27 weeks

27 weeks, 3 days

This week, Baby T has seemed to find a liking to my bladder. Before I write these entries, I always start a draft and type in little notes so that I don't forget things that happened throughout the week. One of the first things I wrote for this week was "He's on my bladder." To give you an idea, this what a normal cross section would look like on a woman. Notice the large bladder with the smallish uterus on top.



This is what I'm dealing with now.


The babies head is jamming itself into a severely scrunched bladder. It takes almost nothing for it to feel full. Thankfully, I'm usually only a few steps away from the nearest bathroom.




(As you can see, I also got a haircut this week.)

Another milestone from this week is that I've started sleeping in Joe's tshirts. I can't really wear mine any longer unless I want them to be super tight and scrunch up into belly shirts. I have a bunch of new tanks that are maternity and very comfy but I try to save those for during the daytime. Luckily, Joe has 39,845 tshirts so there is no problem with running out before I get a chance to do laundry.

I also succumbed to buying a new ring and retiring my current wedding set. I actually stopped wearing my rings a few weeks ago, just in case, but I was self conscious that people were noticing my ring less ring finger, so Claire's to the rescue. $3.99 later, I have a plain "silver" band that practically slips off so I know it will last me till I'm okay with wearing my real set again. I don't think that my hands have been swelling too much because of pregnancy but moreso because of the heat. I've always had a pretty snug set of rings so I didn't want to test it and get them stuck.




Also, I did get a chance to order all of our nursery art this week. I had most of it picked out and just decided to bite the bullet. No sense in waiting. These are all 11X14 in size. I haven't decided if they will go above the crib or above the changing table.



I really want to get a fourth picture in navy but I didn't like any of the other sayings that the seller was offering so I'm gonna keep an eye out and hopefully she adds a few more in the near future.

I also had a seller on Etsy do a custom print for me. This one will only be 5X7 and will rest on one of the shelves on the wall. I also plan to create another custom piece for the shelves with his name, birth date and size but that will obviously need to wait until after he's here.



(Stay tuned for a separate post on nursery progress later this week!)




This week, his lungs should be getting the biggest workout. He's still practicing his breathing (granted he's not breathing in air, but amniotic fluid) so that he is ready to go once delivery is here. His nostrils have now opened so he has an even easier time practicing! Also, he should be sleeping and waking in regular intervals by now. I've heard that most babies will be pretty active at night and sleep during the day but it seems that he likes to play more in the afternoon. Please, oh please, let that mean we will have a baby who sleeps at night rather than the more common sleeps during the day and is wide awake at night. We shall see. He may be experiencing hiccups but so far I haven't noticed anything that feels like them.

Third Trimester, here we come!