29 Weeks

How far along?  29 Weeks 3 days

Baby Length:  A tad over 15 inches head to heel

Baby Weight:  About 2 1/2 lbs

Baby weighs as much as:  A Butternut Squash

Weight gain/loss:  Still staying around the same range.  My weight seems to go up or down a lb from day to day, but I am up somewhere between 17 and 19 lbs.

Maternity clothes?  I'm starting to work in the maternity wear.  Its just more comfortable.  I do feel like the clothes from Motherhood and Pea in the Pod that I got from my friends make me look much more pregnant than my normal clothes that I've been making work.

Stretch marks? Nope

Sleeping?  Have a really hard time shutting down for the night (probably because there is so much on my mind) but once I fall asleep I sleep okay.  I am waking up at least once or twice a night to go to the bathroom.  This peeing and pregnancy this is a little frustrating...I can go from not having to go at all to basically peeing my pants in about 1 minute.  Once I have to go there is no holding it.  I guess I should probably start trying to do Kegels or something.  Otherwise, after baby comes I may have to wear adult diapers ;)
Best moment this week: Ordered my stroller!  I love that Buy Buy Baby is a Bed Bath & Beyond company.  That means I can interchangeably use their coupons.  Last night I went to Bed Bath & Beyond around the corner from our rental (instead of the BBBaby all the way in Alpharetta) and bought my stroller using a 20% off coupon which I don't think they would have let me use in the Baby store. Saved us about $150 with taxes - Yippee! The best thing of all is that the stroller is called the "Jake" which makes it even more perfect for us.  It comes with a bassinet that we plan to use for the first 4 or so months while the baby needs to be with us at night.  

I also finally bit the bullet and ordered a Glider/Recliner and Ottoman for the Nursery from BBBaby.  They did let me use the 20% BB&B coupons on that as well which saved us a nice chunk of change.  Unfortunately, when I ordered I found out that it takes them about 10 to 12 weeks to come in, so that may be on late delivery to our Nash family nursery after the Nashable makes his/her entrance.  I went with the biggest gilder/recliner they had so that it would fit Jake's tall booty and added the recliner because I thought it might help us to be more likely to use the chair down the road.  I wanted to do a fun nursery fabric, but again Practical Allison kicked in and I went with a neutral colored microsuede called Arctic.  Should look nice with the gray and white nursery colors.  One more nursery update....Pottery barn kids keeps sending me conflicting info on when my stupid Extra Wide Dresser with Topper will be back in stock and delivered.  At first it was in stock, then it was backordered until 9/29 with delivery in the 2 weeks after that, and now last night at 1:43 am they emailed to tell me its backordered until 11/15 -- meaning delivery around the 5th of December.  What?!  December?!!  I called them to complain and get worked up, andt they weren't really sure why the status was updated but did see that it indeed showed 11/15 availability - despite the warehouse showing the shipment comes in for fulfillment 9/29.  So who knows.  We'll see when it shows up.  Here are some pics of the additions!  I did not order the adorable color shown in the glider pic - although you know I wanted to!!

Miss anything?  The beach in Hawaii.  Nothing to do.  No lists of outstanding items.  Clear mind.

Feel any movement?  Lots of moving and I can feel the baby higher than before.  Strangely I still am not that big really - except for in my butt and thighs of course.
Food cravings: Not really this week.

Anything making you queasy or sick: Get nausea if I lay on my back sometimes or just randomly it seems.  Otherwise feeling pretty good.
Gender: Team Green!
Labor Signs: Not this week.  My lower abdomen is sore sometimes but not often.
Symptoms: Grumpy and crazy...that about sums it up ;)
Belly Button? It's still in there but wants to come out.  I can just tell.
Wedding rings? Always tight.  I haven't worn them for 3 days.  Probably should put them back on.
Happy or Moody? This week was stressful because we have a big product launch for work that has been very time-consuming and requires travel, and then I also had my 3 hr Glucose screening test on Monday since I failed the 1 hr screening last week.  I had to cancel it and move it to Tuesday since one of our local sales reps needed training on Monday (or claimed he did) and I wasn't disappointed to move it since I had carbed it up a little over the weekend at a birthday party and ate ice cream cake at a friend's house friday night.  So Tuesday morning I roll into the OB's office after fasting since 10 or 11 pm and start the tests.  They start by checking your fasting blood sugar and mine was 80 which is good since it has to be under 97.  Then in 5 minutes they make you drink that awful sugary substance (at least they give you a straw!) and you have to drink twice as much as last time - 10 full ounces.  Come back one hour later, and they prick your finger again, this time looking for less than 178....well, I failed again in the first hour.  With a 213, which the nurse said is pretty high.  Boo.  By failing hour 1 it meant that I had to complete the full 3 hours of testing and stressing and pricking of fingers.  I come back an hour later certain of my demise and future of glucose testing and modified diabetic diets, but I passed hour 2!!!  I had to be below 157 and I was at 140 - which was a very good sign that my body was able to produce insulin...it just has a delayed response.  I had one more hour to go and only had to drop 3 more points to 137 - which I easily did with a 64.  The nurse was actually a bit concerned by the 64 since it was so low and told me to beeline it to Chick-fila and eat immediately.  It was a close call, but in the end, I passed!  Yippee!  No Gestational Diabetes!

28 Weeks

How far along?  28 Weeks 4 days

Baby Length:  14.8 inches head to heel

Baby Weight:  about 2 1/4 lbs

Baby weighs as much as:  A Chinese Cabbage

Weight gain/loss:  Up 2 lbs this week for a total gain of 19 lbs.

Maternity clothes?  Finally wore them!!  I was in Chicago last week from Monday to Wednesday, and I had to break out a pair of Pea in the Pod cute black maternity pants.  I wore them 2 days in a row.  I'm still wearing dresses otherwise, but I did make those work for the meeting.

Stretch marks? Nope

Sleeping?  Ugghhh....sleep is not good these days.  I could stay up all night because I just feel restless when I lay down.  I sometimes feel nausea when I lay down as well hot and sweaty.  Its the opposite of awesome.
Best moment this week:  Got to hang out with my sister Kelly when I was in Chicago.  We had the best mani/pedi's ever.  Seriously, it was amazing.  Also we finally picked out the appliances for the new house.  We're going with some nice Jenn-Air Pro Line.  I wish this was my actual kitchen...but unfortunately, there will not be 2 chandeliers in our kitchen!

Miss anything?  I miss seared tuna.  I realized how much I missed it when I was at a business dinner and someone ordered it.  It used to be my go-to dish when traveling.  Now I have to settle for a steak ;)  Not that a steak is bad, but I've always been a sushi grade tuna kind of girl.
Feel any movement? I look forward to laying down at night!  I love how crazy the baby is in there.  Jake has to look away sometimes because it freaks him out how distorted in shape my stomach becomes when little Nashable changes positions.  I get a little lopsided looking sometimes.
Food cravings: Carbs...I have my 1 hr Glucose tolerance screening on Friday (test for Gestational Diabetes) and somehow knowing I need to watch my carbs makes me want to to eat more carbs.  Cookies, cookies, cookies.

Anything making you queasy or sick:  I've noticed a return of the 1st trimester dizziness and nausea.  Not sure why, but its here and back in full effect.  Its not all the time but it comes and goes pretty consistently.
Gender: Team Green!
Labor Signs: Not really.  Just a little Cramping and BHs contractions from time to time.  They pass on their own pretty quickly.
Symptoms: I was so swollen after flying!  It was ridiculous!  I've never been someone to swell in my legs, ankles and feet, and they were almost unrecognizable after getting off the plane home from Chicago.  I also get dizzy and overheated a lot.  Waiting in airport security lines, and sitting in 8 hour meetings under hot lights with no windows was not my favorite thing this week.
Belly Button? Still in but barely!  Its clinging on for dear life.  I've noticed its sensitive and sore, and the old belly button piercing from college is red and irritated.  I knew I never should have gotten that dumb thing.
Wedding rings? Always tight.
Happy or Moody? Moody/depressed.  I was pretty bummed at the end of this week.  I failed the 1 hr Glucose screening test.  By a decent amount too.... I got a 160 and was supposed to be less than 135 :(  It doesn't mean I have gestational diabetes, but it does mean that I have to continue to monitor my diet and go in again next week to repeat the screening with the 3 hr Glucose screening test.  I'm dreading it because the drink tastes like hell - imagine the most concentrated Hawaiian punch you've ever tasted in your life!  It did cheer me up when we went to our friends the Cohron's for dinner Friday night, and I learned that Ashley had failed her 1 hr test too, but still passed the 3 hr.  Jake wasn't very happy with me when I celebrated my failure with a piece of Ashley's homemade ice cream cake.  Oh well...you win some, you lose some!

Here is a pic of 28 weeks in a cute dress and then in pants that come up to my bra ;)  I'm popping more and more each day, but I still feel like I am small compared to most women at 28 weeks.  It must be my abnormally long torso that is 2 times longer than anyone else on earth.

27 Weeks

How far along?  27 Weeks 5 days

Baby Length:  14 1/2 inches head to heel

Baby Weight:  almost 2 lbs

Baby weighs as much as:  A Head of Cauliflower

Weight gain/loss: Lost 1 lb this week and am now down to 17 lb weight gain.  I think the water weight seems to come and go...

Maternity clothes?  Still haven't worn them, but I did actually crack open the maternity clothes bins from friends.
Stretch marks? Nope
Sleeping?  Back to tossing and turning :(  The biggest problem is that I'm so hot at night!
Best moment this week: Brunch with friends and their babies on Friday.

Miss anything?  Sadly, I still seem to be missing my cold summer refreshments.  I have a sip or 2 or 3 of Jake's beer or wine these days though, and I enjoy even just the little taste.
Feel any movement? There is definitely an alien in there.  The stronger movements freak me out a little sometimes!
Food cravings: Red meat - steaks and burgers are my faves.
Anything making you queasy or sick: Feeling pretty good.
Gender: Team Green!
Labor Signs: Cramping and BHs contractions from time to time.  They pass on their own pretty quickly.
Symptoms: Water weight gain, bloating, and sadly I'm getting ugly spider veins on my legs.  Yuck!
Belly Button? It's coming out!  Only the top part is pushing outward, but I always thought it would be cute to have an outy!
Wedding rings? Always tight.
Happy or Moody? Trying to manage 100000 decisions these days - with work, the home renovation, the baby...there is alot to be done, and we're trying to keep positive and keep our spirits high despite the stress.  I added a cute picture of Sammy with her rawhide stogie just for fun!