27 Weeks

This has been a very busy week!  And I probably mention this a lot, but the weeks just seem to be flying by... in 3 days I'll be in my 3rd trimester, wowwy.

I got the results from my glucose test and they were fine, yay!  It's always nerve-wracking when you have to take tests like this and you have no control over the outcome.  I'm glad I don't have to worry about it for the remainder of the pregnancy, though.  I have my next appointment and ultrasound on Wednesday.  Hopefully they'll go well because I scheduled them back-to-back and I don't want to be stressed out or late. 

I went to a baby shower for my friend who is due in October and it was so much fun :).  We got some cute belly pictures together and I had a nice time catching up with my college friends.

Appetite:
I haven't been overly hungry lately or nauseous.  I think my appetite has leveled out a bit.  Hopefully that will reflect on the scale on Wednesday ;).

Contractions:
According to my weekly updates, I've been having Braxton Hicks contractions for a while now, but haven't noticed them yet.  Hopefully I won't notice them for another month or two.

Pain:
This sciatic nerve pain is ridiculous.  When I sit on the couch, I feel fine but when I try standing up or walking, I feel like an old man.  I have shooting nerve pain through my hips and down into the back of my thighs.  It's very annoying.  I thought about taking a bath tonight but I doubt there's much that can actually relieve the pain.  It has even made sleeping a challenge.

Movement:
This little girl is very busy.  I woke up at 2:30 this morning to use the bathroom and when I got back into bed, she started kicking really hard.  I didn't get back to sleep until 3:00 or later because of it.  She especially seems to like when I eat because she starts kicking and rolling around about 5 minutes after I eat anything.

Belly:
I've had SO many comments this week from people I know as well as strangers making comments about my belly.  It starts with "how much longer to you have?" or "when is your due date?" and when I tell them I have 3 months left, their response is "wow.... are you sure there's only one? " or "oh wow, you're already huge!" and I have to bite my tongue to avoid making a rude response.  Let me just put this out there.... the responses above are some of the most insensitive and hurtful that people can say.  I'm not a rude person but I'm almost to the point where I don't care about offending someone with my response.  That's all I'll say about that... for now.

Nursery:
Jason (and Logan) surprised me by painting the nursery yesterday.  The color is a bit different than I wanted, though.  I was wanting a soft grey and we chose one that looked like it had a tiny bit of a soft lavender tone to it but when I saw the finished product it looked a lot more lavender than I wanted.  I'll have to go back in the room to see it in different lighting but either way I can work with the color.  The room just might have more purple than I had originally intended :).

Nesting:
I haven't really done much of any nesting lately.  I bought some fabric to sew a couple of Boppy covers, a nursing cover, and a blankie, but the sciatic nerve pain has kept me from doing much cleaning.

Name:
We're still mulling over a couple of names.  So far we're pretty set on the first name being Elise, but are still talking about the middle name.  I just suggested a new middle name today and got a good response, so we'll see what happens :).  I'll let people know as soon as we know!

That's it for now, I think... like I said, it has been a busy week.  I'm looking forward to the 3rd trimester, though!  Only about 12 weeks left :).

26 Weeks

This pregnancy has been so different than my first.  I have enjoyed looking back at my posts from when I was pregnant with Logan to see what happened then for a comparison to where I am now.  In my 26 week post with Logan I was consumed with the genetic testing results following the amniocentesis I had.  I know I was feeling a whirlwind of emotions at the time and, even though we were trusting God to take care of everything, it sometimes took the joy out of my pregnancy.

This pregnancy has had its moments but I feel so much more comfortable emotionally.  Even though the doctors have warned us that there are still risks of there being a "genetic" issue we're still praying and believing in total health for our little girl.  Anyway.... I just had to throw this in there... typing as I think :).

I had my 26 week checkup today and it went fairly well.  I had to drink the glucose solution this morning at 8 for my appointment at 8:30.  My blood pressure was 110/70, which is still great.  I have gained another 6 lbs, which puts me at a total of 10.  I should only gain another 10-20 but I think that's totally doable.  The doctor easily found her heartbeat with the doppler and it sounded really good :).  I asked him a few questions about sciatic nerve pain, seeing sparkles, and losing my eyelashes and he said nothing could really be done about any of them :P.  At 9:00, I had to get my blood drawn to check for gestational diabetes and the nurse had to stick both of my arms in order to get a vein (even after I warned her that I have rolling veins).  I should get the results back early next week unless something is wrong, but I'm really hoping I won't get an early phonecall.

My fingers have been swelling up a bit at night so I've had to take my wedding band off.  I'm still wearing my engagement ring and hopefully I won't have to take it off for a long time (if at all).  My feet haven't been too bad until tonight.  I went to the grocery store after work, picked Logan up from daycare, came home and made dinner, then cleaned the kitchen and my feet look like latex gloves that have been blown up like balloons :P.  Jason rubbed them for a while, but I think I just need to go to bed and prop them up a little.

I started taking a new prenatal vitamin tonight from the Rainbow Light brand.  We'll see how they work.  I took it a couple hours after dinner so I'm hoping it won't upset my stomach.  I'm hoping they will give me more energy during the day.

I've been feeling more and more pregnant.  I think it's a combination of the August heat and the extra weight I've gained (from baby growing and everything else).  Regardless, I've been pretty worn down and generally tired.  The doctor said my iron will be tested along with my glucose so if my iron is low hopefully it can be easily remedied.

I have gotten to the point where I will be going to the doctor every 2 weeks instead of 4.  I can't believe I'm already this far along.  Before I know it, I'll be going every week, agh!  And I feel like I have so much more to do before little miss arrives.  I have 14-ish weeks left so hopefully more nesting will kick in soon :).

Well, I'm fighting a headache so I'm going to give in and go to bed.  Will be back next week with another update.