OK, so I'm a little late on this post. I mean this Wednesday I'll be 27 weeks already. haha! oh well. Better late than never, right? And I know... that belly picture was REAL late. But in my defense I tried getting it up there earlier. I don't know what happened. But some how I was able to save that post. To be honest I don't think I even really finished my thoughts on that post, but it's been too long for me to remember now! So I just posted it and am moving on.
OK, so this time I have both pics (animation and 3d) from babycenter.com up. Remember, that is NOT my 3d ultrasound so don't get too excited. Well maybe just a little because when I saw it I thought, wow... look at her arms! And it's not even really her. haha!
Oh yeah, here's the babycenter.com excerpt for 26 weeks:
Your baby now weighs about a pound and two-thirds and measures 14 inches (an English hothouse cucumber), from head to heel. The nerve pathways in her ears are developing, which means her response to sounds is growing more consistent. Her lungs are developing now, too, as she continues to take small breaths of amniotic fluid — good practice for when she's born and takes that first breath of air. If you're having a boy, his testicles are beginning to descend into his scrotum — a trip that will take about two to three days.
Changes as of lately? Backaches are little more consistent than they were. Not TOO bad, but more often than before. For 26 weeks, I read online that I might be experiencing back aches more. Still crazy how on the dot they are with that. Anyway, turns out it's because my joints and ligaments are loosening up to prepare for birthing. EEEEK! How exciting and scary is that?! I still feel like I have a ways to go, but at the same time I know it's right around the corner. Oh man... I don't know if I'm ready, but whatever. I'm taking this one day at a time!
I've been a little emotional lately. Saturday sucked ass. But I think that may have partly been due to the stormy, gray and rainy weather we were having. Add that to pregnancy hormones... not a good mix. Not that I lost my beans or anything. Just felt blue. Today was such a pretty day, I did feel a lot better! Although I got to thinking about how yesterday would have been my mom's 70th birthday! Can you believe that? My mo never looked a day older than 40 something. I kid you not. People were always so shocked when they found out how old she was. I think that's partly to do with the asian gene, though. Many asians (not all) age really gracefully. Whew! Even my dad looked really good up until the chemo took the life out of him. But prior to that, he never looked older than 40 something either. Anyway, so I was thinking about how yesterday was Mom's 70th birthday and how I had every intention of visitng her but didn't get to. We were at a baptism/birthday party and by the time we were able to leave, the cemetary was closed. So today as I drove by after work (I always pass that cemetary on the way home from work), already closed, I thought about Mom. And then I thought about having the baby and tears came. How I wish my parents would be here when I have the baby. And sometimes I think it's not fair that my kids will never get to know my parents and the great people they were. I seriously hold my parents on a pedastool. Sure, what kid doesn't have ups and downs with their parents but as I get older I see how wise my parents were. And I always think that if I ever become half the parent they were, I'll consider myself lucky. And as gradparents they were even better! I've seen how they were my my neices and nephews and how much their faces would light up to see them. ugh.... it's heartbreaking. I guess it's more heartbreaking to me that I'll know what my kids are missing out on. And oh my goodness! My mom... she was such the girly girl... quite different than I was. I was such a tomboy growing up. I still am in some ways, but I've grown out of it for the most part. If she were around and knowing that we're having a girl. Oh man... I can even begin to explain what my mom would be doing to prepare for her. Again, heartbreaking. My dad, he was the greatest with kids. He LOVED kids and the kids LOVED him right back. Breaks my heart. Really does. (I'm a total mess right now.)
Thankfully, we still have Junior's mom around although she lives in Toronto. So that kind of sucks. The closest thing to grandparents our kids will have here near us is Junior's aunt and uncle who are basically like second parents to him anyway. And they seem to be super excited too! This baby is, afterall, the first grandchild on Junior's side. So yes, imagine how spoiled she will be! And I have my uncle (my mom's brother) here too so he would be the next closest thing to having grandparents as well.
Ugh... I need to move on from that for now. My emotions are running wild (and so are the tears)!
So yay! Babyshowers are coming up! I'm excited because I've thrown quite a few but have never been thrown one! So this shall be fun and interesting! I'm looking forward to the games! haha!
Oh yeah, I have my glucose testing on the 27th. I have to say that honestly I'm a little worried about the weight gain in the last trimester. They say that's when it comes on full blast and will not stop. I've gained 20lbs already! My doctor said I should gain only about 30! eeek! that's only 10 lbs left and 3 months! And if the weight gain comes as fast as they say it does, I'm in trouble! Aside from me just having gained weight, they say it can make the birthing process harder and my chances of hypertension and other things become higher. So I am a little worried about that. So far I've had a clean bill of health (knock on wood) and I'd really like to keep it that way. And ugh... don't remind me that I have a dress in my prepregnancy size I have to fit into for a wedding! hahaha! 6 weeks after my due date I might add. Now IF I have the baby ON my actualy due date, they say that most doctors require you to rest AT LEAST 6 weeks before doing any real activity... like working out! Yikes... not good news for me. Maybe she'll come a little earlier and give me a couple weeks to work in there. haha! Oh well. Whatever happens, happens.
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