27 Weeks Pregnancy Bumpdate

Typical Stuff

Photo from babycenter

Baby has reached her second viability milestone! This is due to the development of her lungs. Every day it becomes more and more real!

According to my Ovia pregnancy app: she is the size of a bunch of bananas, can hear more clearly thanks to cochleae development (the spiral part of the inner ear), and she weighs just over 2 lbs!

I will now be visiting my midwife every two weeks! It's so unreal how close we are... ahh! I've already drafted a birth plan with the hubbster, but I feel we should get more concrete ideas put into it pretty soon. I want to make sure all the midwives look over it and give feedback before I say it's "ready". 

Oh yeah, and it's the final countdown (cue Europe soundtrack). I consider week 27 the beginning of the third trimester! There is some discrepancy whether this is the last week of the second or first week of the third, so I'm going with the latter.  

Sleeping

Ha. Ha. HA! Sleep? What are this? (yes, I just made a Jenna Marbles reference). Last night I literally slept 3-4 hours because baby girl was shifting, kicking, and moving into the early hours of the morning. Also, the sheer pressure I have in my body at this point makes it quite difficult to get comfortable regardless of her movements. So, there's that. 

I don't want to seem totally negative though! Pregnancy naps are the BEST! It's like crack for the soon-to-be momma. Yesterday my nap was literally heaven. No shame in taking a long nap when you're creating a human life with just your body. Go team uterus!

Doctor Appointment

So I did my glucose test- JOY! I was supposed to drink the damn thing in five minutes but it took me eight. I typically drink only water so the sugary substance I was forcing down my throat felt so foreign and was unwelcome. Once I summoned my chugging capabilities I'd acquired in years past, I finished. Soon after came the sudden realization of "I think I'm going to puke". That was fun. So was having diarrhea at the doctor's office, which was a listed side effect on the bottle. 

Finally, the nurse comes to draw my blood. It is 11:58 on a Friday (they close at 12) so I know this woman must have been ready to go home; I would have been. She did not seem in the best of moods (which is fine, I don't require cheery happiness from everyone I encounter). However, I do require my nurses to not blow my veins when they take my blood. This blood draw hurt like a you-know-what. The rest of the day I couldn't straighten my arm all the way due to the soreness- uh. 

Also, my husband pointed out once the needle was already inserted into my arm there was a tiny bit of air in the syringe which she pushed into my body, then drew back to take the blood. So, air in the vein (I know, it wasn't a lot) but I mean, really?! Obviously everything is fine, but it's not something you necessarily want to hear. 

In case anyone was wondering, I asked one of my nurse friends about this. He said a little bit of air isn't going to do anything. It'll just reperfuse right back into the tissues. He said you just don't want a big air bubble getting into the blood stream because that's when you have an issue with stroking out or having a heart attack. So, little bits of air is okay! (still... kind of scary). 

Also, I was under the impression they would perform the Rhogam vaccine (for the negative blood type) at my appointment, but now I am holding an outpatient order to have it done at the hospital. I'll do it next week... even though I really would rather not. I'll be an adult, I suppose. 

Bathing Suite Shopping

Husband/Wife Pool Day!

Sun glasses, SPF 70, and towels; pool day here we come! This all came to a crashing halt when I couldn't squeeze my much larger ass into ANY of my bathing suits. So, we head to Target, my second home. The retail hotspot that brings me boundless joy. My life. (I'm exaggerating... I think). 

I tried on a few things (some that fit... some that shockingly didn't) and decided on a two piece since the only tankini's I could find were suitable for only those above the age of ninety. I am content with my selection, I just hope I don't have to go up another size before we go to Florida in a few weeks!

Itching Status

SO. MUCH. BETTER. Last week my doctor advised I take Benadryl for 24 hours to see if it affected the itching. It definitely knocked me out so I'm not sure so much if it helped with itching; however, I discovered the problem. Dry, flaky patches were developing all over me! I was only putting lotion on in certain areas once a day. I've upped it to at least twice a day and I lather it on everywhere! I refuse to itch like that again. Good news, it was nothing serious. 

If anyone else is having this problem: make sure to use mildly warm water when showering, apply lotion EVERYWHERE throughout the day, and avoid harsh soaps and fragrances. 

Random Thoughts 

So I definitely feel the need to go buy a work out ball (pregnancy ball... whatever they're called). AND I really should start doing my kegels. Why don't I do one of the most simple and easy exercises known to woman? I DON'T KNOW. Don't judge. 

On another note, we are waiting until post baby shower to buy anything we will need for our little girl's eminent arrival. This is proving to be SO difficult! I just want to have her little room set up completely. But, I shall be patient. 

Symptoms

MORE discharge. Yesterday I seriously thought I could possibly be leaking amniotic fluid. But, no. Being pregnant just makes you excrete an abnormal amount of (for lack of a better word) vagina juice. That's not disgusting at all, right..? 

Leaky nipples have been a thing. As well as increased exhaustion. I think it's just because sleep has been more difficult to come by at night so my day time activities have a haze of sleepiness tinting them. 

Baby girl is kicking SO much more. She really likes to push her limbs as hard as she can into my side. It's so uncomfortable; mildly painful. At the same time, I think it's the cutest thing she does! Usually she'll do it if I've been driving for more than thirty minutes. 

Just Wondering...

When does baby usually turn head down for good? I feel like she is usually either sideways or head down.

Also, our midwife is suggesting the whooping cough vaccine for my husband, myself, and anyone who will be around baby often. Is this something I should be worrying about and asking family to do? I wasn't thinking so, but our midwife really stressed it. 

Weekly Bumpie 

Happy Gestating! (: