Wednesday, December 15, 2010

28 weeks

Hello 3rd trimester! Our little girl is now blinking and can notice light! Her skin is becoming less wrinkly as she gains fat to prepare her for outside the womb. She's now about 16 inches long and about 2.5 pounds!


The leg cramps, acid reflux and pregnancy fog is still the same. Thankfully I haven't experienced that much swelling, just my hands and feet late at night or if I get too hot... but this happened before I was pregnant too (it just comes on quicker now). And my belly button is still working its way out. I haven't had any strange cravings but if I see, smell or think of something and it sounds amazing... then I HAVE to have it. For instance I saw someone eat a chicken salad with ranch dressing... and had to have it! I've eaten an apple a day since the beginning of my pregnancy and that's really been the only consistent piece of food that I haven't gotten sick of yet. I do miss Starbucks coffees... especially now that their peppermint mocha is back! But in the grand scheme of things, I would give anything up for a healthy baby.


Bending over is getting more difficult. And my back has started hurting towards the end of the day. I'm walking weekly but probably not as much as I should... it's just been SO cold! Also I've started taking vitamin D per the nurse practioners advice. I haven't gotten the results for the glucose test yet but I'm sure everything is fine.

We're looking forward to... a busy weekend traveling, my 26th birthday (eek!), Christmas, and a trip to the beach! And all before January 1st!


1 comment:

leah said...

You look GREAT!!! And overall sounds like you are getting through the "bad side effects" just great. I can't believe we are in the 3rd trimester!!