28 Weeks Pregnant (3rd trimester, yeah!)

via Peter Michel

 I smelled Summertime today. It's so warm here (almost 50!) that conditions are just right for the outside to smell in such a way that it triggered my Summertime mindset and mood shortly. It could have been late June for those 3 to 5 seconds for all I knew. Then it dawned on me that in late June I'll have had our baby and Shawn and I will be on maternity leave with us.
This Summer is going to kick ass.

Speaking of kicking asses, my morning sickness went on a rampage starting Tuesday late-morning and continued into late afternoon yesterday (Wednesday... yay. Happy 3rd Trimester to meeeeee). I seriously kept 2 articles of food down in a 30-hour period of time. It was like week 8 all over again; I wasn't even able to go to work yesterday. Now I am fine (didn't even get sick this morning!) and I'm happily munching graham crackers laden with nutella and shredded coconut.

I've kind of gotten back to eating much healthier this week, craving nuts, cheeses, fruit and small snacks like Nāked juices. After searching for nearly two weeks I have finally found a healthy source of 50g of sugar as well: Red Machine. 1 bottle has 2 servings BUT each serving has 25g of sugar, so if I drink the entire bottle I don't have to chug any glucola.

Phew. I might not puke!

Update + New Hoodie Preview

The doctor's appointment went alright yesterday, baby's heart rate was 154 bpm! I have gained a net total of 16 pounds considering the weight loss from early morning sickness. My uterus is growing perfectly for how far along I am and the baby is wiggly & jiggly. We couldn't ask for more!
The PN didn't seem concerned with my complaints of stubborn morning sickness, tingly hands/arms, and sleep deprivation. She did tell me to get enough sleep but not to eat when I wake up hungry at 4AM... I'll keep that in mind as I enjoy my cheerios anyhow...

Next appointment is at the end of the month and I'll need to do my glucose test, which is another form of hell. You have to drink this flavored, sugar-loaded liquid an hour before your appointment, show up early and have them draw your blood at exactly one hour after drinking the fluid. You can also eat a gigantic king sized Snickers bar, which I plan to do instead of inevitably puking up the orange glucola. Seriously, people. An hour is the magic amount of time between ingesting something I don't want and puking it up quite frequently, so I know how this might go.

Tonight we are going to visit the local birth center and check that business out. I really want to give birth there since we can't stay at home; I just don't want to go to a hospital (in my mind they are for sick people only). I would also be continuing all my prenatal care with the midwife there as well.
We're really excited to visit there tonight! I'll post up how it is!

Oh, and that Raider's hoodie I mentioned?

Yeahhhhh. More coming soon!