28 Weeks Pregnant
Your Pregnancy: Week 28
You may have given a passing thought to what the new member of the household will be like (and by "passing thought" we mean obsessive rumination). Will she be a good sleeper? Will he draw on the furniture with a Sharpie? Get an inside scoop by pumping your own parents for information on how you and your partner were as kids: how much you weighed at birth, your first words the first time you cut off all of Barbie's hair. ... Your parents will get misty at the memories and you may, too. Maybe out of hope for the future, maybe out of fear for your leather sofa.Wondering what's up with your body, your baby and your life this week? Read on ...
What You're Thinking:
"Billions of people have children and figure it out. So I must be able to do it too, right? Right! Right?"
Your Body:
Woohoo! You have hit the third trimester mark, so add another notch to your belt (both figuratively and literally). If your early blood workup showed that you are Rh negative, you'll need to get a shot of RhoGAM, or Rh immunoglobulin, this week. The shot prevents potential complications in a future baby you may carry if that baby is Rh positive. Your Rh status doesn't matter when it comes to this baby, but you'll want to get the shot in case you're planning on having more bambinos. If your baby is born with Rh-positive blood (because Papa chipped in an Rh-positive gene), you'll be given another dose of RhoGAM after you deliver to make sure everything will be good to go for any future pregnancies.
If your glucose screening test came back positive, your doc will probably want to give you a glucose tolerance test some time soon. The test—for gestational diabetes—involves some dietary changes in the days leading up to it (more carbs!) and a longer visit to the doc on the day of the test (it's a three-hour test instead of the one-hour one you took the first time). And it's another chance to load up on that yummy glucose cocktail—shaken, not stirred! If you do end up testing positive for gestational diabetes, your doctor will probably put you on a super-healthy diet for the remainder of your pregnancy.
Your Baby
As the Big Day nears, your baby is getting ready to go towards the light at the end of the tunnel (the tunnel being the birth canal, the light being the one the doctor is shining directly into it so she can see what the heck she's doing).
Other highlights this week:Your baby's eyes are partially open now and can blink. Truly superior babies can actually wink. (OK, there is no way to prove that, but it's fun to imagine, no?) Your baby can also now become a shiny, happy person as she has begun having rapid eye movement (Get it? REM? Shiny, happy person?? We'll be here all week.)Her eyes have color now, too. It may not be the color she ultimately ends up with, especially if they're light gray or blue. The eyes typically don't settle on a final hue until nine months after baby is born. So when your mother-in-law says that the baby has her eyes, you can politely inform her that they'll most likely change soon.
Sorry.
Your babe is downright chubby compared to a few weeks ago. She is about 15 inches long, about the length of an amusement park cinnamon-sugar-coated churro (yum!), and weighs 2 to 3 pounds.
Your Life
Time to PAR-TAY! Someone in your inner circle will undoubtedly want to toast and roast you with a baby shower so help a sista out and create a list of guest names and addresses. Save a copy of this list for yourself—it will come in handy later for writing thank-you notes. Let the hostess know your registry information—she'll want to include it in the invitation. It's OK to be upfront about what you want and need. Let's face it, no matter how cuddly, no baby needs 42 teddy bears.Twiddling your thumbs waiting for junior to arrive? You'll never again have this kind of free time, so lap it up and indulge in a ridiculous reality-TV marathon. Order in food and veg out on the sofa for the Celebrity Fit Club Marathon.
From the Mind of the Mommy:
Ok so here's the REAL story...
I went to the doctor today and had my initial Blood Glucose screening. They make you drink this sweet Sprite like drink really really fast! Then you see the doctor for a regular check-up and some information about pre term birth. Then you get to spend the remainder of the hour sitting in the waiting room...yay. After waiting and waiting and waiting...did I mention this was all done on an empty stomach...and waiting...they drag you back in and draw your blood!!!!!! Evil plan, starve pregnant people and then poke them with needles! So now I go back to the doctor in 2 weeks to find out if I have to have a much much LONGER test where there draw my blood over and over and over again...Starve starve starve...poke poke poke! Haha it really wasn't that bad my morning sure flew by!
If you read the above the I am NOT Rh negative so that paragraph really doesn't apply to me.
Things are progressing at home. Mike's busting his butt to work on the upstairs...we definitely bit off more that we can chew buts it's getting done! Between him and Lil' Michael ( and some borrowed friends ) they think they will have ALL the drywall up this week in our room! This is VERY exciting! :) I need to get up and take some more pictures but it's too "dangerous" up there for prego and man those stairs are getting harder to climb...I wanted a 2 storey house because????
My mom and Laura came over last night to taste test for the baby shower and measure for baby room curtains! We had so much fun. Cassy and the girls came by for a while too! They stayed until almost 9:30! I can't wait for them to come back!
I located my stethoscope so now we are able to find the baby's heartbeat at home! I can also hear Molly and Peanuts heart beats too! Ba boom Ba boom Ba boom Ba boom Ba boom Ba boom Ba boom Ba boom Ba boom Ba boom Ba boom Ba boom! Really fast!
Ok that's all for this week! I hope I didn't forget anything! :)
Your Pregnancy: Week 28
You may have given a passing thought to what the new member of the household will be like (and by "passing thought" we mean obsessive rumination). Will she be a good sleeper? Will he draw on the furniture with a Sharpie? Get an inside scoop by pumping your own parents for information on how you and your partner were as kids: how much you weighed at birth, your first words the first time you cut off all of Barbie's hair. ... Your parents will get misty at the memories and you may, too. Maybe out of hope for the future, maybe out of fear for your leather sofa.Wondering what's up with your body, your baby and your life this week? Read on ...
What You're Thinking:
"Billions of people have children and figure it out. So I must be able to do it too, right? Right! Right?"
Your Body:
Woohoo! You have hit the third trimester mark, so add another notch to your belt (both figuratively and literally). If your early blood workup showed that you are Rh negative, you'll need to get a shot of RhoGAM, or Rh immunoglobulin, this week. The shot prevents potential complications in a future baby you may carry if that baby is Rh positive. Your Rh status doesn't matter when it comes to this baby, but you'll want to get the shot in case you're planning on having more bambinos. If your baby is born with Rh-positive blood (because Papa chipped in an Rh-positive gene), you'll be given another dose of RhoGAM after you deliver to make sure everything will be good to go for any future pregnancies.
If your glucose screening test came back positive, your doc will probably want to give you a glucose tolerance test some time soon. The test—for gestational diabetes—involves some dietary changes in the days leading up to it (more carbs!) and a longer visit to the doc on the day of the test (it's a three-hour test instead of the one-hour one you took the first time). And it's another chance to load up on that yummy glucose cocktail—shaken, not stirred! If you do end up testing positive for gestational diabetes, your doctor will probably put you on a super-healthy diet for the remainder of your pregnancy.
Your Baby
As the Big Day nears, your baby is getting ready to go towards the light at the end of the tunnel (the tunnel being the birth canal, the light being the one the doctor is shining directly into it so she can see what the heck she's doing).
Other highlights this week:Your baby's eyes are partially open now and can blink. Truly superior babies can actually wink. (OK, there is no way to prove that, but it's fun to imagine, no?) Your baby can also now become a shiny, happy person as she has begun having rapid eye movement (Get it? REM? Shiny, happy person?? We'll be here all week.)Her eyes have color now, too. It may not be the color she ultimately ends up with, especially if they're light gray or blue. The eyes typically don't settle on a final hue until nine months after baby is born. So when your mother-in-law says that the baby has her eyes, you can politely inform her that they'll most likely change soon.
Sorry.
Your babe is downright chubby compared to a few weeks ago. She is about 15 inches long, about the length of an amusement park cinnamon-sugar-coated churro (yum!), and weighs 2 to 3 pounds.
Your Life
Time to PAR-TAY! Someone in your inner circle will undoubtedly want to toast and roast you with a baby shower so help a sista out and create a list of guest names and addresses. Save a copy of this list for yourself—it will come in handy later for writing thank-you notes. Let the hostess know your registry information—she'll want to include it in the invitation. It's OK to be upfront about what you want and need. Let's face it, no matter how cuddly, no baby needs 42 teddy bears.Twiddling your thumbs waiting for junior to arrive? You'll never again have this kind of free time, so lap it up and indulge in a ridiculous reality-TV marathon. Order in food and veg out on the sofa for the Celebrity Fit Club Marathon.
From the Mind of the Mommy:
Ok so here's the REAL story...
I went to the doctor today and had my initial Blood Glucose screening. They make you drink this sweet Sprite like drink really really fast! Then you see the doctor for a regular check-up and some information about pre term birth. Then you get to spend the remainder of the hour sitting in the waiting room...yay. After waiting and waiting and waiting...did I mention this was all done on an empty stomach...and waiting...they drag you back in and draw your blood!!!!!! Evil plan, starve pregnant people and then poke them with needles! So now I go back to the doctor in 2 weeks to find out if I have to have a much much LONGER test where there draw my blood over and over and over again...Starve starve starve...poke poke poke! Haha it really wasn't that bad my morning sure flew by!
If you read the above the I am NOT Rh negative so that paragraph really doesn't apply to me.
Things are progressing at home. Mike's busting his butt to work on the upstairs...we definitely bit off more that we can chew buts it's getting done! Between him and Lil' Michael ( and some borrowed friends ) they think they will have ALL the drywall up this week in our room! This is VERY exciting! :) I need to get up and take some more pictures but it's too "dangerous" up there for prego and man those stairs are getting harder to climb...I wanted a 2 storey house because????
My mom and Laura came over last night to taste test for the baby shower and measure for baby room curtains! We had so much fun. Cassy and the girls came by for a while too! They stayed until almost 9:30! I can't wait for them to come back!
I located my stethoscope so now we are able to find the baby's heartbeat at home! I can also hear Molly and Peanuts heart beats too! Ba boom Ba boom Ba boom Ba boom Ba boom Ba boom Ba boom Ba boom Ba boom Ba boom Ba boom Ba boom! Really fast!
Ok that's all for this week! I hope I didn't forget anything! :)
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