my pregnancy: week 27

Today I bid adieu to my second trimester. It’s just crazy to think that I’m already in the final few months. It’s gone by too fast!

Some great things I’m going to miss from the second trimester:

• Energy, I’m already much more tired
• Fitting in workout shirts – need to invest in more that don’t show the belly!  Some how the dryer keeps shrinking term, 😉

Some even greater things to look forward to this trimester:

• More frequent mid-wife appointments, which means more hearing how our little guy is doing
• Baby showers! I’m not gunna lie, it’s going to be so much fun filling Hunter’s room
• Our Bradley method birth classes
• Free maternity photo shoot! – I’ll be the model for a training
• Hunter arriving!!!!!

How’s Hunter growing?

This week, your baby weighs almost 2 pounds (like a head of cauliflower) and is about 14 1/2 inches long with her legs extended. She’s sleeping and waking at regular intervals, opening and closing her eyes, and perhaps even sucking her fingers. With more brain tissue developing, your baby’s brain is very active now.

While her lungs are still immature, they would be capable of functioning — with a lot of medical help — if she were to be born now. Chalk up any tiny rhythmic movements 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 they don’t bother her, so just relax and enjoy the tickle.  — from babycenter

How am I feeling?

Tired. Sleepy. Exhausted. Hungry.

I can definitely tell I’ve moved into a new stage of my pregnancy. I’m just fine every day until about 1pm, then I’m a zombie. 8 hour days at work are really tough to get through and all I do is sit all day.

Later this afternoon I go in for a mid-wife appointment and where I’ll have some routine blood work done, along with my gestational diabetes test. I know low iron levels can make you feel tired and lethargic, but I’m hoping since my stores of iron were really high when I was tested 6 months ago that they’re still up there. It’s a hope! Oh and the diabetes test… I’m not too worried about it, but I could always be surprised. Pregnancy is full of surprises 🙂

My food

I have felt like such a hungry beast lately! Maybe Hunter’s beginning to grow a lot, or maybe it’s just my way of trying to give my body more energy when I’m tired, but either way the hunger just doesn’t quit!

My days have turned into this:

Small coffee + breakfast around 6:30am

First morning snack around 8:30-9am

Second morning snack around 10-10:30am

Lunch around 12-12:30pm

First afternoon snack around 2:30-3pm

Second afternoon snack around 4:30-5pm (depends if I’m teaching that night or snacking while I make dinner)

Dinner around 6:30pm (or 8 if I teach)

Evening snack around 8-8:30pm

Clearly I am eating all day! It’s odd because I don’t skimp at my meals and eat until I’m full, but then miraculously I’m super hungry again less than 2 hours later. I’m getting lots of protein, fats, whole grains and fruits + veggies throughout the day, so not really sure what it is.

Maybe it’s a normal third trimester thing? Has that happened to you?

Fitness

I’ve added something new this week… more walking! I started feeling bad that Joe (our dog) wasn’t getting very many walks. It was down to about 1 a week, and really running cause I’d take him along with me. So I decided it was time to commit to walking him.

Three mornings a week I’m free so I decided at 6:15am we’re headed out the door. Whatever I’m doing waits for those 20 brisk minutes. So far it’s working out really well! I never knew just making a commitment to a time would keep me on track.

Great motivation tip there, commit!!

Here’s how the week went:

Saturday: rest
Sunday: 2.3 mile run
Monday: 20 minute brisk walk
Tuesday: 20 minute brisk walk
Wednesday: taught body pump
Thursday: 20 minute brisk walk + taught 60 minute cycle
Friday: body pump in the AM + taught a 45 minute cycle class

Now adding in a short strength workout on Mondays is my next goal. Just need to find a time + commit to it and it should work… right?

Massage

I mentioned last week that I was looking forward to my massage on Saturday. It was good, but definitely not great. Nothing compared to my pre-pregnancy massages I’ve got. I really didn’t like laying on my side to get massaged. I never got totally relaxed and comfortable and felt like I had to resist the push forward, which meant my muscles weren’t totally at ease.

I wonder if an actual pre-natal massage with the special table where you can lay on your stomach would be different? Anyone tried those?

Breast feeding class

Tuesday night Jacob and I went to a 4 hour breastfeeding class. Time actually flew by and we learned a lot! I plan to share more about what we learned in a separate post this weekend, so be on the look out for that.

We were the furthest couple away from our due date, so it was really cool getting to see how much bigger my belly will get. One lady was a week or 2 from her due date too!

Random bits

• How far along: 28 weeks, 2 days
• Total weight gained: 25 pounds
• Next mid-wife appointment: this afternoon! I just chugged my diabetes testing juice.  Surprisingly it wasn’t too bad, just tasted like very sweet orange soda.  Jealous?  😉
• Current craving: salty chips and crackers
• Plans for this weekend:  NONE and I couldn’t be more excited for it.

Tell me something great about your Friday…. other than it’s Friday! 

Have a great one!

Heather