29 Weeks

Well, we are now at 29 weeks...creeping towards only 10 to go! With the mark of the third trimester it seemed that the discomfort predicted came right on queue. Bending over or really doing anything at this point is difficult and awkward. Nick bought me a body pillow to sleep with a couple of weeks ago, but I still find myself waking up all night each time I need to roll over.

I have started getting some braxton hicks contracts in the past couple weeks also. The first time I noticed one it really freaked me out - I felt my stomach and it was ROCK hard. It wasn't painful, strangely, but I couldn't believe how hard my belly got. It took me a few minutes to calm down and figure out that that was what a braxton hicks was! I got ambitious and did quite a bit of cleaning the other day - dusting, mopping the floors, vacuuming the stairs and furniture etc. With being that active, just as they predict, I had a couple of contractions so I stopped and rested and they went away.

I can tell the baby is getting bigger just by watching her through my stomach. Instead of seeing little random pokes, now it's like I can see a whole leg or her head poke out and move around my belly sometimes! I can only imagine what it will be like in another 5 or 10 weeks :) Nothing else is really new. I'm going in for check-ups every two weeks now - I have eight more visits scheduled until I'm done! The last one is actually scheduled on my due date, so I'm hoping I won't make it to that one :)

The nursery is starting to come along. We have her bed totally together (crib, bedding, mattress, and mattress pad) and I have all of her clothes so far washed and sorted. A few people have been very generous with baby clothes, so we have a head start on some necessities. A family friend is giving us their changing table and we are looking into dressers now. I ordered the window valance today and now need to make some decisions on a couple of pieces of art for the nursery. I really like how it's coming....lots of pink (of course!) and touches of cream, lavender, green, and yellow. Once we have the room together I will be sure to post some pictures.

Here is mommy and baby at 29 weeks.

I had an ultrasound done at work a couple of weeks ago (I volunteered for the sonography students) so here is a picture of baby. Since she's so much bigger than last time I had an ultrasound it was hard for them to get a good profile picture (her head was right under my hip bone!) but here is a decent one.