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August 16, 2018

Baby: Entering The Third Trimester

28 weeks!

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I haven’t written a “how-I’m-feeling” baby post in over a month – mostly because things have been smooth sailing. I’ve been feeling good overall, and in the sweet spot of the second half of the second trimester. Things have started to get a lot more real these past few weeks with much more wild movements, limbs punching out, and feeling like my range of motion is now limited. My uterus has reached my ribs, and so now I’m having trouble doing anything that involves bending over. (I wrote the same thing at 28 weeks pregnant with Mazey!) I had my glucose test, which thankfully I passed! And my blood work was normal too, so that was great to hear.

27 weeks

I’m still working out most days of the week – strength class x2, a good long walk one day, prenatal yoga one day, and either cardio or a cycle class the last day.

Symptoms

New things I’ve noticed:

  • I have a linea negra now.
  • Sneezing is hard in many ways (abs, bladder – oof!).
  • It’s gotten a lot harder to sit up if I’m reclined back on the couch.
  • I have actually felt breast milk let down and drip out, which is something new to this pregnancy!
  • I’m having to pee all.the.time. again, which is also something new this time around. If I take even one sip of water, it goes straight to my bladder. Running is impossible for this reason alone. Strangely, I can usually go the whole night without getting up to pee. I’d say 25% of the time I get up just once. So, that has been nice!
  • I’ve started to feel kind of like I can’t breathe and woozy if I lie on my back for more than a minute or two, so most often if I’m reclined I’m on my side.
  • I’m feeling little limbs move around as of around 27 weeks – poking out and things. Thomas got to feel a crazy arm or leg interaction one time!
  • I’m still having on-and-off nose bleeds. Not like the gushing out of your nostril kind, but (sorry if this is TMI) I can just taste it and know it’s happening. It’s like a slow trickle for a few minutes in the back of my throat (and it’s gross – sorry).
  • My stomach space is shrinking, and I’m getting full so fast.
  • I don’t have too many cravings, and eating is pretty normal.

28 weeks

All relaxed out:

Sleep

As a stomach sleeper, nighttime is always one a challenges of pregnancy. The Snoogle is back in my life full time. I most often start out laying on it on my stomach with my bump in a donut hole and then move down onto the bed to one side with the candy cane end between my legs for 1/3 of the night and hugging the whole thing for the last 1/3. I didn’t take it with me to the Sanderling, and I made a little bed with 4 down pillows that I slept on top of with my bump in the channel between them. It was actually the most comfortable I’ve slept so far, but I don’t know if I have enough pillows here to re-create it. If I didn’t already own a Snoogle, I would buy this pillow because I think it might be better for sleeping on top of with the bump in the middle.

29 weeks

Getting Ready

Other than packing a hospital bag and washing all the newborn clothing, which I will do closer to 36/37 weeks, having our sprinkle party in September, buying some last minute consumables (like diapers), we don’t have much we need to do. We had a childbirth class last week with our doula (who is a child birth educator). Maybe we should schedule a hospital tour? We’ll continue to prep the nursery downstairs too, but most of that won’t happen until September.

Overall I’m feeling pretty chill about it all. Much more chill than I was last time! My biggest concern is getting as much work done as I possibly can before October comes.

Thomas has been getting ready too 🙂 Reading and pushing the empty stroller around the house!

30 weeks!!

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  1. Charmaine Ng | Architecture & Lifestyle Blog says

    August 16, 2018 at 7:28 am

    The dresses look good on you, Kath! Cute photos! 🙂

    Charmaine Ng | Architecture & Lifestyle Blog
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  2. Anne says

    August 16, 2018 at 9:47 am

    As far as lying on your back, my dr told me not to lay on my back from 20 weeks on. Your uterus is so heavy that laying on your back can cause it to cut off blood flow through one of the major veins in your abdomen. Wooziness a d dizziness is the first sign, which can then lead to you passing out if you dont switch positions.

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  3. Bridget Black says

    August 16, 2018 at 10:03 am

    You are looking so beautiful!!!

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    • KathEats says

      August 16, 2018 at 10:18 am

      Thanks <3

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  4. Kelli @ Hungry Hobby says

    August 16, 2018 at 10:40 am

    We are in the HOME STRETCH woot solar!!!!!!!!!!!! Ha ha that’s crazy about the breast milk I wonder if that’s because it’s your second pregnancy? Very interesting!

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    • KathEats says

      August 16, 2018 at 11:54 am

      Downhill!! Single digit weeks next week. (And then I translate that into months and it seems so much longer haha)

      Reply
  5. Custom Popcorn Boxes says

    August 16, 2018 at 4:49 pm

    beautiful post. Congratulation for baby. Nice pics. It’s very happy time for you! Enjoy!

    Reply
  6. Emily says

    August 16, 2018 at 4:58 pm

    Kath, You just look gorgeous and So Happy and healthy! I’ve loved following along with this pregnancy! Thanks for sharing with us! You’re an inspiration to me.

    Reply
    • KathEats says

      August 16, 2018 at 6:08 pm

      Thank you <3

      Reply
  7. Sandra Arcus says

    August 16, 2018 at 9:21 pm

    You look beautiful Kath, enjoy the rest of your pregnancy

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  8. Emily says

    August 19, 2018 at 9:11 am

    You look great, Kath — glad things are going well!

    Reply
  9. Elizabeth says

    August 19, 2018 at 4:30 pm

    Are you delivering at Martha Jeff again? If so, do people usually do a hospital tour for their second? Legit question – we’re trying for a second (also live in Cville) and I was assuming I could skip the hospital tour again but now wondering if I’d be missing something!

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    • KathEats says

      August 19, 2018 at 6:56 pm

      Neither Mazen nor Thomas had been inside before, so I’m really glad we did the sibling tour so Mazen knows what to expect when he comes to visit me. If Thomas had been through a delivery there before we wouldn’t bother with a grown up tour, but since he’s never been in the delivery rooms (and since the tours are free and short!) we’re going to do the grown-up tour too. I’d kind of like a refresher. But if you and your husband have been before I don’t really see a need to do the grown-up one. I debated doing another childbirth class and we were going to skip it (even though I think Thomas would have learned a lot) but then ended up doing one with our doula. And finally, our tour guide at the hospital told me they are going to start offering childbirth “refresher” courses soon for second-timers who might be in a situation like mine or just want to brush up so you might consider that?

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  10. https://www.dukepackaging.com/ says

    October 18, 2018 at 1:15 pm

    Kath, You just look gorgeous and So Happy and healthy! I’ve loved following along with this pregnancy! Thanks for sharing with us! You’re an inspiration to me.

    Reply
    • KathEats says

      October 18, 2018 at 1:18 pm

      Thank you <3

      Reply

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