Two-thirds of the way there!

I decided it would be fun to do the update this way again so here goes:

How Far Along: 

28 weeks (let the 3^rd trimester party begin!)

Due Date: 

June 13^th, 2013 (ish)

Weight gain: 

Officially up to 11lbs gained…I am actually up more than I was with Alethea, but still on the lower end of the spectrum.  Not sure how I have managed to gain more this time while chasing a toddler and running 12-16 miles a week, lol.  I am hoping it is simply because I am actually maintaining muscle tone this time around. J

Bump Picture: 

Baby Development:  

By this week, baby weighs approximately two and a quarter pounds and measures 14.8 inches from the top of the head to the heels. Baby can blink their eyes, which now sport lashes. With baby’s eyesight developing, baby may be able to see the light that filters in through my womb. Baby's also developing billions of neurons in their brain and adding more body fat in preparation for life in the outside world.

Symptoms:

Baby is becoming more active by the day, mostly after meals and at bedtime.  Thankfully those movements have switched a little in the past week to be less on my bladder and more on the top part of my belly.  That makes for not as many trips to the bathroom, but I am also that it is a good indication that baby may have decided to switch orientation to head down now.  Hip pain is still about the same, thankfully only tends to occur when I first get up from a seated position.

Currently craving: 

Still don’t think they exist, but I am enjoying cooking lots of new recipes that I won’t necessarily have time to make once this little one arrives

Currently Avoiding: 

Pizza…I think it is just too much bread for me right now because I really don’t feel all that great after eating it.  Never thought I would be avoiding that, lol!

Belly button status: 

In, but it’s funny because it doesn’t go straight in anymore so I guess its morphing a bit.

Movement:

Still feeling it more and more each day and like I said above, it is more frequent after meals and before bed.

Name:

We have both a boy and a girl name officially decided.  If it’s a boy the initials will be DTH and if it’s a girl the initials will be DBH. J

Any appointments?: 

Thursday March 28^th and hopefully I will be able to go through with the glucose test this time around.  Last time I brought OJ and evidently the doctor has only approved me for grape juice.  Oh well, found some grape juice that is truly 100% grape juice (unlike fake Welchs), so they shouldn’t have any reason to deny it this time.  I will also be hopefully presenting my birth plan this week, so we are praying they are still a go with a natural VBAC.

Any baby related purchases?:

No purchases, but I have gone through Alethea’s stuff from when she was a newborn and it looks like the only thing we will need is a few outfits if we do happen to have a boy.

Alethea: 

She loves her books about a new baby coming.  I also think she is understanding a bit more that something is going on in my belly, though I am not sure she understands that it is a baby yet.  She loves to come up and rub/hug my belly and sometimes even gives it kisses.  We still continue to explain to her that her little brother/sister is in Mommy’s belly and, whether she understands it or not, I think she is going to be super excited to have a new baby in the house.  She loves babies!