Breadcrumb Week 28 - Hello Third Trimester!

How far along: 28 weeks. Hello third trimester! 

Total Weight Gain/Loss: Up 10 pounds from pre-pregnancy weight as of 5/12; will find out if I've gained anything at my appointment on Thursday

Symptoms:

• food aversions, specifically protein; chicken is getting easier to eat and I'll eat beef if Keegan grills it.
• tiredness let's try exhaustion 
• loss of sex drive
• constipation
• getting winded easier
• super vibrant dreams  
• heartburn / acid reflux - this is now an every day occurrence. It gets worse when I lie down
• round ligament pains
• fast heart rate
• Swelling 
• increase in what I think are Braxton Hicks. My entire abdomen gets hard, but it doesn't hurt at all.
• I've officially had to go up a size in underwear. Apparently my backside is expanding as fast as my middle. 

Maternity clothes: Yep. A few of my shirts that I purchased in a "large" are getting small.   

Stretch marks: As far as I can tell, just the two

Sleep: Another week of good and bad nights. One night I was up multiple times to pee and had really bad heartburn, so I got a total of maybe 4 hours of sleep. 

Best moment last week: Nothing really stand out, just another week of growing. 

Movement: Yep! I'm feeling bigger movements (rolls maybe?) and I keep trying to get Keegan to feel them, but Breadcrumb will calm down as soon as Keegan's hand is on my stomach, the little stinker. 

Food cravings: Water. I can't seem to get enough! I've also really been enjoying watermelon and raspberries.

Gender: Our little man!

Labor signs: Increase in what I think are Braxton Hicks, and maybe one or two painful "contractions" (not really sure if they're contractions, but they hurt!)

Belly button? Still shallow. Hasn't changed much recently.   

What I miss: A nice cold Coke sounds so good in this heat!   

What I am looking forward to: Our baby shower is this weekend! I'm so excited to see our friends and families. I haven't seen my family since Christmas, our main group of friends since October, and some of Keegan's family since our wedding in 2012!

Baby Buys: Still holding out for our baby showers, but we did buy a "diaper pail," a.k.a. a trashcan. 

Milestones: I took my glucose test on Wednesday (5/14) and found out I failed on Saturday (5/17.) The "normal" range was 65-139 and I was at 160 (not sure what the units of measurement are here.) My hemoglobin was also low at 9.9 ("normal" is 11.1 - 15.9) so I'll have to take iron supplements. I haven't spoken to my OB about this yet, I just had the results emailed to me, so we'll see what she says about the 3 hour test at my next appointment.

We also met with a potential midwife, but I'll probably do an entire post about that later.

Beginning of first, second, and third trimesters