Week 28 and Baby Kiel is the length of this salt grinder! He or she is now 15″ long and weighs 2.5 lbs. Sometimes I just can’t get over how big our little one is getting…
I’m counting this as the first week of the 3rd trimester, although this seems to be debatable! My pregnancy app breaks the 40 weeks down precisely and stated that I entered the 3rd trimester towards the end of Week 26. My “Belly Book” said my 3rd trimester started at week 25. But for some reason, most people seem to go with week 28 as the start of the 3rd trimester… who knows!
We had an appointment on Tuesday, and everything continues to be normal for me and Baby Kiel. We found out that my glucose test went fine: no gestational diabetes for me! I guess I have some baking in my future now, haha. I laugh, but I’m not kidding. 🙂 Baby’s heartbeat was 145 bpm, and apparently mine is quite strong too. The doctor kept picking up mine instead of the baby’s! My fundal height (size of my uterus) was 30cm, which is still in the normal range. 28 cm (+/- 2 cm) is considered “normal” for 28 weeks. The topic of the appointment/class was birth control, which Andrew & I really haven’t discussed yet. I was surprised by the number of people in our class who had gotten pregnant while on a form of birth control or quite soon after their previous child was born. So I guess we need to figure out what our plan will be before November rolls around.
How far along: 28 weeks
Gender: Nobody knows 🙂
Weight gain: 12 lbs
Symptoms: Back aches & fatigue, as usual. And some heartburn again, ugh. I’m thankful I never had heartburn before this, because it’s really unpleasant! I have some Braxton-Hicks contractions once in awhile, but they don’t really bother me.
Maternity clothes: Always, except for bedtime. I’m testing how far I can stretch my t-shirts from high school & college, haha.
Stretch marks: Not yet
Belly button in or out: Still in!
Sleep: Pretty good as long as I only stay in bed for 7-8 hours. After that my hips start to hurt a lot. I’ve been waking up at almost exactly 2am most mornings to use the bathroom. The getting up to pee isn’t unusual, but I think it’s odd that it’s almost always the same time!
Best moment this week: My last day of work! As much as I looked forward to it, I must have been in some kind of denial or something. I kept talking about future events as if I was going to be there for them. And I told people they weren’t allowed to say good-bye or anything. Just pretend I’m going on vacation for awhile or something. 🙂 I feel really blessed to have enjoyed my job as much as I did, and I know I will really miss the kids and co-workers. I’m glad I still have time to go back and visit!
Miss anything: The energy to make dinner. I get up at 4:30ish each morning, work until 3:15 in the afternoon, and then I usually have to wait for Andrew until at least 5pm. By the time we get home, I really just want to go to bed. And when I am making dinner? My back ends up hurting, so I feel like I have to take breaks and go sit down for a bit. It just frustrates me that I can’t just power through it like I used to. I don’t like admitting defeat!
Movement: All the time! I did my first “kick count” on Wednesday. I was supposed to feel 10 kicks or movement of some kind within 2 hours. I felt 10 kicks in 10 minutes! I hope we don’t have a hyperactive baby coming our way…
Cravings: Baked goods, although not as strong as it was. I feel like my appetite has decreased a little bit.
Looking forward to: Sleeping more! I know I’ve been sleep-deprived, and I know it’s not good for me.
Baby Kiel at 28 weeks:
Week 28 and Baby Kiel is the length of this salt grinder! He or she is now 15″ long and weighs 2.5 lbs. Sometimes I just can’t get over how big our little one is getting…
On An Even Kiel 