30 weeks

Huge!!!

29 weeks

29 weeks:



wow another week! another inch!



She's not moving any higher, but definitely growing outwards.



This week, I'm sewing baby wipes, burp cloths, and finishing up her crib bumper... while I'm still mobile.

activities

Could it be that icy cold glass of peach ice tea or the mountain high plate full of BBQ I had for dinner that's keepnig baby up?? She's been squirming, rolling and jabbing in the midsection non-stop, honest to god, NONSTOP for over 30-45 mins. It's 11:25 pm!! She's seriously making me tired.

She actually has been super active today all day. Beginning in the morning 6am, jabbing me while I was lying sideways - trying to tell me something hun? Then every 30 mins or so I notice her little kicks. She might have fell asleep for a little while in 15 min intervals, but by 6pm, she poked, stretched, yanked, jabbed my belly muscles all the way until probably 8pm. for 2 hours, nonstop. And now she's at it again lol

Is mommy eating too much sugar? Uh oh. :)

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!