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Week 28

February 15th, 2014
How far along:
28 weeks

Baby is the size of an:
Eggplant! We had our doctor’s appointment today and our little boy weighs 2lbs, 12oz! Some days I can’t believe that I have an almost 3lb baby in there!

Total weight gain:
I got weighed at the doctor today and gained a total of 20lbs so far. Eeks! 

Maternity Clothes?
Still having the same troubles as last week!

Stretch Marks?
No new ones.  

Sleep?
Sleep is getting harder. I’m back to using the bathroom in the middle of the night and some nights I’m really hurting. My stomach gets crampy, my back hurts and my mind is racing, thinking about everything that I still need to do and what’s about to come in three short months!

Best moment of the Week:
We had an ultrasound today and Baby J was so cute! We saw him kick, yawn and rub his eyes! We’re already so in love with our little one!

Movement:
Constantly! His kicks are definitely getting stronger and my stomach is moving like crazy when he does! I had my Glucose Test today (which by the way was super easy and I actually liked the drink!) and he went crazy afterwards, he must have loved all the sugar! :) I get my results by the end of the week!

Food Cravings:
Nothing unusual. 

Belly Button in or out:
Still in. 

Gender:
Sweet baby boy!

Symptoms:
This week was not fun. Besides my usual symptoms (acne, backache, rib pains), I developed a few new ones: Nose bleeds (like up to three a day) and my hands and feet started to swell. I’m not sure if it was because of the heat (we had temperatures in the 90’s last weekend) or just pregnancy related, but I wasn’t even able to take my rings off, which has never happened before.
I also experienced the same pain as last week, my stomach got really hard and it felt like I pulled a muscle and cramped at the same time. It really hurt! I asked my doctor about it today, and he said that this was normal and not to worry, unless it becomes a pattern.

Anything Making you queasy or Sick?
Feeling great!

Have you Started to Show yet?
Yes! 

What I miss:
Same old, same old.   

What I'm looking forward to:
We’ll have the first two baby classes this week, one breastfeeding class and one called “Baby Basics”. Did you know that Babies R Us offers free classes? 

What I'm not looking forward to:
More aches and pains.    

Weekly Wisdom:
Pregnancy is no walk in the park! :)


Wie weit:
28 Wochen

Baby ist so gross wie eine:
Aubergine! Wir hatten heute einen Arzttermin und der kleine Mann wiegt nun fast 1300g! An manchen Tagen kann ich gar nicht glauben, dass ich so ein “grosses” Baby im Bauch habe!

Insgesamte Gewichtszunahme:
Ich wurde heute beim Arzt gewogen und habe bereits 9kg zugenommen. Autsch! 

Umstandskleidung?
Ich habe immer noch das gleiche Problem wie letzte Woche!  

Schwangerschaftsstreifen?
Keine neuen. 

Schlaf?
Wird immer schwieriger. Ich muss mittlerweile wieder einmal pro Nacht zur Toilette und manchmal wache ich mit Schmerzen auf. Ich habe Kraempfe, mein Ruecken tut weh und ich habe zuviele Dinge im Kopf rumschwirren. Ich denke an all die Dinge, die ich noch erledigen muss und dann denke ich daran, was in drei kurzen Monaten auf uns zukommt!

Bester Moment der Woche:
Wir hatten heute einen Ultraschall und Baby J war so suess! Wir sahen ihn strampeln, gaehnen und wie er seine Augen rieb! Wir sind jetzt schon total verliebt in ihn!

Bewegungen des Babys:
Staendig! Seine Tritte werden immer staerker und mein Bauch  bewegt sich wie verrueckt, wenn er strampelt. Ich hatte heute meinen Diabetes Test (welcher uebrigens total einfach war und ich mochte das suesse Getraenk, was sie mir gaben) und danach hat er ohne Ende gestrampelt, er mag anscheinend Zucker! Ich bekomme mein Ergebnis am Ende der Woche.

Heißhunger:
Nichts ungewoehnliches.  

Bauchnabel drinnen oder draussen:
Immer noch drinnen!

Geschlecht:
Ein Junge!

Symptome:
Diese Woche war weniger lustig. Neben meinen ueblichen Symptomen (Akne, Rueckenschmerzen, Rippenschmerzen) entwickelte ich diese Woche ein paar neue: Nasenbluten (bis zu dreimal am Tag) und meine Haende und Fuesse fingen an zu schwellen. Ich bin mir nicht sicher, ob es wegen der Hitze war (wir hatten am Wochenende ueber 30 Grad Celcius) oder einfach nur Schwangerschaft, aber ich konnte nicht einmal mehr meine Ringe abnehmen, was mir noch nie passiert ist.
Ich hatte ausserdem die gleichen Schmerzen wie letzte Woche, mein Bauch wurde super hart und es fuehlte sich an, als haette ich mir einen Muskel gezerrt und gleichzeitig hatte ich Kraempfe. Es tat wirklich weh. Ich habe heute meinen Arzt gefragt und er meinte, dass es normal sei und ich mir keine Sorgen machen muesste, ausser wenn es regelmaessig passiert. 

Gibt es etwas, wovon dir schlecht wird?
Nein, ich fuehle mich super!

Kann man dir die Schwangerschaft ansehen?
Ja!  

Was ich vermisse:
Das gleiche wie immer.

Worauf ich mich freue:
Wir haben diese Woche zwei Babykurse, einen Stillkurs und einen, der sich “Baby Grundlagen” nennt. Wusstet ihr, dass man bei Babies R Us kostelose Kurse machen kann?

Worauf ich mich nicht freue:
Mehr Schmerzen.  

Wöchentliche Weisheit:
Schwangerschaft ist kein Spaziergang! :) 
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Comments

  1. Gegen die frühen Übungswehen hat mir immer Magnesium sehr geholfen.
    Ha, ich mochte den "Saft" beim Glucosetest auch! *lach
    Ich freue much jede Woche auf deinen Schwangerschaftsbericht! Weiter so! Baby J bekommt tolle Eltern!

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  2. It's crazy how fast baby grows at this stage, right?! I've also had some feet swelling over the past few weeks. Foot rubs help ;)
    Good luck on your glucose test! Hope you're feeling well this week! :)
    xo kristen genevieve

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