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.
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