If I had made it a New Year's Resolution, it would be pretty much broken by now. LOL. Anyway, here I am.
Ok, Updates:
We're 27 weeks tomorrow - which means Little Man *should* be making his grand appearance in about 12 weeks. Do the math and that's only 39 weeks...why? Well, here's why. When we went for our 20 week sonogram, they looked at all the anatomical aspects of the baby, one of which is the umbilical cord. A normal umbilical cord has 2 arteries and 1 vein. Ours has one of each - it's called a Two Vessel Cord or Single Artery Umbilical cord. While the doctor assured us that everything else is perfectly normal, it was still nerve wracking to hear. I'll be relieved when he gets here, safe and healthy! Even though it only appears in only 1% of pregnancies, it is the most common cord condition to have - and it means we get another sonogram which means more pictures!
So, with that said, the doctor told us he would likely induce me at 39 weeks because one of the risks associated with this cord condition is still birth. Our original due date was May 11 and May 4th marks the beginning of 39 weeks so, I'm pretty much tracking a delivery around May 4th. I've let all my teachers know and they're willing to work with me which is awesome. What will not be awesome is to have to study and take finals about a week or so after giving birth. But I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. :)
Surfer Dude is doing well - he's more active now, especially at night. But I noticed that when I've have a long week or a stressful day, he's pretty quiet. Which in turn makes me even more nervous. I've been doing kick counts from about 23 weeks just to assure myself he's still doing ok. I think he's a heavy sleeper like his Daddy because sometimes it will take him a while to wake up and start moving again.
As far as Mommy and Daddy go, we are slowly but surely getting ready. We have set aside the week of Spring Break to get his room ready. We have some furniture to take apart since it was formerly our office, but I'm hoping we can get it all accomplished that week. I have no plans for painting since we will have to repaint anyway when we leave. I really can;t complain about this second trimester. Health wise, I've been feeling fine and with the working out and swimming for school a lot of my back pain has gone away. I'm hoping that continuing to gain my strength back will help with a smooth delivery. I've also noticed that I'm not as tight when I start swimming. Praise the Lord for that!
How far
along: 26 weeks, 6 days
Total weight
gain: Not sure, our scale is broken... ;)
Maternity
clothes: Yep
Stretch
marks: Not yet!
Sleep: restless, lots of tossing and turning
Best moment
of this week: Holding my neighbors' brand new baby girl - her butt rested on my tummy and Micah was kicking right where her butt was. They had a small bonding moment :)
Miss
anything: being able to work out at the level I want to
Movement: Lots of movement at night
Food
cravings: pancakes!
Anything
make you queasy or sick: Nope
Have you
started to show yet: haha... My neighbor says I get bigger by the day!
Gender: Male
Labor signs: not real labor, just Braxton Hicks
Belly button
in or out: Half in, Half out
Wedding
rings on or off: on!
Happy or
moody most of the time: Happppyyyyyy!!!!!
