28 Weeks - Hello 3rd Trimester!

Today I am 28 weeks pregnant!

Pregnancy Highlights

Size of Baby: Baby H now weighs almost 2 and a quarter pounds, about the size of a Chinese cabbage and measures 14.8 inches long from the top of his head to his heels!  

Total Weight Gain/Loss: +5 since my last doctors visit putting me about +16 pounds all together. Wowzers..

Baby's heartbeat at last visit: I should take this one out because the doctor never tells me, they just say "heartbeat sounds good" and that's really all I need to hear.

Maternity Clothes: YES

Gender: We are having a BOY!

Movement: Yes! Yes! Yes! It's the most amazing thing. He's a squirmier and I think he's crawling right up into my rib cage.

Sleep: Sleeping great other than getting up to pee and it's so much more difficult getting out of bed lately.

What I miss: Being able to get up and out of the couch and/or chair, it seems like a chore to have to get up, or tie my shoes, that's exhausting. I think I'll be keeping this as my "what I miss" but I also miss my energy.

Cravings: Chocolate Shakes - definitely! And I've been starting to crave pop, cherry coke and/or pepsi, as I'm enjoying right now.

Symptoms: Lots of kicking going on and I love it. I get nervous when I haven't felt him in a while but if I just relax for bit he starts right up. Yesterday, Tuesday, I felt like crap, starting to get achy and felt like a cold is coming on, but today I feel OK, but my hips are sore. I think it's because I'm sitting all day long except to go to the bathroom, so I need to get up and move more.

Best Moment This Week: Getting to hear the baby's heartbeat and hearing the doctor tell me everything sounds/looks good and that I'm measuring right on track. Celebrating Tom's Grandmas' 80th birthday, it was a great night. Oh and finally choosing a daycare, I dropped my deposit off last night to ABC Learning! And I think I will have my furniture ordered in the next week or so. Wow, so much going on. I also start going to the doc every 2 weeks, which is crazy to me, but that means this little guy will be here before we know it.

One last note - I didn't pass my Glucose test so I have to go through the dreaded 3 hour test sometime next week, I'm thinking Wednesday or Thursday. Please pray that I pass!

So here's the furniture that I'm hoping to get, we'll find out this week hopefully. We just need a room to put it in and that's in the process as well. So much to do so little time!