I'm currently 28+4 weeks! Can't believe I'm actually in the 3rd trimester!!!
How big is baby?
Baby is about the size of a large Aubergine, still about 2 and a half pounds and about 15 inches from head to heel.
How I'm feeling?
Pretty good, mood-wise. Enjoying our last few months as a couple before little Molly joins us. Still apprehensive about birth and motherhood but as long as we are together I feel confident we can figure it all out.
Body changes?
Monster bladder kicks this week, literally feels like baby is kicking the wee out of me and I have to mad dash to the loo!
I had my whooping cough vaccination as the start of this week and my 28 week antenatal apt at my gp. The jab was fine, over in seconds but it left me with a dead arm and very sore muscle for 3 days, but luckily I had no other reaction to it - some people report flu like symtpoms so thankfully I just had limited use of my upper arm muscle. The antenatal apt went well, Molly was very active during the physical belly exam, but we managed to get a few seconds of the heartbeat :)
Symptoms?
No heartburn still.
I think I may have developed dairy intolerance during pregnancy, whenever I have a bowl of cereal or a yoghurt I feel intensely sick for a couple of hours.
I'm looking into alternatives, if I can't find one that agrees with me then a calcium supplement is prob the way to go!
I'm sleeping better now that I've cut out afternoon naps, keeping busy is the key but sometimes I just can't keep the snoozing at bay!
Cravings?
Chinese at the Oriental Star in Cuffley.
I loved Chinese food before pregnancy but my tastes have changed a little and the oil seems to give me terrible acid reflux so I cut this out - luckily the Oriental star in Cuffley is absolutely amazing and not oily in the slightest, so as a treat my friend drove us up there and we had THE best meal of my pregnancy!
Home-made mash :)
Food aversions?
Milk/yoghurts are the main culprits.
Acidy fruits.
Stretch marks?
Still none, although my tummy feels so so stretched and right in the evening after dinner I worry that it won't be long - 3 months of super-speed growing to go! 😬
Sleep?
Again, pretty decent sleep as long as I skip my afternoon nap! Still wake up to pee once in the middle of the night but that normally allows me to sleep all the way through after that.
Belly button in/out?
Out
Ring on/off?
On still.
Highlights this week?
Wayne has managed to feel some of Molly's crazy rolling around this week.
Super quick bouts of hiccups this week, she's been having them a while but I wasn't sure what they were as they are much quicker than normal hiccups but google says faster is quite normal in-utero!
Ann-Marie from the "Ann-Marie Loves" blog has finally had her baby! I've been following her blog for absolutely ages and she announced her pregnancy mere weeks before the start of my own journey and I've been eagerly keeping my eyes open for the announcement since she went overdue! What a beaut little Briar is! <3
http://annmarieloves.com/2014/08/15/shes-here/#.U-9Jcdm9LCQ
The belly shot?
So this is the final trimester I'm into now, it's actually starting to hit me we will have a whole different life in just a couple of months... I feel so ready for this change, we have had nearly 10 years of being us, just two. We are so ready to be a three!
Anyone else just hitting their third trimester? Hope you're all feeling well!
L
xxx
