27 weeks

"Your baby is really starting to fill up your uterus."

No joke!! I can feel her moving all the time now. It almost drives me to distraction sometimes. And I think I can feel her doing more than just "kicking" now. I can feel the rolling around that other moms have described to me. I have not gotten to the point of seeing a foot or arm drag across my belly or a wave of movement yet - but I can imagine that it will happen!

It's very exciting to feel her move. Sometimes it's almost like I forget and it reminds me: "Oh yeah, someone's in there!" It's really mind blowing. Even after seeing her on the sonogram - it's just hard to imagine that someone's really in there growing and moving. And that the food I eat everyday fuels a new human's development. I'll have to see it to believe it! And, even then, I'm sure I won't be able to figure it all out. It's amazing...

27 weeks

Your baby is really starting to fill up your uterus. This week she weighs almost 2 pounds and is about 14.4 inches long with her legs extended. She can now open and close her eyes, and she sleeps and wakes at regular intervals. She may suck her fingers, and although her lungs are still immature, they would be capable of functioning — with assistance — if she were to be born prematurely. Chalk up any rhythmic movement you may be feeling to a case of baby hiccups, which may be common from now on. Each episode usually lasts only a few moments, and isn't bothersome to her, so enjoy the tickle. With more brain tissue developing, your baby's brain is very active now. Wonder what she's thinking? [probably - "Mom, why are you eating so much chocolate?!?! It makes me crazy!!"]

26 weeks

Every week that passes brings us closer to....a new person in our world. My mom visited this last weekend and bought us lots and lots of baby goodies. It was fun (and tiring) doing all that shopping and I'm so grateful for everything we got! I feel more prepared now. My brain is still spinning with items I need - but, thankfully, it's mostly small stuff now - whew!!

26 weeks

Your baby now weighs a little under 2 pounds and measures about 14 inches, from head to heel. The nerve pathways in her ears are developing, which means her response to sounds is growing more consistent. Her lungs are developing now, too, as she continues to take small breaths of amniotic fluid — good practice for when she's born and takes that first breath of air.

25 weeks

Yayyyy! I took my diabetes test (along with some other labs) yesterday and I didn't feel sick at all! Unfortunately, that leaves with no exciting stories. Except for the lady who let her little daughter crawl all over the waiting area until she found me and decided to climb me. Awwwww...how cute, right? I wasn't feeling it. Sometimes, I'm happy that I am kind of a kid magnet...but I just wasn't this time. I just said: "Hiiiiiiiii" and stared at the kid like I was dumbfounded. And I was thinking:

"Lady, get your kid."

"Please call my name now!"

"Maybe could you care about your kid?? I'm not your kid's babysitter??!?" I don't know...

Most of the time it's people being overly worried about their child that's turned around and smiling at you in the booth adjacent to you...and you just smile and say it's OK and that they shouldn't worry. Well, she wasn't worried one bit. Not one: "Oh, honey come back - leave the nice lady alone." And then I would have said: "Nooo, that's OK. What a pretty girl you have..."

Oooooookaaaaay - that was just another glimpse inside my moody pregnant mind ! I've been kind of emotional lately.

Oh, what the heck, here's another example. This may be too much information for any male readers I might have.

Mike and I were discussing pooping while in labor. I said I really wasn't too worried about it because they've seen it all at the hospital and I'm not going to be embarrassed about it if it does happen. Though, I did mention to Mike that he "hadn't seen it all" and maybe he'd be disturbed by it. I asked him if he was going to look "down there" when she was born.

He replied, smiling: "Of course! I'm going to watch her be born into a pile of $hit."

Normally, we would just laugh and laaaaaaugh! We like to tease and joke about almost everything. But, for some reason, at that moment - I felt sorry for myself and felt my eyes stinging...just a moment of self pity. "Poor wittle ol' me - I'm gonna crap my pants in front of everyone."

Who cares? I'll have a little girl to bring home with me to love...

25 weeks

How your baby's growing: Head to heels, your baby now measures about 13 1/2 inches. Her weight — a pound and a half — doesn't sound like much, but she's beginning to exchange her long, lean look for some baby fat. As she does, her wrinkled skin will begin to smooth out and she'll start to look more and more like a newborn. Her hair is probably recognizable now (in color and texture), although both may change after she's born.

Diabetes test on Monday, anyone?

[My desk drawer at work.]

Anyone wanna sit in for me?

Anyone?

Bueller?

Six months!!!

Wow, time flies when you're having...fun (is that the right word??). Maybe it is. It's definitely an exciting time - full of new experiences. We went shopping over the weekend for some baby clothes and some fun stuff like that. And I bought what seems to be my millionth new bra in a new size (with more to come????) and some more pants and shirts. I'm hoping these pants are huge enough to see me through the end...but I'm not counting my chickens juuuuust yet.

24 weeks

Your baby's growing steadily, gaining about a quarter of a pound since last week. Since she's almost a foot long, that makes for a pretty lean figure, but her body's filling out proportionally. Your baby's brain is growing rapidly, and her taste buds may be working now. Her lungs are developing "branches" of the respiratory "tree" and cells that produce surfactant, a substance that helps the air sacs inflate easily. Your baby can hear more now, and you may even notice her startle at loud, sudden noises. But she's probably getting used to the regular noises she hears around the house, such as your dog barking (how about cat screeching? yowling?!? mewling?!?) or the roar of a vacuum cleaner. (Yeah, right!!! Like she hears that very often!! :0)