Week:28

Weight: -1

Well, I’ve finally entered into the last and final trimester of this pregnancy. On the one hand, it seems to be flying by and on the other hand, I can’t wait to get to the end!!!!

While I’m still having a pregnancy that’s not plagued with any major problems or complications, the wonderful initial feeling of “Oh, I can’t even tell I’m pregnant!” is no longer applicable! The baby is approximately three pounds now and sometimes I’m feeling all three of those pounds directly on my pelvis, mostly in the most uncomfortable of spots! I don’t mean to sound ungrateful for this whole blessed and joyous of experiences, but this week I’m just tired of being pregnant!!!

This baby has taken to kicking my cervix, pelvic area, and not to mention my ass (literally!). While it’s reassuring to know your baby is kicking and moving around, it’s not so fun when it’s painful and uncomfortable. What’s also frustrating is that he’s doing all these acrobatics but whenever people ask to feel it, he suddenly gets shy, especially with his daddy! I think Saji’s only felt his kicks a handful of times. I’m sure that’ll all change very soon as he gets bigger and has less room to move around.

This week, I lost another pound and I’m sure the doctor will discuss that with me again if it keeps up. The good news is that Baby AM is ahead in both growth/size for his development, so my decrease in weight has not endangered him really. I think being so uncomfortable a lot of the times has made my appetite go south. I find I have to force myself to have a couple bites here and there and I have no particular cravings for anything lately. Overall, I just feel thirsty again like I did at the beginning of my pregnancy which lets me know that I’m may be dehydrated a lot easier than usual. And despite losing weight, my stomach has gotten rounder and I still feel like I look like a beached whale.  Yes, pregnancy does wonders for your self-esteem in that sense!

This weekend I had a bit of a scare because I was experiencing Braxton Hicks contractions (harmless, practice contractions) combined with Baby AM sitting so low. It was putting this aching pressure on my pelvis and my Dr’s office was worried I might be experiencing preterm labor. Luckily a visit to the office on Monday showed no consistent contraction patterns and no other signs of anything more serious than just being uncomfortable and pregnant!

Saji took a weekend trip to Miami with some other expectant fathers-to-be in his friend circle. I felt bad even mentioning that I was having BH contractions b/c I knew he would be worrying so much and even contemplate coming back home. Luckily, I managed through the weekend and all’s well that ends well.  He enjoyed his trip with the boys and Baby AM was in no danger of making an early debut.

I have one more ultrasound scheduled for next week and Saji’s able to come with me for this one. I’m quite excited to have him see a bigger and more active baby from the last time he viewed him at 17 weeks. Hopefully Baby AM is cooperative this time and provides all the pictures that are needed! 

I’m looking forward to Thanksgiving food, but you know all the pregnancy books warn you not to overload on carbs. It’s too bad that I can eat my weight in stuffing! I’ll be tempting my absent appetite with thoughts of all those delicious holiday carbs!

Lastly, I CANNOT SLEEP AT ALL ANYMORE. Ugh! It’s so frustrating and I guess it’s great training for the months to come but it sucks now when I need my rest the most. I think I’m so worn out mentally and physically because of the lack of sleep. I cannot deal with life’s daily frustrations without proper REM sleep. I find myself getting easily disparaged and annoyed at the slightest things. I also have adapted this new policy of just avoiding all things stressful which is bad at times because I’m not dealing just avoiding. But i’ts straight up survival mode I’m in now. I’m using reserve nerves!!

I’m averaging about 4-5 hours of sleep a night lately! It doesnt’ help that I get up every hour or two to go to the bathroom. Even now, I’m up late writing this blog because sleep is alluding me once again. One of the reasons that I can’t sleep is that I can’t get comfortable. I used to sleep on my stomach and now I have to sleep on my side and despite using a pregnancy pillow, (which used to work wonderfully before), I just can’t get comfortable without my arm or leg falling asleep on me. Speaking of legs, holy hellllll, do I have some aching legs!! In fact, in general I’m pretty sore when I wake up mornings. I have Saji give me a massage before he goes to work in the mornings, if he has time. That has provided some relief, especially in my lower back, and it seems to nudge Baby AM further up and away from his favorite position which is right on top of his favorite play toy,  my bladder.

Hopefully, the holidays will provide some much needed R&R!!