27 Weeks

27 weeks kind of feels like no man's land. I'm starting to feel badly again (yuck) but my due date still seems so far away (double yuck!). I had an OB appointment on Monday, which included getting my Rhogam shot and taking my glucose test. Two super fun things.

The nurse pricked my finger for my glucose test and told me she would be right back with the results. I wasn't worried :) Silly me.

I failed by ONE point :( So, it is on to the three hour test for me. And I get to be there at 7:30 am! Seriously, one point? Too bad I couldn't do extra credit on the spot and save myself the three hours. HOPEFULLY, since I only failed by one point I will pass the first two hours of the next test and be done. We'll see!

One good thing that came out of the blood work though, is that since they tested it, they ran my iron count too, and turns out I was in desperate need of some iron supplements. Since my pregnancy with Izzie, I've know that I was anemic, but I've always just been borderline. Probably the past two weeks, I have felt so badly: exhausted, faint, and like I could literally pass out at times. Turns out that I am past borderline now, and my iron count was extremely low. So, I have been taking iron and am starting to feel better.

My belly is really growing now (see picture below!) which means so is Baby Boy. Just like Izzie, he is super active and can already make me yell out with his movements. This little guy can really hurt me already! But I do love knowing that he is growing big and strong. I am trying to drink a lot of water at night to help avoid getting charlie horses in my feet and legs like I got all the time with Izzie, and it does seem to be helping. I can sometimes feel them coming on, but I've learned how to position my feet to stop it! I am already starting to have a hard time breathing and can feel my ribs squashing my organs- always pleasant :) I'm already getting Braxton Hicks contractions-I got them early with Izzie, too. I had been having a hard time sleeping, not because I am at the point where I am so uncomfortable (because I am not there yet), but because I just couldn't fall asleep or stay asleep. So, I decided to buy myself one of those sleep masks because even the light on the cable box would cast shadows on the ceiling and keep me up! And let me just say that I am a Superfan of my new sleep mask. I use it every night and LOVE it! I highly recommend trying one if you haven't. I rave about it so much that Joe even tries to steal it, but I always win. Don't mess with Mama!

But like I said, although I have officially reached the no longer cute-looking, no longer fun part of pregnancy, the aches and pains are all worth knowing that Baby Boy is active and growing. And I know you are wondering, but no, he still has no name. There are several names that we both like, and Joe will commit, but for some reason, I just can commit to any of them. I really don't know why it is so hard! Maybe we can just wait for him to be born and let him choose his own name!

(Sorry it's a dark picture! I had to set timer and rig the camera up high enough so it wasn't chopping off my head! You get the general idea though.)