Pregnancy Week 27

How Far Along: 27 weeks (this post is a little behind but I'll pretend this is Saturday)

Total Weight Gain:  10.5 pounds

Maternity Clothes: yep, daily!

Stretch Marks: nope

Sleep: HORRIBLE... I am SO SO achy! My hips, knees, but especially my sacrum.  I'm now sleeping with a pillow between my legs and going to the chiropractor.  It is literally KILLING me.  I guess I'm gonna have to stop standing up as much in the classroom!

Best Moment this week: It's been a pretty uneventful week.  Baby is still pressing on one part of my abdomen... going on 3 weeks now, it sometimes feels like I'm getting ripped open from the inside so that would be WORSE MOMENT THIS WEEK.  I'm not sure if it's her heel or something worse but I'm gonna make them check it out on the ultrasound.  If I push on that spot she kicks me back like, "uh mom, i'm sleeping here!"

Miss Anything? Nope, not this week!  I don't even miss caffeine.  I suppose I could say I miss sleeping soundly and pain-free!

Movement: Yep, very very often, especially when I lie down but I'm seeing an increase in movement at random times during the day too!

Food Cravings: Nothing really right now, well I'm digging fruit A LOT.  Kyle and I have apples and grapes just about every evening!

Anything making you sick or queasy: Nope!

Gender: Female

Labor Signs: Nope

Symptoms: Just achy joints in my sacrum and hips but the chiropractor makes me feel like a new woman each week!!

Belly Button in or out? Still in, but it's migrating outward I do believe!

Wedding Rings on or off? On during the day and I take them off at night because my hands swell in the night and I wake up with them snugly fit on there so better safe than sorry...

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy most of the time, my moods can change pretty quickly though.... just ask my students!!

Pregnancy Week 26:

How Far Along: 26 weeks

Total Weight Gain:  almost 10 pounds

Maternity Clothes: Yep, except this shirt, can't you tell? LOL

Stretch Marks: Nope!

Sleep: Sometimes good, sometimes bad.  I have bouts of insomnia about 4 nights a week... which is miserable, other nights my hips hurt from sleeping on my side so much... I must invest in a pillow I can put between my knees.  But then other nights I sleep perfectly! I suppose it all depends!

Best Moment this week: Getting beat up by the baby! Last night she kicked the fire out of me for about 2 hours straight and it was awesome.  I love the reassurance knowing that she's okay.  I could even lift up my shirt and watch her moving around in there -- very neat.

Miss Anything? Not really missing anything this week! My decaf coffee is even cutting it for me right now! :)

Movement: Yep, daily.  There are days when she's less active and it scares me to death but she always makes up for it the following day... I suppose she has lazy days like Mommy!

Food Cravings: Nope, my sweets cravings has even cooled it a bit, I'm digging fruit right now.  Last night Kyle and I ate half a pound of grapes in one sitting.  I'm also putting blueberries in my cereal every morning and having a banana every evening... which reminds me, I need to go the grocery and get some more fruit, apples are sounding pretty tasty right now!

Anything making you sick or queasy: Nope!

Gender: Female

Labor Signs: None!

Symptoms: Growing belly, movement, various bouts of insomnia, but that's about it!

Belly Button in or out? In but still looking odd, I'd say it's just a matter of time!

Wedding Rings on or off? On, but I'm taking them off at night because I've read horror stories of people waking up and having to get them sawed off... lol

Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy! I did get a little emotional watching American Idol the other night, and I've been stressed at school (but that was warranted) but 97% of the time I'm just super happy! :)

Looking forward to: Well we officially have everything for the nursery now except the crib bedding so I would love to get that baby painted and set up, but right now we've got a guy in here tiling our master bathroom floor and shower, and Kyle is in the process of painting and updating the downstairs bathroom so I'm sure it's still a few weeks out.  Plus I would like to get the bedding first so the crib doesn't look so bare.  Maybe I'll order that online today! :)