Week 27

March 24-30, 2014

How far along: 27 weeks, and the last week of my second trimester.

Total weight gain: I will find out next week my new weight and how much I have gain since last month.

Maternity clothes: Maternity clothes!  I can wear my regular dresses as tops with leggings.  I tried wearing a regular top and it barely covered my belly.  I am not looking forward to the day when I can not wear my pajama shirts.

Stretch marks: No new ones but I am still lathering up my baby belly.

Sleep: I am lucky in this department, I have been getting great sleep.  I only had one night where I was up for a couple of hours (leaving me cranky in the morning and cranky with my students).

Best moments this week: The beginning of the week I had a coworker tell me she can see a pregnant waddle when I walk- Which I can totally feel since my hips and lower back bones are loosening.  I love that I have the pregnant waddle because I just love being pregnant!

Miss anything: We went wine tasting this weekend-which means I was the driver for Will and our friends.  I had “cat licks” of the wines I thought I would like and if that little lick tasted good, I was sad I could not enjoy a full glass.  Although, I did not mind driving and not drinking, and loved having Will sounding so proud when telling the wineries that I was not drinking because I was pregnant.

Food cravings: I enjoyed the soft chocolate chip cookies our lodge provided us this weekend.

Anything making you queasy: Luckily no.

Gender: Baby boy!

Labor signs: The usual Braxton Hicks.

Belly button in or out: Belly button out.

Wedding rings on or off: Wedding rings on.

Happy or moody: Very happy and loving being pregnant (even though it was hard to find nice outfits to wear this weekend for our getaway weekend).

Looking forward to: I am looking forward to my doctor’s appointment next week and the following weeend our baby shower and being on spring break.