Pregnancy Update

Today I am 27 weeks and 4 days pregnant. Holy cow! Where has the time went? I can’t believe I am officially in my third trimester and only have 12 weeks to go… and that’s IF the little man doesn’t decide to come early.

You would think that I would have some nursery pictures to show you, wouldn’t you? Well, I hope you aren’t holding your breath, because I haven’t even started. Wow, just typing that caused me to hyperventilate a little….

The last time I did a pregnancy update was at 18 weeks, and a lot has happened since then! I went in for my anatomy ultrasound when I was 21 weeks pregnant, and Cooper is perfectly healthy! Praise God!

The ultrasound itself was NOT a pleasant experience. The ultrasound technician was completely rude and did not converse with Jason or I at all. I had to ask her what I was looking at and if everything was normal, and even then I only got one word responses. The images themselves were super grainy (I haven’t even scanned them – they are that bad) and indistinguishable. My 2d images from my 3d ultrasound experience are 10x better. I am so incredibly grateful that I decided to get the 3d ultrasound done because it was a such a beautiful and special experience. I only get two ultrasounds through my insurance company, so if I that had been the final opportunity to see my baby in detail I would have been devastated.

I finally felt him move around 22 weeks. As a first time mom, I was completely panicked and worried at that point, but it turns out that I have an anterior placenta and it is normal to feel movement a little later in the pregnancy. That was the most amazing experience of my life – I can’t even put into words how it feels. I had felt love for my child since the beginning of the pregnancy, but at that point he was real to me, if that made sense. As much as he is moving now, I still stop and smile every single time I feel him move.

I went in for my one hour blood sugar test last week, and I failed. I am going in tomorrow morning for the three hour test, and let me tell you, I don’t have the greatest attitude about it. Can someone explain to me how it is realistic to expect pregnant women to fast from 10pm until 12pm the next day? I know it is necessary and I also know I’m being a whiny baby but DANG. I am not going to be a pleasant person to be around tomorrow. I’m just hoping I don’t get sick and have to do the whole test over again.

Jason and I started our childbirth awareness classes last week. They are hosted by our delivery hospital and run for two hours each week for four weeks. It makes for a long day after working for 10 hours, but the information is reassuring. I still have no idea where I stand as far as natural childbirth/medication and breastfeeding/formula goes but hopefully this will help me to really get a handle on what I want and what is best for baby.

Registering was such an overwhelming experience. The weekend that I registered, my mom, aunt, and cousin came down to help me. We headed out to Babies R Us on a Saturday, which was my first mistake. It was packed! I also registered at Target. I was completely panicked by the end of the day. It’s such a huge list and I just kept thinking “are people seriously going to buy me this?” I’m grateful to my cousin because she has passed down boy clothes, a highchair, a bath chair, bobby, bumbo, jumperoo, exercauser, and a bouncy chair so those are items I don’t need to purchase. If you want to critique my registry and offer some suggestions on what else I might need, let me know!

My family baby shower is next weekend and I am so super excited! I’ll take pictures and let you know how it all turns out.

I’ll leave you with a couple of recent pictures of me.

23 weeks

26 weeks

P.S. Did I mention that I am going to Disney World in December? Yeah, I’ll be 31 weeks pregnant. What was a I thinking?! To my credit, this was planned before I got pregnant. I love me some Disney but I’m very worried I will be miserable for this trip.