28 Weeks Down! 12 To Go!

Only 12 weeks to go now!  Here is an updated picture since a few people who are far away keep asking:)  


Everything is going really well - other than the added challenge of sleeping comfortably, having to do my glucose test AGAIN next week.  Gross. (It came in 0.1 higher than normal, so I have to do the 3 hour test - thankfully at a different lab - away from the scary tech and because it's so close, they expect it to come back normal), and not passing out when I get weighed at the doctor's office:)  Just numbers I've never seen!  


Everything else came back great, except my iron is little low, which is an easy fix.  


So far I've gained 28 lbs!!! Yikes!  I had my appointment on Tuesday and I'm measuring at 29 weeks.  I expressed my concerns about having a large baby (for those who don't know, Jake weighed in at a whopping 10lbs 14oz).  He's having dreams that the baby is born the size of a pea and I'm having the opposite.  She said that while there aren't any conclusive studies on it, she had attended a conference where the presenting doctor made a good point.  At some point, nature takes over and if you were to breed a Shetland Pony with a Clydesdale, changes are, the Pony wouldn't give birth to a Clydesdale sized baby.  Here's to hoping she's right:)


Baby also seems to be drawn to Jake's hands now.  Virtually any time he rests his hand on my belly for more than a few minutes, he gets an aggressive kick or 5 directly under it.  If he moves, so do the kicks.  He's either letting us know that he's aware, or he's being a little protective of his ever decreasing space.  Either way, it's fun for us!  He's very active.  


The lack of space in there has caused a couple ribs in my back to pop out occasionally as things get pushed farther up.  We have a great Chiro who has been kind enough to pop them back into place for me a couple times a week now in an effort to alleviate the stabbing pain that comes with rib relocation:)