Pregnant- 26wks 1d-- 97 more days!!!!!!!!
Gender: Still a surprise. A lot of people have been asking lately and even hinting that we know. I promise you people- WE HAVE NO IDEA! People also think I should know since I have been pregnant with both a boy and a girl. I have to tell you, this pregnancy is so much different than that other 2. I really have no feelings one way or the other. It is actually a really strange thing. I just KNEW with Nylin and Jace. This one? No clue.
Size of the baby- Peanut has put on quite a bit of weight by week 26 and is around a whopping 1.7 pounds. Peanuts total length is about 14 inches and is now starting to add a little fat to his/her bones, though s/he won't start accumulating too much fat until the last few weeks of pregnancy.
Peanuts Growth and Development
Peanuts heart continues to grow and develop at 26 weeks. We have even heard that we might be able to hear the heart beat through a traditional stethoscope placed on my belly. In addition to organ maturation the nerve pathways in Peanuts ears continue to develop and this will allow him/her to respond to sounds more consistently.
Sleep: I need more sleep. The two older kids keep coming in my room. I have no idea what to do anymore. I thought about getting up and going into Nylin's bed last night. Jason, Nylin and Jace were all snoring.
I am not too comfortable right now anyway and having to hear them snore is just not helping. Something has to change and FAST. I just have no idea what to do about it at this point. I really messed up by letting Nylin sleep with me when she was little. Jace started seeing her in my bed in the morning and I guess he figured that is where you are supposed to go when you wake up in the middle of the night.
Feeling: This week has really given me a run for my money. Late last week I started getting a lot of pelvic pain. It has only progressed. The best the doc can come up with is Syphysis Pubis Dysfunction. Sounds scary huh? It basically just means I have a lot of the hormone that is supposed to soften the pelvic area in order to prepare for birth. It causes my pelvic bone to be pretty soft which means sensitive. If I stand too long, put too much pressure on it or move my legs apart (think putting pants on or going up stairs) it will hurt. There is really nothing they can do so I just have to take it easy and pray it does not get really bad. I am going to stay optimistic here and say I can handle this and we are not going to have further complications from this. Just thinking of having even MORE pain if I do not take it easy scares me. It also freaks me out to think if I make it worse by not taking care of myself that I could end up in C-Section. If you know me then you know I am afraid of a c-section much like one might be afraid of death. Irrational? YES! Can I help it? NO!
I am just going to take it easy and hope for the very best.
Movement: Peanut is starting to put him or herself on a schedule. It seems like s/he is moving around at the same times everyday. I am going to start charting these times to compare to when Peanut arrives. They say the schedule they make on the inside is much like the schedule they have on the outside. I am in big trouble if this is true! Peanut wakes me up at least twice a night kicking the crap outta me.
Nylin and Jason are dying to feel Peanut and I am hoping to catch the little booger so they can feel.
Belly: I feel like I look the same. I was looking back at my 15 wk pic and comparing it to this week and I do not think I have grown too much. I popped early and it has pretty much leveled out. I am sure this will change in the coming weeks.
First picture is 15 wks and the second was just taken yesterday.
Next Appointment: March 17th- I will be 29 wks. After this I will go every 2 wks. I am in total shock that it is time for that already!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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