Mah Belleh Friday!

How far along? 28w6d

Stretch marks? Nope, none. I thought my linea negra was starting to show up, but it seems to have haulted operations. I am not complaining.

Sleep: DUUUUDE! I've had a hard time rolling over and felt really weird in my back but this morning I was rolling over and felt/heard this huge POP! AAAAHHHHH--absolute relief! I can turn, twist, and roll over. Fire off the confetti cannons and let's strike up the band--this deserves a parade!!

Best moment this week: My MW showing me where her head and butt are. I pretty much rub her little butt all day long... Is that weird? LOL!

Movement: She really does recognize DH's voice. He always talks to her when I get home from work and when I leave for work in the morning and immediately she goes from being quiet and still to tickling the crap out of me. It's fabulous.

Food commentary: Thank you jeebus for inventing waffle fries and ranch dressing. I'm trying to only allow myself to have them once a week, but when I do, LOOK OUT! There will surely be moaning as I chomp down those tasty f'ers!

Labor Signs: None--let's keep it that way mmkay?

Belly Button in or out? Getting more shallow and now there's a wee bit of a white ring around it where the "don't normally see the sun" parts are turning inside out. But it's not even close to becoming an outie. That shit will freak me out!

What I miss: At this moment, nothing. (Okay, there is a "who," but I don't think that's what this question is referring to...)

What I am looking forward to: Well, clearly meeting this little one, but now that I've seen the invitations to my shower I really can't wait! Kudos to my sisters on making a fabulous selection--I literally squealed with excitement when I spotted it on my sister's fridge.

Weekly Wisdom: The more I let myself think like a pregnant lady, I act like a pregnant lady. I think I've just gotta mind over matter with some aches and pains because really, they're not that bad. I don't want to be a whiner!

Weekly WTF: WTF hormones?! Please let me listen to that effing Michael Buble song without crying. Please! It's embarassing!

Nesting madness: Making some nursery decisions this weekend, drywall repairs in the baby's room are scheduled for the first full weekend of August. Looking forward to checking more things off the list!

Milestones: If my MW/OB office ever calls me back, I'll find out if I passed my gestational diabetes test that I had on Tuesday. I've called daily for the results, but they've been unable to get my MW to sign off on them in order to release them to me. (So I guess this doubles as a WTF?)

Mah Belleh Friday

I already answered the quiz questions for the week, but I figured I should stay consistent and offer up a belly pic. Here I am, my ghetto bathroom photo and ghetto booty at 27w6d...

Warms me heart!

Last night when I crawled into bed, exhausted but totally running on adrenaline after an amazing Lady Gaga show, DH rolled over and started running his hands along my shoulders/upper back and told me that he wants to get researching on every chiropractor/acupunturist/version expert in the vicinity and have it on-hand in the case our baby is breech later in our pregnancy.

SWOON!

He then went on to say that I'm the strongest person he's ever met... that I always pull through on things, power through to get the job done, show such determination even when things are tough. He said that he knows if a breech baby isn't in my path, that I can do this whole natural childbirth thing and that I'll be great at it.

DOUBLE SWOON!

I don't know if he had spent the evening reading one of the coaching books and came up with this speech, but I ate up every.single.word of it. Seriously, I could just cry thinking about it. He was just that sweet.

He knows exactly how bad I want this, respects that, and will do anything to make sure I can do it. Makes me love him even more than I already do!

(Now we just have to wait out the next 12+ weeks to see what happens!)

Onwards and outwards

I've been meaning to blog--so much so that when I logged in to see the last time I did, I was shocked because I had mentally written a nice handful of posts over the past few weeks, but alas they were apparently figments of my imagination.

So here are a few of my klassy missing belly photos:

26 weeks:


27 weeks:


Now for the weekly survey:

How far along? 27w3d

Stretch marks? None yet. Rubbing that Burt's Bees Mama Bee Belly Balm on daily and hoping for a miracle. (A girl can dream, right?)

Sleep: Not bad, actually. I've been doing the Bradley sleep position and have been feeling pretty good. It's getting hard to roll over, though, it's easy to twist myself funny.

Best moment this week: Every moment that she's kicking, I'm in absolute effing heaven. I love watching and feeling her move. Oh and I think I felt my first body part! I couldn't tell if it was a head or a butt, but I felt a larger, rounded item the other night. It sent me in a tizzy of pressing all over my tummy trying to feel other body parts, to which I was unsuccessful.

Movement: Awesome, awesome, awesome. Did I mention awesome?

Food commentary: Thank jeebus for prunes and Fiber One bars. That's all I'm sayin'.

I've also been enjoying an inordinate amount of cereal throughout this pregnancy, especially Frosted Mini Wheats.

WTF trail mix? Why are you so delicious!

Labor Signs: None

Belly Button in or out? Continually getting more shallow, still veering to the right a bit. Comical.

What I miss: I'd like to roll over at night more comfortably, but whatever.

What I am looking forward to: Birthin' this baby somewhere in the next 80+ days.

Weekly Wisdom: Okay, so people weren't kidding about being pregnant when it's hot outside. I take everything I said back about how well I handle heat and how it wasn't bothering me. After we spent almost a week in 90+ degree weather, I just felt sick every day.

Weekly WTF: WTF hospitals? Why do you and your policies scare me so much? Even when I'm reading a pamphlet about how great your natural labor support is, when I see the section about all of your high-tech options, I start to feel a little ill.

Nesting madness: Our porch floor refinishing project is nearing the end, and DH decided to sand/stain the wood instead of repainting. It's been a long process and I'm not quite convinced it's going to hold up to the elements, but we'll see--and DH is so dang proud of it that it makes me smile.

We also have an electrician (finally) coming today to do the work needed in the baby's room, so we can finish the drywall after that. Progress!

Milestones: I AM IN THE THIRD TRIMESTER! DOUBLE DIGITS, YA'LL!! HOLY BALLS, CAN YOU EFFING BELIEVE IT!?!?!?