28 weeks

I'm getting lazy with posting huh?

Well quite a few "exciting" things happened in the last week.

Friday night, my 35 lb nephew body slammed on to the top of my belly and made me freak out the entire night and then the entire day the next day that my baby is slowly dying from placenta abruption that was internally bleeding so I couldn't tell externally. (I wasn't bleeding or having any contractions). Baby girl was having a relaxing day I guess and wasn't as active as she was the day before, so I thought that was the "decrease in fetal movement" that so many people warn you about in the 3rd trimester. It's quite scary having your first child with no previous experience to compare with!!!

But Sunday came and she was more active than ever.

Fast forward to today - what can I do to freak myself out again? Been too calm for 4 days. Let's log on to babyandbump.com (pregnancy forum) and look at some of the 3rd trimester threads. Well - 3rd time this week that someone's had a fullterm stillborn - for apparently no reason at all. They all noticed decreased fetal movements the day before their babies grew wings. So now I'm obsessively monitoring my baby's kicks and rolls - to the point where it's unhealthy.

Please baby - be a good girl and just stay put with NO complications for another 10 weeks and come out healthy. Please please please. Being pregnant is so stressful!

Oh, I gave in and officially started a baby kick count chart. Everyday around 8 or 9pm, I will jot down the beginning and end time that it takes baby to kick me 10 times. Today, it took her 18 mins. This is after I excited her with a cold glass of OJ. I'm exhausted now and need to call it a night.

Here's a 28 week belly pic I took on Sunday (a day later than usual):



In the past few days I've been feeling really heavy and out of balance. My feet are starting to swell as well. Not too noticeable by sight, but I know because my shoes start to feel small! My belly circumferance measured 35" a couple of days ago. I think it's growing about an inch a week. Also, my skin on belly started getting pink in the past few weeks, like it's slighly sunburned. I believe this is from the stretching. No itchiness just yet, and still no stretch marks. But I do have a huge patch of light skin surrounding the belly button - that I have no clue what it is. Will have to ask OB.

Third trimester!!!!!!

27 weeks today. I'm feeling many changes as I hit this milestone. In need of naps, knees & hip pain, belly feels really thin and stretched out, etc etc. Baby is very very active now (even though she had a lazy day yesterday). She's very kicky in the mornings between 7-12pm, then takes a long nap - sometimes waking up at 2-3 to exercise for a little bit, but mostly waking up at 8pm to do jumping jacks in my belly up until 11pm-12am.




Look at how shiny my belly is!

25 - 26 weeks

I missed a week of photos last week because we've moved!

25weeks:







26weeks:

Can't believe how big I'm getting. Baby is moving up to my rib cage and so my rib area is starting to get sore. We saw her in 3D today at an ultrasound but she was completely asleep and would not move her arms away from her face. We only got about 2 good pictures. It was still worth it to be able to see her movements and see how much she's grown!

Measurements

Found my measuring tape today! The highest point of my belly (at this point, my belly button) is 33 inches all around.

I was also weighed at the doctor's yesterday.... 119lb!!!!! I gained 4lbs in 2 weeks. YIKES.

weird pains

23 weeks 4 days:

Had a cramping type pain on the right side of my upper belly today from 5pm til 8 pm. The uncomfortableness increased with each inhale. It would go away for a couple of minutes, then start cramping again, then turned into a dull ache.

Since it never really intensified or came in any frequency - I'll chalk it up to ligament pulls or growing pains. My tummy has gotten a lot bigger lately.

23 weeks

Baby is active around 9-10am, 3-4pm, and 8-9pm. I guess it's the after meal effect!

23 week belly:

Regular 22 week belly pix

Progression:




22 weeks:

Took some regular week to week comparison pictures.

See how the top of my belly is starting to stretch out? It is really uncomfortable. I'm getting more stretching pains from the top of my belly (thinner?) than the bottom (more skin to stretch?)

Baby is also constantly flipping and flopping, and nudging and kicking about. She has so much room to wiggle. I see my tummy bounce sometimes from her moving. <3>