Week 27 – UC Baby coming up!!

It's hard to believe I'm now in my 3rd Trimester! My energy is still up which has been so nice. I am looking forward to the upcoming spring sunshine and longer days too! :) Well, the countdown is on until UC Baby…3 more days to go. Hotel booked and all so as to enjoy a nice few and exciting days ahead! I'll be posting another post in just a few days with some pics from the 3D ultrasound. So stay tuned!

All seems to be continuing to go well. I am feeling good, nothing really happening other than the ever-growing belly and feeling lots of movement. I love feeling the Little Bean kick and move around. It's hard to believe he/she is now 2 pounds. He/she is most active in the late evening and through the night. Makes me wonder if we have a little night owl on our hands? During the day, he/she is fairly quiet, but at night lots of movement and kicks.

Have been rubbing on the cocoa butter lots, and seems to be doing the trick. :) I've now gained 14.5 pounds, which seems to be about normal for this stage of the pregnancy. This morning I went for the all-famous glucose test. Brought a book along on pregnancy (what else!) and waited for a good 45 minutes for my number where I got to enjoy the lovely orange pop drink. It actually wasn't bad at all, just felt like the days when I was a kid enjoying an orange pop as a treat. After I was done, I even wondered if I had the orange mustache? Hehe I waited an hour and then went back for the blood work. I will likely find out the results at our next appointment on March 4th.

Speaking of sugar, the Easter season has been such a tease. I don't know why the chocolates get put out so early in the year but for the last few weeks Mr. Munchy and Cadbury eggs seem to always be calling my name. LOL Would that be cravings or just plain normal? :)

Lately I have been having more weird pregnancy dreams. I dreamt we had a baby boy and he was born with a mustache!

People continue to ask, so we have finally registered at a few places. I have been trying to cut down on Kijiji, but it's just too addicting. Hehe :) We're registered at the following places:
www.Toysrus.ca (Online & In-store)
Walmart (In-store only)

I'll be posting again in just a few days!! Will we need a peepee teepee? Stay tuned! :)

Week 25 - Almost 3rd Trimester!

Wow, 25 weeks already! I have been fighting a cold for the last week or so, but thankfully it hasn’t been too bad. Just been breathing in the humidifier and waiting for it to pass. Despite my cold, I am still feeling pretty good energy-wise and am in great spirits. Nathan & I are both getting really excited to meet this little one, especially as the kicks are getting bigger and the movements more frequent. Pretty cool!

I’m definitely noticing “pregnancy brain” a lot more than usual. Now do I not only walk into a room without knowing why, or opening the fridge without any idea what I was going to get on a regular basis, but just the other day I actually dialed a phone number in the microwave! LOL I do find myself doing those sorts of unexplained odd things often, and my memory is bad…it’s usually bad anyways, but now I am so oblivious. So I often am apologizing to people! I found a cute cartoon that I’ll include with this post :)

I had my prenatal checkup last week and all looks pretty good. I measured exactly 24 cm for 24 weeks, low blood pressure, the heartbeat is 147 and I have gained 10.5 lbs. All seems to be progressing really well and I have been feeling great! However, they did find on my ultrasound that I have a borderline short cervix. They said not to worry, but that it was something we needed to be aware of, mainly because it means I have a higher than average chance of delivering pre-term. Chances are though I will progress as usual and will go full-term, but just to be safe I’m not allowed to lift anything that takes effort or do any unnecessary bending, as well as not to stay on my feet too much at a time. It also means no traveling outside of the country, and just being aware of any changes in my body. I guess that only a small % of the pregnancy population has a shortened cervix. You can find out more online if you’re interested. So, will be interesting to see when my actual delivery date will be… as long as it’s after 32 weeks, there are usually no big concerns. Watch me go to 42 weeks! LoL

Less than three weeks, and we’ll be off to UC Baby! I’m getting super duper excited! :)

Also, some people have been starting to ask what we need, and it’s so hard to be able to say exactly besides diapers of course! We have been getting a bunch of the bigger baby stuff from Kijiji.ca which has been so great. We were even able to get a great glider for the nursery for $60! We have most of the bigger things, and have started a few registries for the smaller things (I’ll post those in my next entry once we finish). Time seems to be flying by so quickly! A baby shower is being planned for Saturday, March 22nd from 2-4pm in Yarmouth by my sister-in-law(s) and a few friends. My sister is coming all the way from Ontario! Yippee!!!

I think that’s all the latest news for now! I feel SO SO blessed.