Baby #1: 28 Week Bumpdate

STATS:

How far along are you: 28 Weeks! Hellllooo 3rd Trimester!!

Total weight gain this week: +1 lb

How big is baby: Size of a coconut, cauliflower, an eggplant

Maternity clothes: Yes - I finally ordered maternity g's. I'm excited for them to get here!

Stretch marks: No

Sleep:  Still sleeping perfectly fine - I dreamed two nights which hasn't happened in awhile - about a quiet beach trip (our last beach trip the beach was PACKED)  and the other dream was about giving birth early/not having a stroller&car seat&really any baby gear (which I've been paranoid about lately)/the nurses got babies mixed up in the hospital nursery/I was told the baby I thought looked like Jade was not my baby and a red-headed baby with a name starting with E was mine.  A lot of this makes sense as fears, discomforts, or not wanting something to be a reality, so this dream cracked me up! Good news about the last dream was I didn't feel labor, he just came out and that day I went with Jade to Walgreens (conveniently located on most corners, right?) to get a car seat so we could take our baby home from the hospital :) 

Best moment this week:  My doctor telling me he is head down!  Now I can sort of picture what is hitting me in certain parts.  
I also really enjoyed going to different stores to register and getting freebies!  I went to Babies R' Us and learned SO much about breastfeeding/pumping/bottles to use to prevent nipple confusion in a one-on-one class.  There is so much to learn.

Miss anything: Pre-pregnancy body - unfortunately its a real mental struggle to accept the changes for welcoming and housing the little baby

Movement: Okay, I know I've said I've felt lots of movement but this week stands out.  He was constantly moving at least hourly-every two hours and from all sorts of angles (Top, sides, bumping that cervix?) Even though I have an anterior placenta, I've seen and felt some bumps/moving on the face of my belly which is new -  not definite like the sides but I'm able to feel/see now.  He is kicking/bumping some areas that make me stop and say 'ouch' in my head - probably just out of being kicked somewhere I've never felt before.  

Food cravings: Haha no.  I mean someone stayed with us this week and had Oreos...they were delicious...is that a craving?  

Anything making you queasy or sick:  I noticed two times I felt nausea while I was working this week.  I drank water and had a little snack, to get rid of the feeling but I couldn't pinpoint any reasoning.  Thankful it only lasted minutes :)  

Gender: Boy

Labor signs: A little bit crampy

Symptoms: This week I don't feel like my belly was being stretched, more of baby just growing and everything being squished.  I'm never really hungry and drinking water fills me up.

Belly button in/out: In

Wedding rings on/off: On

Happy or moody: Happy

Looking forward to: SHOPPING FOR BABY!! It has literally killed me not being about to stock up on items since it won't fit in our tiny car across the country in a month.  Last week when Jade and I went to push strollers around and look at car seats, he found a car seat from 2016 on clearance, which was over 50% off. I decided to walk away from it and have been so upset I did.  When I went to register, I went back to this store and of course it was gone - broke my heart a little bit. I'm having dreams the baby will come when we don't have gear....so I'm really starting to stress and get a finalized list (doing all the research I can on products/gear) so I can go go go when I get home in a month as I'm already in my LAST TRIMESTER!