That cute lil pup is our little Yorkie, Bucky... he was feeling left out and needed to be in the picture too :-)
Happy Third Trimester
Wow, I can't believe I am now officially "third trimester." It doesn't seem like I should be that far. And it is hard to believe that our little girl will be here in about 12 weeks!
Doesn't that just blow your mind?
It's been a busy past few weeks. I started a new job as SKIFF (the local hospital in town) as their Clinical Education Coordinator. I finally made the official change from big metro hospital to local small town hospital. I couldn't pass up the hours and benefits with no weekends or holidays. Plus... the hospital is literally a mile from our house! I know I will relish that once our little one is here.
No, I haven't left Mercy entirely. I definitely am not ready for that. I am still teaching nursing students in clinical and filling in in the ER. I'm still an ER nurse at heart, I couldn't give that up entirely :-) But not having a 45 minute commute (one way) on the interstate.. in the winter.. with an infant at home,].. and working a thirteen hour shift... not doing that three times a week..that will be a nice blessing!
Here's a pic of my bestie, Jessi, and I from the Women's Conference where we led worship at last month. (I forgot to include it on my last blog post.. whoops!)
Shout out to her for completing her first half marathon and decreasing her time by .... 23 minutes? Okay that part I can't remember as well... (Sorry Jessi.. I know its twenty something :-))
Funny story, the beginning of this year I was trying to convince her to train for a half marathon with me and she refused... after we got pregnant guess who announced they were going to do a half marathon? :-) Yup, going to tease you about that for a while!
Is this the stinkin cutest thing ever? I told my brother-in-law he needed to get this because it made me laugh every time I walked by it in Buy Buy Baby :-)
Our nursery is coming together too.. Our baby furniture is here and put together (all thanks to my handy husband!). Jessi helped me coordinate some cute accent decorations. I'll post some pictures soon (Aunt Marie ;-))
How far along? 28 weeks!!
Total weight gain/loss: About 22lbs! EEK! That sounds like SO MUCH, most women gain around a pound a week from here on out so that should put me around or just under 35 pounds total which is the average "healthy" weight gain. Still seems weird to see the scale creep up when you're so used to NOT wanting it to do that :-)
Maternity clothes? Well that is a silly question :-) Although my favorite Yoga pants from Victoria Secret and my Mercy T-shirts all still fit me and have become my uniform as soon as I get home from work :-)
Stretch marks? Nope! Maybe that gallon of water I'm drinking a day is helping in that too :-)
Sleep: Sleeping okay. I have started waking up more than just once for a potty break. I've started having to change positions every few hours because my back or hip I'm lying on has started hurting. In other news.. I caved and got a pregnancy pillow two nights ago (aka the "snoogle"). And it has helped.. it is pretty amazing.
Best moment this week: Hmmmm... it has been a pretty average week really. It is still pretty awesome to feel our little girl moving around. Some times I catch myself smiling when I'm sitting quietly on something and she's decided to do flip flops and I feel like my whole stomach is visibly moving. The people around me probably think "what is that crazy girl smiling at"
Miss Anything? Coffee! Once a week or every two weeks I'll get a small decaf coffee, but I always pay for it later. It makes my heartburn worse which really means makes my whole tummy feel gross from over acid production. But.. I can't complain, I don't have it too bad. That's pretty manageable.
Movement: Yes :-) Jake has been able to feel her on quite a few occasions without me having to help him find where she is lying.
Food cravings: I love homemade smoothies! I did before I was pregnant, but the greek yogurt in them was making me feel queasy in the beginning. I hadn't eaten them again until this past week and... they... are... DELICIOUS!
Anything making you queasy or sick: Coffee and sweets mainly.. they're bad for making your tummy kick into overdrive for acidity which makes me feel pretty icky.
Have you started to show yet: I feel like I'm huge all of a sudden! A woman at church (and another person at the hospital) had told me I didn't look big enough for how far along I was.. maybe it was just what I was wearing, but it was nice to hear I didn't look quite as big as I felt :-)
Gender: Baby Girl
Size of baby: Eggplant... averages between 13.5 to just under 15 inches in length
Weight of baby: Right around 2lbs
Labor Signs: No way!!
Symptoms: Heartburn and more heartburn :-) Sometimes I'll get some hip pain if I'm sitting sitting more on one side than other and usually at night. I think she ends up putting pressure on certain nerves and joints and they get achy after very long in one position.
Belly Button in or out? In... although it may start becoming an outie soon, its looking a little funny.
Wedding rings on or off? On.. sometimes its a little more snug than others
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy! :-)
