29 Weeks...Time is Flying!

How Far Along: 29 weeks and 2 days
How Big Is Baby: Acorn squash
Total Weight Gain: Around 16-17 pounds. Nobody seems concerned that my weight has tapered off except me. Hoping to make up for it by next appointment

Sleep: Still doing it all the time. Actually, I find I sleep more now that I am getting further along. 

Movement: She got the hiccups for the first time last week. It is so cute, but I feel a little bad for her when she gets them. I hope she doesn't mind them. She has only gotten them one other time since.

What I Miss: Bending down with ease!
What I'm Looking Forward To: Finishing the nursery. I am currently stuck. I have executed all the ideas i could think of and am now at a stand still.
Milestones: I just looked up the milestones online and it says one milestone this week is hiccuping. I guess she is right on schedule with those hiccups!
Symptoms: I am really tired this week. Not sure if this is the new norm or just a busy growth week. Friday night I fell asleep before 6, woke up at 1:30 to do my treatments and went back to bed at 3 and slept until 8! That is a heck of a lot of sleep!

Other: Got the results to all  my blood work and am so excited to say that I passed both my diabetes test and the test for anemia.I am so relieved that I don't have to deal with diabetes and happy that i am getting enough iron. Woohoo!

Blown Away...

Holy CRAP!!!

I got a new compressor today and never realized how awful my old compressor was! The amount of mist coming out of this neb is enough to blow me away! No wonder my old neb took twice as long as to be expected for treatments. Also, this one doesn't sputter so my computer screen is still clean after using my nebs.

Hey, if it cuts down on my morning treatments maybe I can sleep in a little...now that is a nice thought :)

Sleepwalking

I mentioned in an earlier post that I get up to pee so often that I have learned to practically sleepwalk to the bathroom so I can easily fall back asleep. To prove to you how skilled (or unskilled) I am at this feat I have a story to share with you.

Upon needing to pee in the middle of the night I stumbled out of bed like usual and dragged my heavy tired body down the hall to our bathroom. The bathroom is quite close to the bedroom and the walk is pleasantly short, but this particular night I overestimated how short this little walk is and *SMACK* I turned too early and walked right into the wall about 2 feet before the turn to the bathroom. 

Not gonna lie it almost happened again the next time I got up to pee too...

What happened to my bellybutton?

My bellybutton is quite fascinating these days if I do say so myself. It ever so slowly crept out of its cave until it was a flat plane blending in with the rest of my stomach. I discovered that bellybuttons are actually significantly softer than the rest of my skin, who would have thought! Well, just a few days ago my belly button decided to half way cave back in, but left the top half to ever so slightly protrude beyond my belly. I guess this is the course it is taking to become an outie. Oh, the changes of pregnancy.

I had a growth scan today which was basically an ultrasound to make sure my little girl is growing like she should. The tech warned me that it would not be in depth like the past ultrasounds and that he was just grabbing a few measurements. First off, my baby is getting SO big!! I can't believe how much of my belly she is taking up! Also, my breech little baby started off head down! Yay! Of course within 6 minutes she found her way to a transverse position. At least she is trying head down since she needs to get used to it!

The ultrasound was fun, but she doesn't fit nicely on the screen anymore since she is huge. We get to see her in parts. He did his measurements and I wasn't able to see too well, but my husband had a great view. The whole time my bladder was exploding because they make you drink a bunch 1 1/2 hours before the ultrasound and hold your pee. When he gets done with the measurements he says, that he has to wait for my bladder to fill because he can't get a look at my cervix. Uhhh, you mean to tell me my bladder isn't full? Then why do I have the urge to pee all over this bed? He said we may need to wait for another 30 minutes to get the measurement he needs and that I should drink more water while waiting. Telling a pregnant woman to hold obscene amounts of water for several hours is a mighty request, but I really had no choice so I crossed my legs and hoped for the best.

Luckily, to kill time he lets us see each inch of our baby: both hands, both feet and legs, and various bones. He then asked if there was anything else we wanted to see. I felt like we covered all the bases, but asked to see her little heart. One of the best moments in my life was seeing the little heartbeat of my baby at the 8 week scan and 20 weeks later it still fills me with awe to see this little heart beating away. The tech was awesome and zoomed all the way in so we could see all 4 chambers. It really was spectacular!! He was also the fourth confirmation ( 13, 18, 20, 28 weeks) that we are indeed having a little girl. I laugh when people say not to count on the sex guess because sometimes the docs are wrong. I am not so sure 4 different ultrasound techs can be wrong. We also saw a close up of her girl parts and there is nothing boy about her!

He was able to get the measurements before our 30 minutes were up which was a relief.  We find out in a week if she is growing on schedule. Next week cannot come soon enough!

Cough Cough

So I got the cold from hell. I have done really well this pregnancy not catching anything my little students have. I dodged two outbreaks of lice, the stomach flu, the regular flu a close encounter with whooping cough, and various colds, but somehow this one found its way to me. I was coughing all night and feeling exhausted all day due to coughing so much. I stayed home from work Monday and Tuesday which for anyone who knows me, is not something I do often. If I am not contagious I go to work and if I stay home I usually feel guilty all day about it. I am not sure why, but I hate missing work.After a lot of reassurance from my hubby that it was the right thing to do, I stayed home on Monday to rest. I had clinic and my numbers were down a little. The docs think it is from the cold/normal smooshing of the lungs due to baby. The docs didn't seem worried, but I was freaking out internally because I still have 12 weeks left would really prefer to delay the lung squishing.

Monday night I was coughing so much that I thought I would go insane. At one point I was pounding around the bedroom cussing like a sailor because I didn't know what else to do (attractive huh). My husband and I both sleep like rocks so all my coughing and cussing had no effect on him while he remained in dreamland. All of the sudden I felt the little tap tap of Peanut. My little girl had no idea that I was sick. She didn't know i needed to work and I was missing out on sleep. She didn't know that I was worried about lung function and CF and being a good mommy to her while she grows inside of me. So as pissed off as I was that I got this nasty cold she reminded me of what really matters, her. I didn't want my bad mood to effect her in anyway so I put my butt back in bed and took the next day off. I am feeling better today, but still not 100%. I will keep you posted about my lungs/health.


News about Peanut
I like writing this part because it puts me in a much better mood than talking about being sick. My little breech baby who loves kicking down low or likes kicking her little legs on my right side has become more adventurous which i love! I have started to feel her kicks on other areas of my belly for a change and she is spending much less time being breech which is good because I of course want her head down as she gets bigger and ready for her appearance. The strangest kicks I get is when she is transverse (side to side) and I can feel her on both the left and right of my stomach! I am not sure is she is bouncing off one side and hitting the other or is she can stretch across my whole stomach and I feel both kicks and punches, but it sure is cool to get so much movement. Her daddy and I love feeling her and my husband already loves playing games with her. I know many parents feel this way, but sometimes I can't imagine that any baby could possibly be loved as much as our little one.

3rd Tri and a Cold

I am officially (by most sources) in the 3rd trimester!!! I can't believe how quickly time is flying by! I sometimes feel like I have barely started this pregnancy and it will be over in 3 months! I want to meet Peanut more than anything, but part of me does not want to have this pregnancy end especially since it may be my only pregnancy. I don't want to lose my bump and I love knowing my little girl is with me everywhere I go.

The other part of me is very nervous about third trimester. Unlike my friends who are worried about labor and delivery or the discomforts of pregnancy I am more concerned on how my CF will be effected by the lack of space for my lungs. I was talking to a co-worker who was saying she remembers feeling like she could never take a full breath by the end of pregnancy and how it was such a relief to just be able to BREATH again after her son arrived. That is exactly why I am a little scared of third tri!

I may have finally developed a cold. I spent a large portion of last night coughing and woke up to the tickly feeling in my throat that always seems to accompany a cold. My colds usually start with either a sore throat or a tickly throat/chest area, followed by incessant coughing for about 48 hours which results in a loss of voice. Then it either goes away like normal people or it turns into a respiratory infection. I have been so lucky with this pregnancy, but I am so disappointed to get a cold. Yes, I work with a bazillion little germy students everyday and yes most people do develop a cold once in 9 months, but I am still not happy about it. My friend was complaining that when you are sick in pregnancy it is so much worse because you can't take anything. I wish that was my only concern. I usually don't take anything for colds anyway, but I am just so worried about it going to my lungs. I am going to try my hardest to avoid a respiratory infection. It is a good think I have clinic on Monday so if my lung function is hit by this cold I can catch it right away.

Last piece of news, my best friend who is also pregnant is visiting tomorrow for the weekend. I am so excited to have a preggo weekend and spending quality time together. I really hope I am not coughing the whole weekend!!

26 weeks

How Far Along: 26 weeks and 3 days
How Big Is Baby: The size of a head of lettuce..a very strong kicking lettuce!
Total Weight Gain: Around 15 pounds. Woohoo!

Sleep: One of my favorite things to do.

Movement: YES! All the time. She loves kicking my bladder and cervix, but she also recently started flipping around and kicking my belly which is way better than the bladder.

Food Cravings: No cravings. Boring!
What I Miss: Sometimes I miss a nice cup of coffee.
What I'm Looking Forward To: My very best friend (who is also pregnant) coming to visit me on Friday for the entire weekend. I can't wait to spend some quality pregnant time with my amazing friend!!
Milestones: She should now have eyelashes. I hope she gets my eyes lashes because poor hubby can't compete with me me in that category. She also getting her immune system ready (not really sure how). I think both my husband and I have amazing immune systems (which is great for a cyster) so I am hoping she will follow suit.
Symptoms: Nothing new, but next week I start my third trimester so that may change quickly.

Other: Drum roll please... We have a name!! First, middle, and last FINALLY! It is so much fun to finally have a name for our little one. Of course, we still call her Peanut 90% of the time...