27 weeks

My "What to Expect" app says I'm in the 3rd trimester, which seems a little wrong to me, but I'll take it.

I feel better this week than last week. Sunny Meadow is becoming more active, but is less in my rib cage with his feet and that is more pleasant. I've learned (finally, because I am dumb) that I can't eat as much as I want to at meals because it makes me feel miserably uncomfortable for hours afterward. Instead, I have to spread out the food throughout the day. I'm up about 14 pounds, which is right on track with the recommended curve.

Last week I had another silly prenatal visit. It was supposed to be the one where I got screened for gestational diabetes - they make you drink a 12 oz. horrid warm flat orange crush drink and then test your blood sugar an hour after to make sure your insulin is eating the sugar. With Sam, I just barely failed and then had to take the 3-hour fasting test (way worse) and I was super miserable for the whole day and for no real reason. This time I declined the test, and I'm really glad I decided to stick up for myself. Everything else at the visit was fine - normal heartbeat, normal size, normal weight gain, etc. My next visit is in 5 weeks, but I'll likely skip that one if everything is still ok and instead go back around 34 weeks.

I'm going to go ahead and throw in my due date guess to get the party started. Feel free to play along! The actual due date is October 28th.

Date: Monday, November 4th
Time: 8:15pm
Weight: 8 lbs. 5 oz.

Here's a picture of me looking nervous and Sam looking skeptical.