29 weeks

How far along? 29 weeks.

Baby Hart is the size of: A butternut squash.

Total weight gain/loss:  16 pounds as of last week's appointment.

Maternity clothes?  Yes, and I'm missing my regular clothes;)

Stretch marks? Not yet...

Sleep: Been getting SUPER uncomfortable.  Oh, third trimester, how fun you are.

Best moment this week: Getting my glucose tolerance test OVER with.

Miss anything? Having more energy and strength:/ 

Movement: Tons- I was thinking the other day how in the world to describe some of the wacky feelings- and I mean a lot of it feels like exactly what it is: knees and elbows pounding your insides; a little baby booty bouncing on your bladder.  But one that's harder to explain is when he's stretching or something and it's like when you blow up a pool float, and you keep thinking it's blown up all the way, but you keep blowing in it and random little spots pop full with more air and it just gets fuller and fuller.... yeah, that's how I feel sometimes when he's stretching and stuff;)

Food cravings: Sushi.  And funnel cakes.  And tea with honey.  Yeah, weird.

 Symptoms: Sciatica, restless legs, and that nasty food-crawling-up-my-throat feeling like I had in the 1st trimester. 

Showing? So this little girl (maybe 7ish) calls out to me "Hey, you're pregnant!"  Why yes, yes I sure hope so;)

Gender:  Boy!

Belly button in or out? Out.

 Wedding rings on or off? On.

Adjustments? Adjusted this blog background- am I the only one that found my last one to be unbearably annoying with all the little polka dots behind the text??  Or was that just pregnancy hormones?;)

Emotions: Ummm been a bit more emotional lately... doesn't take much to bring on the water works, whether happy or sad lol;)  Poor Jason;)

Learned this week: So thankful for:  Air conditioning!  Holy heat, Greenville!

Looking forward to:  Finding out if I passed my glucose tolerance test or not!

Week 29

How far along? 29 weeks

Baby Hart is the size of: An acorn squash.

Total weight gain/loss:  Stayed the same this week; still at 17 lbs. total gained. 

Maternity clothes?  Yes, and while normally I don't like dressing up at all, I've been finding myself in skirts a lot more to ease the discomfort of the heat!

Stretch marks? Not yet, but starting to feel like my sides are splitting....;)

Sleep: Been waking up more often... prolly something I need to get used to;)

Best moment this week:  I got my first mother's day card from my grandparents:)  Also, the week began with another great doc appointment!

Miss anything? Especially missing my dear friends, Brittany and Rikki, who were going to come in from out of state/town this weekend, but sicknesses caused other plans:( 

Movement:  It's still been a blast!  Enjoying all the somersaults, slides, kicks, pokes, hiccups, etc. 

Food cravings:  Haven't really been having any specific strong cravings; but still having a bigger appetite!

Symptoms:  Leg cramps are a new one I've been dealing with- the worst is when it wakes me up at night:/

Showing? The comments crack me up- depending on who's making them, where I'm at, and what I'm wearing, they range from, "Wow you're really poking out" to "You look smaller today".  I will admit, having some nasty drunk man yell "Stay away from the buffet" to me at a baseball game was a little less than entertaining:P

Gender:  Baby Hart's a lil man:)

Belly button in or out? Still half-n-half-ish;)
Wedding rings on or off? On.

Adjustments?  Been adjusting the mountain of stuff in the nursery to give it some semblance of order;)

Emotions:  I must admit, I've been a bit more weepy/gloomy lately!  Hmmm, hormones...

Learned this week:  I learned a TON this week, as we took our birth/parenting classes.  WOW info overload!  For one thing I learned that baby powder, yes BABY powder, is no longer considered safe for babies!  What???!

So thankful for:  Fixing our AC! Also, for passing my glucose tolerance test:)

Looking forward to:  My next baby shower, later today!

Other highlights:  Our birth/parenting class really was fantastic, though with all I learned I definitely felt the weight of all I still have to learn/do.  But the class was absolutely helpful; the best part was getting to tour Erlanger Women's East, the hospital where we plan to go.  It's a very NICE hospital, with a seemingly fantastic staff, and great birthing suites- they truly have more of a hotel-ish feel than a hospital feel!  Here's a link that has some pics.