Thursday, March 12, 2009

27w0d - Leaping into the 3rd Trimester

Wow. 3rd tri? Already? I realize I still have approximately 13 weeks to go, but that just seems crazy! I'm seriously 2/3 done with this pregnancy? Not sure what kind of changes to expect over the next 13 weeks, but I guess I'm ready. At least I'm feeling baby and actually feel pregnant now. I was starting to feel like a fraud with a big ol' bloated belly!

Last weekend I took the DVD and pictures of the 3D/4D ultrasound over to my parents so they could see them. Poor grandma was just a mess and couldn't hold back the tears. She had never seen a 3D ultrasound before, and just couldn't stop looking at the photos. She must have gone through them at least a dozen times. Grandpa thought it was pretty cool too, but he wasn't nearly as emotional as grandma. It's just amazing to see how loved this little one is already. Seeing their reaction to the video was incredible. Grandma kept saying how cute she is.

For the most part, it's been a pretty quiet week for us. No appointments or fun ultrasounds. Next week I have my 28wk appointment which will include the Glucose Tolerance Test. Hopefully that goes well.

Next week we also start our childbirth classes. That'll keep us busy one night a week for the next six weeks. By the time classes are over, that will bring us to almost 33 weeks! Eeeks!

So my new thing lately is that my body has gotten into this horrible pattern where if I wake up to use the bathroom between 1-3am, I'm probably going to be awake for a good hour, maybe even two. Is this some crazy way that my body is getting ready for midnight wake up calls or something? It isn't that I'm uncomfortable or in pain. I just can't get back to sleep.

Our furniture should be coming in anytime now. It's been 6 weeks and they said 6-8 weeks. We really need to get some warmer weather to come our way. We won't be able to do any staining if it doesn't start to warm up. I don't think it's advisable to stain in 20ยบ weather.

No new updates on baby now that they are for a month at a time. All I can say is that I am definitely feeling her a lot more. This morning before I got up was the first time that I had a really high "kick" that made me think that maybe rib pain would be coming soon. Oh the things to look forward to.

2 comments:

Meinsideout said...

yay! I am so happy that you are entering your third! That is a touching story about your grandma!

Anonymous said...

re: sleeping
Me too! Usually I wake up around 2 a.m. and that's that. Takes a good hour to fall back asleep. The other day once I did fall to sleep, I woke up again at 5:30 and after an hour of laying there again, I gave up and just got up for the day. Very annoying! Maybe it's our bodies way of preparing us for the lack of sleep and random wake ups we're going to be getting in a few months!