28 Weeks

YAY-third trimester! I can't believe we are already here! My body, however, has a different story to tell. We've had a rough week...

28 Week Stats:

Size: Rutabaga (around 2 lbs and 14 inches)

New Development: Getting fatter! More developed lungs, and permanent teeth buds :D

Symptoms: BRAXTON HICKS!

What I'm looking forward to: Baby shower this weekend!! Yay!

My week went a little like this:
I went for my checkup and glucose tolerance test on Tuesday. I told the midwife I had been having a few braxton hicks contractions (which are totally normal "practice" contractions). With all of these new sensations, I asked her advice on when I should be concerned. "More than 8 of them in an hour, call me".

So...the next day at work was busy-I was running around like crazy, while attempting to stay hydrated. I saw my midwife on the unit (she was rounding that day) and she even commented that I needed to slow it down. Hmph. So, around 10am...here came the Braxton Hicks. Or wait...? They were a lot stronger and pretty frequent. I sat down as soon as I could and chugged my water. It helped a little.

Around 1:30pm, I was having the contractions about every 10 minutes consistently, and they were quite strong. As an OB nurse, I felt silly because I didn't know what to do. I didn't want to make a big fuss for them to tell me it was nothing, but I also didn't want to ignore it and have a bad outcome. So...I decided to walk downstairs to L&D (another perk of my work) and talk to my midwife. She decided I should go ahead and get on a monitor.

So...after 40 minutes of this, the midwife said "Well, I'm not seeing any activity" Yes, I could have told you that. The only thing Junebug is doing now is attempting to kick these monitors off which gave him/her the hiccups! Child is making a liar out of me. She told me not to worry! "I would rather see you 50 times at 1:30 in the afternoon than once at 1:30 in the morning with a true emergency"

This...coupled with the news that I did not pass my one-hour glucose test (meaning I have to take a 3-hour test) equals a rough week for us. But I am so excited to be headed out today for my first baby shower in Chattanooga!! Wahoooo



A happy photo! Although I look like a whale :)

Sorry for all the dialogue this week...I promised to tell all!