28 Weeks!!

Aaahhh...here I am at 28 weeks. I've been getting more people telling me I'm glowing, but I'm not feelin' it. :) We went to Doc's yesterday and everything looks great. We did get an u/s pic, but I'm not sure what I did with it. And...it was just a pic of her skull, nothing too exciting. I'm measuring at 30", which is 2" larger than I wish I was, b/c you're supposed to measure about the same as weeks you are along...30 is larger than 28. But, I'm not complaining...at least not right at the moment.

However, I must admit, I'm more uncomfortable this time than I was with The Bug. Shayne informed me the other day it's b/c I'm older. Hmmm...gotta love a "wonderful" husband who sometimes speaks before he thinks. :) Anyway...

This little she-monster has been laying either diagonally or transverse through the whole pregnancy...and she's still not changing positions. So, it's so much fun to feel her head lying right under my right ribs and pushing against my right lung...so much fun. :) I'm also having way more contractions (not the "Oh, crap, am I in labor" kind) than I did with The Bug, and they tire me out. By the end of the day all my back muscles are tight and cramped up b/c my stomach muscles have been pulling on them all day. In fact, this pic was taken last night and I could hardly stand up straight to take the pic, b/c my back muscles were so tight.

I'm also starting to deal with surges in my blood pressure and a little bit of swelling, but it always goes back down, so I'm not too concerned...yet. The biggest thing stressing me out is my weight gain! I'm only like 5 pounds away from the max I gained with The Bug and I have 12 more weeks. Not a good sign. But, when I think about it I was SUPER active while pregnant with The Bug. It was summer, and I hiked, fished, canoed, camped, taught horse-back riding lessons, and hike and fished a lot more. However, this time it's winter and all I've really done is chase a 2 year old around and sit on gym bleachers watching basketball. So, that's my excuse, but I still don't like it.

I've had some questions about my cerclage and if I have to have it put in again. The nice thing about my Trans-Abdominal Cerclage (TAC), as opposed to a Vaginal Cerclage, is that it is permanent. So, when I had my abdomen cut open to insert it at 12 weeks with The Bug, I knew I wouldn't have to go through it again. It's made out of Teflon and Kevlar (eeekkk...I'll probably die of some sort of cancer now!) so I'm pretty much going to die with it in. But...it insures I don't have to worry about my cervix dilating and losing our baby. I just have to have another C-section...which I'm totally ok with as long as I get a healthy full-term baby.

We still don't have a name, but I haven't been as concerned about it the last month as I was before. I figure if we have to bring her home and call her "Peanut" or "Sweet Pea" for awhile until we come up with a name, it's not the worse thing in the world. I've heard lots of cute names, just not "The One".

So...here's my update on this fun miracle pregnancy. I've loved going back and reading my posts from my pregnancy with The Bug, so I'm making sure to document this one as well.