28 weeks

14. apr

BABY'S SIZE     an eggplant!  still the same range, but starting to become a different shape.  hah.

HOW I'M FEELING     got a case of the tireds this week.  all i want to do is take naps.  it was verrry hard to get motivated to take eda to the park to see her friends (probably 3 blocks away).  i'm trying to push through it, but it isn't easy.

WHAT I'M EATING     salads at work, although i keep having big eyes and getting a bunch of extra stuff that i'll never be able to eat.  oops.
i woke up for work the other day and arley said, "i was just getting ready to cook some eggs and bacon."  (i LOVE breakfast for dinner)  "or would you rather have cereal?"  and then i had cereal.  oops.

HOW I'M CHANGING     this is one of those times, i looked at the picture of myself and was shocked at how much my belly has grown.  when i look down at it, it still seems about the same.  it makes me feel better though about having such a hard time rolling over in bed, and having weird side aches and back tweaks.

MOVEMENT     i got a little nervous earlier this week.  baby had a lazy day.  and i do not like those. luckily, i was at work and was able to go to L&D and beg them to check a heart tone with the doppler.  hint:  baby was just fine and doing some smaller wiggles, apparently, that i couldn't feel.

SLEEP     grrrrr.  getting very frustrated.  i've still been wanting naps and lots of extra sleep.  and i cannot sleep well.

THINGS THIS WEEK     i was supposed to go on a hike with some ladies from work, and i totally slept through it, and slept through my alarm.  i'm a little bummed about that.
also, i finally used my birthday maternity clothes gift card to buy some maternity clothes.  i'm a little excited about it!

LOOKING FORWARD TO     baby shower season is coming!  i actually don't know how looking forward to any actual baby showers i am (it feels weird to say, "come over, but make sure you bring something from this list of things i want"), but i AM excited to see everyone.

FUN FACT     baby is starting to put on fat and working on more brain development.

making sure she doesn't get left behind

freshly made bed, can you tell?

some pretty weather on the way to work

and now i am caught up.  whew!

27 weeks

7. apr

BABY'S SIZE     a lettuce!  (i think that is the same size as a kale...)  the ranges are the same.  this baby might be 1.5-2.5 pounds forever.  my ultrasound this week said that baby is in the 55th percentile for weight.  which i believe is somewhere between 1.5-2.5 pounds...  

HOW I'M FEELING     excited and nervous that this is the last week of the second trimester.

WHAT I'M EATING     same old, same old.  i've started getting a salad every night at work.  they started sounding delicious and never stopped.  so i'm balancing out the cereal.  this baby might be born in rainbow colors with all the fruit loops that have been consumed...

HOW I'M CHANGING     super fun tweaky pelvis comes and goes, but mostly comes these days.  i started getting serious about prenatal yoga, hoping that it would help keep me aligned.  and i realized that the only prenatal class that i can go to that i've found is the exact time of our birthing class.  dang it.

MOVEMENT     i could get used to this.  sometimes it feels like baby pushes really hard against my belly, and if i feel, i can feel the lumpies of its body.

SLEEP     still in denial about this.  still the waking up to pee.  still the waking up to roll over.  still the waking up for sore hips.  still the waking up in a little panic because i've been sleeping on my back, which they say is a no no.

THINGS THIS WEEK     ultrasound!  and ob appointment, where i talked to our ob about how she feels that the rest of the doctors in her group will support us and our hippy birth.  it was very positive.  so we will not be switching after all.  yay!

LOOKING FORWARD TO     in about 7 years, i'm excited to get some good sleep again.  i am such a sleeper that even waking up once in the night for anything makes it a bad night's sleep.  i fear those days are gone.

FUN FACT     baby is showing brain activity, and the brain is becoming more and more complex.

just getting some work done

didn't want to move its hands and feet out of the way for the fancy picture

the entire time, it was sucking on either its hands or its feet.  very busy.

got some sweet stuff from some rad kids and arley had to try it out

26 weeks

31. mar

BABY'S SIZE     a kale!  13.5-14.5 inches, and 1.5-2.5 pounds.  this range seems to last forever.

HOW I'M FEELING     pretty good.  the tips and tricks from our birthing class are really nice for some extra relaxation.

WHAT I'M EATING     cereal is the one thing i want all the time.  i have the occasional dessert craving, but that's usually late at night when we really don't want to go anywhere, so i have to tell my craving no.

HOW I'M CHANGING     i never notice any changes as they happen (my belly growing).  then suddenly it's there.  i see a picture, or i realize how hard something has gotten (leaning over to tie my shoes - super gut-squeezing).

MOVEMENT     baby is just wiggling away.  i like to think that it's communicating with me.

SLEEP     i've been having a hard time switching back and forth from days and nights for work.  so mostly i sleep 3 hours here, and 6 hours there, and never have a regular schedule.  my first night at work is always a hard one.

THINGS THIS WEEK     more birthing class.  i really like them.  we might even make some friends this week!

LOOKING FORWARD TO     i finally made appointments for massages!  we got gift certificates for christmas and we're just now getting to them.  i also got one for my birthday and i scheduled that one for june, for when i'm really feeling pregnant.

FUN FACT     baby's eyes are forming and will soon start to open.  baby has eyelashes, and is "breathing" the amniotic fluid for practice.