How big is baby? Baby is about the size of an eggplant this week at 1.5-2.5 lbs and 13.6-14.8" long.
Maternity clothes? Pretty much all of the time.
Weight -Loss or Gain? Around 15-17 lbs, depending on the day.
Stretch marks? Nope
Sleep? I'll take as much as possible!
Best moment this week: I'm in the 3rd trimester today!
Any Movement? All of the time.
Food Cravings? Italian wedding soup, salad, clementines
Food Aversions? None
Belly Button in or out? In
What do you miss: Nothing.
What are you looking forward to: Another short week and spending time with Mike this weekend :)
What was the BEST part of this week? Celebrating Christmas
What was the WORST part of this week? Mike having to work Christmas day :(
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| 27 weeks! |
Wow, I can't believe Christmas has already come and gone! Next year at this time we'll have a baby to celebrate with...I can't even believe it. Christmas was wonderful and I am so thankful that I got to at least spend Christmas Eve with Mike this year. Our little Bean was so spoiled by his/her family and it's so obvious that s/he is loved already. We got lots of great stuff including clothes, a drying rack, baby wash, bath stuff, and (my personal favorite) Sophie the giraffe teether! I can't believe we're going to be using all of this stuff so soon.
27 weeks also marks the beginning of the third trimester. I remember when I first found out I was pregnant, I couldn't wait to get out of the first trimester and be "safe", but now the end is coming up really quick! I can't believe how fast time has gone and how close we are to meeting our little Bean. It seems so surreal that I'm already in third tri, especially when I think about those days when I felt like the first would never be over. It's insane how fast it goes! I'm really trying to soak it up now before it's over.
In other pregnancy news, I had to do my 3rd tri blood work, including the glucose tolerance test last week. Blech. Thankfully the drink wasn't too bad (note: make sure to get orange again next time around), but it was so disgustingly sweet it felt like it was burning the back of my throat when I drank it. The baby had an insane reaction to it as well and started freaking out a few minutes after I finished it. I felt so awful that s/he was having such a reaction to all of the sugar, especially since I don't eat that much sugar regularly, but it was a necessary evil. I finally got the results back from the lab and I passed the test with a 78 (they like to see a number under 130). Other than that, all of my other blood work looked good!
