27 Weeks

27 Weeks

Less than 3 months until this little baby is here!  We are all getting very excited!  It will be fun to have a baby in the house again.  Things have been going well over the last month.  The holidays were very busy, but we all had a great time.  I ended up getting the stomach flu for a few days after Christmas.  It wasn't the worst flu I've ever had, but it was definitely not enjoyable.  As if having the flu isn't bad enough, having a growing baby kicking at all of your organs (including your stomach) makes it much worse.  I hope that is the only illness I have with this pregnancy.  I lucked out with Penelope and never really got sick.

My OB appointment last week went well.  Baby's heartbeat was in the 150s.  I passed the glucose tolerance test, so that was a relief.  The doctor did put me on an iron supplement, though, because I was slightly anemic.  She said that is fairly common in pregnancy.  This last weekend we also got to see baby again; this time with a 3D ultrasound.  The sonographer had a difficult time getting good shots of baby's face because little one just wanted to cuddle her face into the uterus wall.  Baby girl was also a huge fan of sucking on anything she could.  She was sucking on her fingers, then the umbilical cord, and even  the uterus wall. We thought she had a lot of different features from Penelope.  Her nose seemed more like my nose and her lips were much bigger than Pip's.  She will definitely be a cutie, though, just like her sister.

Currently, the baby is about 2.5 pounds and the size of a head of cauliflower.  I am definitely feeling quite pregnant at this point.  I feel pretty good overall, but my body is getting more aches and I've had a few terrible leg cramps at night.  We are now heading into the final trimester so I know that the discomforts will definitely be growing, but the good news is that it's the final stretch!

Here are a couple pictures from the 3D ultrasound.

We have several photos with her putting her hands up to her mouth.  So cute!