The Third Tri Begins!!
Tomorrow begins my third trimester. Wow! I am so excited to be here. There’s a lot to do in the last 3 months and getting it all done is going to be a lot of fun.
Today at our check-up I found that I’d gained another 7lbs! (suggested weight gain is a pound a week - 7lbs is almost double that). I’m up 20lbs over all. The doc was reluctant to tell me for fear I’d be upset. Quite the contrary, I find it rather amusing. Even at this rate I’ll be well within healthy limits when Elliot arrives. He may just be a little bigger than I expected. It’s quite crazy to see my body changing and my belly getting so big. Charlie’s had a couple suggestions lately that he is looking thinner, he hasn’t weighed to see, but we were joking that it may just look that way - as I get larger he looks smaller! :-)
At each appointment they check his heart rate with the dopper. His heartrate has been quite consistant - 146 beats per minute at the last several appointments. Today, when she put the doppler on my tummy he gave it a little bump, a few seconds later he gave it a good kick - Charlie saw it from across the room. It was cute, and probably the first time he’s responded to pressure on my abdomen.
Doc said all is looking good - I do have a glucose tolerance test next Friday, I hope to pass it! For most of my pregnancy I haven’t had many significant cravings - especially for anything out of the ordinary - but lately I’ve been drinking sweetened condensed milk - like it were a beverage. Well, not like it were water, but I do drink it strait. Course that probably isn’t good for my blood sugar so I’m going to have to begin denying that craving! The milk in it has to be good for us though, right?
