29 Weeks

How Far Along: 29 Weeks 

Size of Baby: She should be around 15 inches long and close to 3 lbs now. She will be fattening up from here on out! 

Movement: She is moving everyday, but not a whole lot! I think it’s safe to say that she’s not an overly active baby, which we are hoping will be a huge blessing after she arrives. We have our hopes up for a good sleeper, like her mommy and daddy! 😉 The other night she was moving a ton after I had fallen asleep. Her movements didn’t actually wake me up…Matt did! He was so excited and hadn’t fallen asleep yet. At our last appointment, she was pretty much sideways, with her head under my right rib cage and her feet and bottom above the left side of my pelvis. I haven’t felt her have the hiccups yet, but I know that is something that can be felt about this time. 

Sleep: Great! I’m hoping I can still say that in about 5-10 more weeks, but very thankful that I’ve slept so good for this long! 

What I miss: Being able to build endurance while exercising. Every week I work out 3 days, but I feel like I start building my endurance all over again each week. As my belly gets bigger, I can feel it in my work outs. I miss seeing and feeling obvious progress each week that I work out!

What I’m looking forward to: SPRING BREAK! Our church has a packed out weekend to celebrate Easter. We have a Good Friday service on Friday night, a church-wide Pot Luck on Saturday afternoon, and the Baptism Sunday on Easter morning. My parents are coming to spend Easter Sunday with us at Integrity and then Matt and I are going to Myrtle Beach with his family for a few days! I’m so excited for a break from work to enjoy the nice, spring weather! It’s so hard to work inside all day and not be able to take advantage of how good it feels out there!

Symptoms: Lower back pain (not a surprise at this point)! On Monday, I woke up with a shooting pain on my lower right back. Matt had to push me up out of bed and then, once I had my feet on the ground, I couldn’t step and put any pressure on my right foot without the pain getting worse. I laid back down on a heating pad and the pain went away around lunch time. Since then, I’ve been laying on the heat every night before I fall asleep, hoping that it will help prevent that from happening again. Other than back pain, I haven’t really had any other symptoms besides a growing belly! 

Best Moment of the Week: Matt surprised me on Tuesday night with a date night to Ribeyes! It just opened last week right around the corner! It was SO good. They have the best salad bar and their sweet potatoes are amazing! Matt couldn’t believe that I ate every last bite of my potato and didn’t finish my grilled chicken, but it’s just that good! Another exciting thing that happened this week was that Holland’s wooden monogram, to hang above her crib, came in! I sanded and painted it last night and will post pictures of the finished product after Matt hangs it up! 
 
Random Facts: I’m pretty sure I passed my glucose test! My appointment was a week ago today and I haven’t gotten a phone call. The nurse who drew my blood for the test said I would either receive a call (in 24-48 hours) saying that I didn’t pass or I’d receive a letter in the mail saying that I did. I’m assuming that a letter is on it’s way and that I passed! I was not wanting to have to do the more extensive 3-hour glucose test if I had failed the first one.

28 Weeks