Well needless to say I think it's pretty obvious that I've been doing a horrible job at keeping up on this blog. Luckily I have a facebook to keep everyone updated and to remind myself of the weeks past. Short and sweet version, A LOT has been happening! Things are really starting to roll now and lots of new firsts have been developing, it's been pretty exciting around here to say the least :)
For starters, I'm 32 weeks along! Just 8 weeks shy of her due date but I kind of have a feeling (hoping) that she'll come early and grace us with her presence in October :) What has happened and changed since my last update at 26 weeks? Well for starters I entered into my 3rd Trimester! By 26 weeks I was really actually starting to feel pregnant and Abby started kicking all the time like crazy! First thing on our list was to complete our registries which we've done, and have already received a few items off our lists ;) Next thing on the to-do list was to sign up for classes. After reading up on them we settled with 2 classes: Ready, Set, Deliver, and the breastfeeding class. Our labor and delivery class is a 4 week course that meets every Wednesday from 6-9 during the month of September. The breastfeeding class is a one night only course from 6-9 on a Monday. We've already started the L&D class and love it, we've got our 2nd meeting tonight :) Breastfeeding is next week. What else took place in the 3rd trimester? Well I partook in the fun loving glucose screening test and had to fast for a morning while having to drink a bottle of sugar water in 5 minutes and have my blood drawn every hour for 3 hours, not my finest morning ;) But it turns out I don't have diabetes which is a plus!
3rd trimester has also brought on some new and not so exciting changes. I survived my first cold that kid you not lasted 2 weeks! Longest cold for me EVER! But alas my sinuses have yet to fully recover and probably wont until after she's born. Too much blood flow to the sinuses keeps them nice and congested :P Next I wasn't sure or not if I'd felt those Braxton Hicks Contractions that I'd heard about but sure enough one day I felt my first BHC. Abby had been moving a lot that day so it was hard for me to tell at first if it was her moving or a contraction. But I distinctly felt my whole tummy tighten/contract and then release. Not painful at all, I'd say mild discomfort but I haven't really noticed them since. More fun symptoms, I had my very first case of heartburn. All my previously preggo buddies asked if I'd had it yet and I kept saying no thinking I was gonna go my whole pregnancy w/o it, but I was wrong. I'd already had a bad day that day and had a late night dinner of Panda Express so it was bound to happen. Started around 9 and went all the way until 6am the next morning =/ BUT I have yet to have it again so hopefully I wont ;) What lead to an already bad day was Bob and I went to get Abby's 3D pictures taken and the Dr. immediately said it's not possible. She's already dropped into the birthing position and once she's there she's not gonna move until birth and it's impossible to get a look at her face. Drats! I was so bummed and thought 30 weeks was too early for her to be in the birthing position but nope guess not. It does give me more hope of an early delivery though ;)
A new and exciting change though was I felt Abby have the hiccups for the first time at 31 weeks :) Now that was pretty neat! Weird feeling in the sense that she's so low but neat none the less. I've felt them about 3 more times since then :) Also Bob being the awesome dad he is knocked out Abby's nursery all in one weekend, his birthday weekend mind you ;) He surprised me one night after work by completely cleaning it out for me! Then he went to Home Depot that weekend and picked up the paint. He started painting that Saturday and had it finished the night. Then he and his brother picked up the wood for the chair railing and managed to get it all cut and painted on Sunday! He had it up by Monday morning, the day of his party before everyone came over ;) Not only that but he assembled my glider for me and I've been living in it ever since ;) It's like he's in the nesting phase for me. He also found time to clean out the garage, take care of the yard work in the front and back, getting finances and appointments in order, and has even taken it upon himself to cook dinner AND breakfast on occasion (including spaghetti and French toast) as well as running out and picking up whatever I've been craving ;) He is such a wonderful hubby and such a blessing and he's going to be a great dad ;)
Well last but not least, to sum up coming events, my babyshower is planed, invitations have gone out, I've got hair appointments and nail appointments lined up, we've booked a photo shoot for our maternity pictures, classes are underway which includes the tour of the hospital, I've got less than 4 weeks of work left, Abby's due in 8, and all is well in the making of baby Clements :)
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