28 Week Update

How far along? 28 weeks (The size of a cabbage.  About 17 inches and about 2.9 pounds.)

Total weight gain/loss: +19 lbs
 
Maternity clothes:Yep.
 
Have you told family and friends?  Everybody knows now :)

Have you started to show yet? Yep. My stomach gets into a room approximately three seconds before the rest of me does. So, yes.

Sleep:  Between fighting a head cold and the worst pain in my back I have ever even thought about feeling there is has been very little sleep for me or for sweet Matt.

Best moment this week: We got our 4D Ultrasound done.  She is beautiful, of course.  And ridiculously stubborn, surprisingly ;)  Our appointment was at 8:30 so I knew she would be asleep (her routine is pretty regular: she wakes up and moves around from about 10pm-7am and I feel her very little between 7am-10pm) so I drank a Spark about 7:30am hoping to get her to wake up (I have had very little caffeine this pregnancy) and felt NOTHING (besides back pain of course ;) as we were waiting.  When we got in there they started off with a 2D to measure and everything and they were so surprised to see HAIR!  They couldn't get over how much it looks like she has!  I have not stopped thinking about little bows since then :)  

Of course, she was asleep so they started shaking my belly and poking and prodding and that stubborn little thing flipped over onto her stomach and turned her face away from the camera.  She stayed like that for over thirty minutes!  Finally she flipped back over and woke up a little but then she wouldn't be still long enough to get a good clear picture of her face.  She didn't give us the image we were looking for but, because she was so stubborn, we got to watcher her for almost an hour and a half!  DEFINITELY the best moment of the week.

Miss Anything? A few weeks ago when I couldn't think of any complaints to type in "Symptoms"  ;)

Movement: I feel her everyday, mostly at night.  Occasionally I will feel her during the day but I am pretty sure it's just because she moves a lot in her sleep like her mom used to when she slept!

Food cravings: Pretty much all food.  I have NO will power!  However, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the little clementine mandarin oranges!

Anything making you queasy or sick? Overeating.  Once I get anywhere past hungry I need to stop because there isn't much space these days between 'I'm hungry' and 'I overate and feel sick'. <---- Still that!

Gender prediction: GIRL.  According to the sonogram the Chinese Gender Calender and every single old wives tale was WRONG!  (Refer to my earlier posts!)

Labor Signs: Nope.

Symptoms: Mainly the back pain.  It is not your typical sciatica or lower back pain that usually comes with pregnancy, it's right at my bra strap, the muscles on each side of my spine.  IT has had me laid out on the floor during the day, sleeping with a heating pad and pretty much always in pain although the intensity varies.