered that he is able to hear the baby's heartbeat loud and clear through my belly, particularly if it is kind enough to present its back, which it does often during the witching hour. I'm just trying to really live in the moment of these last weeks, relishing the experience of this first time after which nothing will ever be the same.

I've been loving my yoga at Yogapod, it's wonderful to see all the moms and all the different bellies, and I love the yoga and the breathing through things and the vocal toning, I really feel like I am concentrating on what I will need to carry me through this birth. Now the birth is a whole other story on its own, as I still don't yet know where we will deliver. I have been leaning more and more towards a home waterbirth, which is what I have always dreamed of and I hope I will have the courage to do it. We are still going to do the hospital tour next week so I can see what I think of the facilities there, but I suspect my desire for the waterbirth will outstrip that. I will obviously be talking a lot with the midwives on this subject. I went swimming in the pool today for fun, just to see how the water helped my body feel and it really does support you so much better, every position is vastly more easy to achieve. That will be interesting to see....