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. . . .