28 Weeks

I'm starting to feel HUGE!

Along: 28 weeks!  I'm officially in the third trimester!

Size of Baby:  This week Baby B is 2.5 pounds and 16 inches long.  His skill of the week is blinking!  He can also cough, suck, hiccup, and take practice breaths.  His lungs are also fully mature now.

Gender:  It's a boy!!!

Sleep:  I've been back to sleeping very well.  I often sleep 8-9 hours without getting up once!  I'm soaking it all in.

What I Miss:   I miss my 'old' body.  I can't fit into small spaces or move around as easily as I did.  I also don't have very good balance right now.  Putting on my shoes, or bending over for any reason, is becoming very difficult and leaves me out of breath.  Sometimes Jimmy has to tie my shoes for me!  I'm starting to feel the 'uncomfortableness' of being pregnant that comes with just being bigger.

Cravings:  I still don't have any wild or crazy cravings.  However, last night after dinner I was craving peanut butter on toast with a glass of milk.   I've never had better peanut butter toast!  It's amazing how much your cravings just hit the spot!

Symptoms:  Lately the most uncomfortable symptom has been the pain in my upper ribs.  Being petite and pregnant means this baby is growing into my upper abdomen, pushing my stomach and diaphragm all over the place.  It hurts the most in the evenings after I eat dinner.  My doctor said about all I can do is lay down and stretch my arms over my head to give a little more room for everything!

Best Moment this Week:  The best moment recently has to be finishing the nursery.  Jimmy found some wall decals that match the nursery bedding exactly (Pottery Barn Kids is awesome - and so is my hubby!).  So over my spring break I put those up.  I also found letters for his name and painted them the same blue as the lower portion of the room and hung some navy and white striped ribbon on them and hung those up in the room.  So now the nursery is complete!  It was really exciting to put everything up and have it all finished!


I hope everyone is having a good start to their April!  I can't believe time is going by so fast.  So sorry this blog is actually almost a week late, so I'm about 29 weeks pregnant now, haha!  I've been so busy, even with a week off of work, just haven't been able to sit down and get this out there!


Love to all,


Judi and Jimmy