Time is a ticking. . . .29 weeks!!

Wow! 29 weeks. As I sat down to write this week, I found myself speechless. All I could think to write was, “Wow, I am 29 weeks.” This pregnancy seems to have gone by fast and it feels like it has really sped up in the last few weeks. After my baby shower I organized all the goodies I got and created a list of the last few items I need. Our roommate is planned to move out this next weekend! Which means.  .  .  .nursery nesting will begin! I’m so excited to get baby girl’s room put together. I feel very blessed that John and I have had enough help and support from family and friends that we haven’t had to spend too much money. Which is awesome because we are about to embark on a very expensive diaper journey. I have been doing my research and on average people spend around $70-80 per month on diapers and wipes alone. . . .oh boy, a diaper journey this will be. . .  Our rocker/glider is the last big ticket item we have been looking for. And I think I have narrowed it down to the one we want.  So we are chug-chug-chugging along.

Baby girl at 29 weeks is around 2 ½ pounds and 15 inches long from head to heel. She will probably only grow a couple more inches long and every week that goes by from here on out will gain ½ pound per week. Muscles and lungs are continuing to mature and baby girl’s head is growing bigger to make room for her big beautiful developing brain. I have increased my intake of protein for her brain development and my calcium intake for her growing bones. Her lungs are continuing to mature and will continue to mature until day of birth. She has to stay in my belly at least another 7 more weeks for her lungs to work on the outside world without any assistance. Poor little baby gets lots of hiccups in my belly. They say this is because her lungs are developing to live in the “outside” world. To me it feels like every time she is awake she is exercising her lungs and getting the hiccups. It is an interesting sensation. Feels like a rhythmic heart beat. I had Johnathon feel them one night because they were strong enough to move my belly up and down.

 

My poor sweet Johnathon last week randomly developed a red rash all over his body. I was about to leave for work and looked at him and saw a rash on his arm. Looking further it was everywhere.  .  .  .back, chest, legs, arms and feet.  I had him go to Urgent Care because I didn’t know what it was. I hadn’t changed my laundry detergent was my first thought. Second thought was he hadn’t eaten anything new and exciting. Being pregnant was my third thought and not to touch him. He’s been working with junior high school kids and who knows what he could have gotten exposed to.  The doctor at Urgent Care told him he was having an allergic reaction to the antibiotic he was on (penicillin based). I honestly have to say I have never seen an allergic reaction that bad. I have only seen allergic reactions at the hospital where the rash was on the chest, back and neck, not any of the extremities. It was a good learning experience for the both of us. The rash has all cleared up with help from Benadryl and time. Johnathon now cannot take any penicillin based antibiotics or his adverse reaction could be worse next time he is exposed. 

 

One more week down. . . . 11 weeks to go!! Life is busy, busy, busy. . . .

More Baby Shower Pictures to Share

Third Trimester. . . .Can you believe 28 weeks!!!

Sorry for the delayed blog post. I unfortunately got sick last week and didn’t feel up to doing much of anything. The one thing I tried so hard not to get while pregnant was sick. I wear a mask at work when I go into patient’s rooms, I wash my hands to the point of them cracking and drying out and I stay out of certain “infected” rooms. With the HORRIBLE flu season going around, I guess it was bound to end up with me. I have to say I haven’t felt this sick in a long, long time. Complete head congestion, watery eyes, sore throat, chest congestion but NO fever thank goodness. A fever would not have been good for baby girl. So even though I felt miserable for 7 days, I feel very lucky that I never spiked a fever. The hardest part of being sick and pregnant is that I have to be very careful with what medications I put in my body. I would prefer not to put any “chemicals” in my body but I got to the point where I needed help with some relief. Tylenol, Sudafed and Robitussin became my friends. I still have nasal congestion and a cough but I feel ALIVE again!!

This week is a BIG week. It marks the start of my THIRD trimester. Can you believe it!?! We are going into the last third of this pregnancy. Where has the time gone? I have 12 weeks left to go. . . . yes only 12 weeks. I am a little bit speechless. I had my 28^th week appointment today and I am happy to say that baby girl and I are healthy, healthy, healthy. Baby girl’s head is in the downward position. So she is gearing up for her big day. So she may come a little early since her little head is already putting pressure in the “downward” region. We are measuring where we need to be, at 28 weeks. My midwife says that my belly should double in size in the next 2 months. I already feel big as it is, but she says that I am on the smaller size, so hopefully baby girl is a 6-7 lb baby. I’m getting excited to meet her! I can’t wait to see my brown eyed, brown haired baby girl!!

This Saturday I had the most special and memorable baby shower, hosted by my best buddy Summer and fabulous sister Monica. I was still feeling a little under the weather on Saturday but sucked it up because I knew it was a day I didn’t want to miss. We had a yummy fruit basket cake, chocolate fondue assortment and a collection of cheese and crackers. All my favorite treats! It was nice to have a group of our loved ones all in one room celebrating and supporting the arrival of baby girl. She got very spoiled and now has many, many baby goodies. I can tell that she is already adored as she got a few hand sewn/knitted/crocheted blankets and outfits.  It brings tears to my eyes that people in our family already are spending the time and energy to make baby girl warm, happy and comfortable.

 

 

 

I cut my hair!! I woke up one day, felt very pregnant and not very pretty. So I changed my look and cut my hair. I love it. My hair is lite and easy to manage. With  the pregnancy hormones circulating in my system, my hair is twice as thick than normal. I felt like my head was one big ball of frizz. Now. . . .I feel closer to normal and refreshed.

 

As I promised, here is a video of baby girl moving in my belly acting like an alien. There is my normal rhythmic breathing movement but once in a while the left side of my belly will look like its jumping. It's not the greatest video, you may need to watch it a couple of times to see her. . . .