28 Weeks! The Third Trimester Begins!!!

And I am still congested and have heartburn/gas and the baby is moving around wildly and kicking/punching and my hips ache from sleeping on my sides and I feel slightly more tired these days. But I love to look at my tummy move and see the baby's body parts (which ones? not sure!) move and it makes me smile and laff.

Taking Tums, Zantac 150, and Claritin-D as necessary; must take one or more of each daily now, it seems.  Bought a maternity top, cropped jeans, and dress at Goodwill this past weekend: $25! My tits are huge, last measured were approaching 40D territory! Taking short walks at work when I feel up to it and walks on the treadmill at home when I remember to. Green smoothies ROCK!!! (Banana, ice, soy milk, organic spinach, cinnamon!)

Seeing Dr. E next week and that visit will mark the new schedule of seeing him every 2 weeks instead of every month now. His group has finally moved their offices to the new Women's Pavilion where I will be delivering. It's a slightly farther walk for me should I choose to walk over there from my office, but Reg enjoys going to the visits with me so we've been driving and parking anyway. We'll see.

Reg brought me flowers and cupcakes to work yesterday and then took me to Jimmy Wok for Chinese. It all hit the spot! His mom also gave me a check which was very nice and needed. I hit 150 lbs. (meaning a 25-lb. weight gain so far) a few weeks ago but then lost a few and was down to 147; now I'm back to hovering near 149. I don't want to gain much more weight and in the 3rd trimester the baby is the one that really starts putting on the weight!

In other news, Chop and the PRB are parting ways. It started last Friday when he didn't make it to our Conroe gig and Paul and I had to do it duo all night and our pay got docked b/c of it. Paul was furious and he and Chop exchanged nasty texts. In the end they made up and Chop asked to come back (we'd gotten another drummer, the incredible Ryan C. to do the rest of the weekend gigs) but Paul had decided it would be best if we parted ways w/Chop. This weekend will be his last gigs w/us. I will miss Chop in some ways and in some ways I won't. (He plays too damn loud for one thing.) But I'm glad we'll all still be friends.

27 Weeks!

Still can't breathe and must take Claritin-D every couple days, though I've already taken it 3x this week. Lotsa gas coming up and Tums helps with that. Baby likes to kick/punch/swim/move around lots and I am having a hard time sleeping at times b/c he's moving so much. I no longer can wear elastic waistbands, they are squeezing me too tight and it's hard enough breathing these days. My hips are sometimes sore during and after sleeping. I slept on the couch last night and that helped a little. I also got about 10 hrs sleep last night, and it was bliss. In good news, my skin has never looked better and clearer this entire 2nd trimester!!!

Saw the baby in 4D at the perinatologist's last Thurs. He was sucking his little thumb. He is head down now although Dr. H says he will flip flop around upside down and back in the coming weeks. She said he was weighing a little heavy for 26 weeks at 2 lbs. 3 oz. and for me to lay off the fried cheese. My glucose tolerance test came back with a good score of 109 (needed to be below 140) so yay, no gestational diabetes for me and yes I was a bit worried!

Dang, he sure is a little kicker! I like to pull up my shirt and watch my tummy move, makes me laff sometimes. I wonder what the heck he is DOING in there??? Reg read "Where the Wild Things Are" to him the other night. The first time of many! 

My 1st naked pregnant pose, 9/19/12

26 Weeks!

So the latest is that I CAN'T BREATHE. Ugh. But Dr. E said Claritin-D is ok. I took some on Friday, which made me a little jittery, then later I felt a little buzzed, then later I felt mellow. This was on the drive to Baton Rouge. That night at the gig the baby kicked ALL NIGHT. Then he kicked while I was trying to sleep. Then he kicked all morning and into the afternoon. Even Paul and Max felt it! I never saw him like that before!!! I took some again on Sunday, desperate to breathe, skipped Monday, took some yesterday and today. I hate to take it, even if it IS a Class B drug, but I need to breathe!!!

In other big news, I met my doula last night! I'm so happy to have her on board. Reg and I met with her and she lent us 3 DVD's to watch and gave me some good exercise advice and some good eating advice--she says to UP the protein. Her "Green Smoothies" idea totally intrigued me and I will try it for sure.

Tomorrow we see the Perinatologist, Dr. H. It will be fun to see the baby again on ultrasound. He sure enjoys kicking his mama and I am always happy to feel it.

I put my first tummy foto on Facebook yesterday and over 70 people have liked it, see below.

25 Weeks

And we took the baby to his first Lyle Lovett concert last nite! He kicked most during "That's Right You're Not From Texas" and the solos on "You Can't Resist It." That's my boy!

This pregnancy congestion is kinda getting to me. Sometimes it's so hard to breathe and it's b/c I'm congested, I've gained 25 lbs., and the baby is probably crowding my lungs thanks especially to my short torso syndrome. Last nite at the concert I was quite uncomfortable b/c those theater seats are cramped and I would stretch out my arms frequently which helped a tiny bit. Then last night I had a rough nite trying to sleep, what with getting up to pee about 6 times, the baby kicking, and a bit of heartburn which also comes and goes seemingly every other day (Zantac helps).

But I really don't want to complain b/c I still think I'm lucky. Speaking of that 25 lbs., well that was my total weight gain goal of the whole pregnancy and I still have 15 weeks to go. Most of that weight has GOT to be boobs--looks like I'm 40 C-D, almost a D cup. Good lord. Maybe I can keep it to 30 lbs. total or at MOST, 35.

Tomorrow is the gestational diabetes test and I'm praying I'll be ok. It's nice not having to think too much about what I eat and still enjoy my desserts. This past Labor Day weekend was bliss. We got a lot of stuff done around the house and I (mostly) completed the registry and we sent out the baby shower invite via Facebook. I got a LOT of R&R in and some pool time too which was my goal.

It's so cool to see my belly move when he kicks. Reg enjoys feeling the baby kick too.