Third Trimester!

How far along? 27 weeks, 1 day!

Maternity clothes? Pants, yes! I can still wear some pre-pregnancy shirts and dresses.

Gain? I've gained 5lbs in the last 2 weeks.. making me up 10lbs total now. I think some of it is fluid due to the extreme heat and i've been on steroids from being really sick.

Stretch marks? No new ones.

Sleep? I wake up a lot in the night and my 2 year old has been sleeping like crap! But, I try to sleep when I can!

Best moment this week? Starting the 3rd trimester!!!

Movement? He's been moving a lot lately and some of the kicks feel really weird! Lol

Foods I am loving? Sonic! Bacon, egg and cheese toasters, cheese fries and grilled cheese!

Foods I am hating? Most things just don't sound good these days!

Symptoms? Migraines, mood swings, HOT flashes, random waves of nausea & horrible pubic area pain

Gender? Still a boy!!

What I'm looking forward to? Feeling him roll and my belly getting rounder and bigger =)

Weekly Wisdom: Keep cool in this intense heat and if you have a young toddler... rest when they rest!

Milestones: Just hit my 3rd trimester yesterday and realized I have about 83 days until my scheduled csection!!

27 weeks!

How your baby's growing:
This week, your baby weighs almost 2 pounds (like a head of cauliflower) and is about 14 1/2 inches long with her legs extended. She's sleeping and waking at regular intervals, opening and closing her eyes, and perhaps even sucking her fingers. With more brain tissue developing, your baby's brain is very active now. While her lungs are still immature, they would be capable of functioning — with a lot of medical help — if she were to be born now. Chalk up any tiny rhythmic movements you may be feeling to a case of baby hiccups, which may be common from now on. Each episode usually lasts only a few moments, and they don't bother her, so just relax and enjoy the tickle.

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I've been really sick pretty much the entire time we've been in GA visiting. It's some type of viral sinus/bronchitis crap that almost everyone in my family had a least a touch of. Everyone is better now and i'm still wheezing and hacking up a lung like an 80 year old man who smokes a few packs of cigs a day. Yesterday I went to the doctor for the 4th time lol. Apparently, my asthma is seriously acting up this pregnancy. I've never had issues with my asthma like this. I always have a lot of wheezing and chest congestion when I get bronchitis due to my asthma but it never lasts this long. My doctor (who was my doctor pretty much my entire childhood/young adult hood and is my mom's dr) consulted with an OB in town & together they put me on a serious course of steriods (prednisone). I'm taking 2 - 20mg tabs a day for 10 days. Yesterday I also got a steroid shot (decadron) in my bum for fasting action till the oral steroids kick in. I'm still on breathing treatments (albuterol) every 6 hours and taking Advair and antibiotics - just in case although it's likely totally viral since i'm still having issues. It's been really difficult being pregnant.. especially big and pregnant and this sick. Last Friday was the 3rd time I went to the doctor and they did 2 breathing treatments in office and sent me for an xray thinking it was possibly pneumonia. Xrays are like forbidden when pregnant, so I know my doctor was really worried. Xrays came back okay, thankfully, but when the breathing treatments didn't do much and I was having horrible body aches and a nasty migraine, they sent me over to the ER to get fluids and iv pain medication. I've definitely felt a bit better since the fluids and my body aches haven't been like they were then. I'm just still dealing with this annoying wheezing and coughing. Well... enough about my sickies.

I'm trying to think of anything else pertinent. Oh - I have my 3D ultrasound scheduled for July 30th! I'm really excited to see my little guy again! Also, my mom and best friend Liz are about to start planning my baby shower. It's going to be about a week before I leave.. so maybe August 13th or 14th. Other than that nothing much is going on! I have seriously been slacking on taking pictures of Maddox... but I am going to try to get back in the picture groove asap! When I get some, I'll make a picture post!