29th week tomorrow
Wow, I am officially in my 3rd trimester. Scary how time flies! I am starting my 8th month and baby will be here in a little over a month! Scary!!! I think I've gotten really big last week. I had to finally bust out my maternity clothes because there is no way I can wear my pre-pregnancy clothes w/o the help of a belly band. I can fit my old shirts but it looks really silly with my belly poking out from the bottom. I don't really want to spend a lot of money on maternity clothes but it's a little difficult especially if you're working. I think I've spent about $300 on maternity clothing (from cheap places like Old Navy) but it's still not enough! I'd hate to spend more for clothes I'd be only wearing a few months...
I have an obgyn appointment this Wednesday. I haven't heard any results from the gestational diabetes test so I'm hoping no news is good news. It would totally suck if I have gestational diabetes. I've already come to the conclusion that Mignon is going to take after his daddy. We caught a facial scan during the ultrasound and I could have sworn my baby has some big eyes, just like his daddy's (not like the little ones I have). I also have been craving for a lot of rice and bread these days - which is Meanie's main food group. I don't even want noodles or pho! What the hell? I would never refuse a bowl of pho in the past but now I do. Weird!
I think Mignon has discovered the left part of my uterus. Before he usually hangs out on the right side so I would get that weird feeling in my ribs but now he's been hanging out on my left side. I guess he's also been running out of room. It's so bizarre because sometimes I'll hear this weird *thwok* sound coming from my tummy. Usually after I've eaten alot and get a big kick and then I hear a *THWOK*. LOL. It's kinda entertaining. His kicks have definitely been getting stronger and it's almost a little startling now. I stared at my belly for a few minutes yesterday hoping to see the movements from the outside but I haven't been able to catch that yet.
We went to the conclusion of our baby/childcare class yesterday and went over some breathing exercises and to familiarize ourselves with C sections. I've always been scared of childbirth and labor but now that I know a little more about it, it's not as traumatizing. Knowledge is key! But still, I'm still not looking forward to it. It's going to be rough! I try not to think about it since the date is getting closer and closer but it's getting really hard. Everyone tells me I'll be ok and I'm sure of it but....*scared* :(
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We just had our first BBQ over the weekend. The weather was well in the 80's and 90's and it was beautiful. Meanie and I hosted my family for the first time and we had lotsa food - marinated ribeye steaks, veggie kabobs, Viet spring rolls, buffalo chicken wings, house salad. It was really good! I'm lucky to have a husband that likes to cook. He doesn't trust me in the kitchen for cooking which is fine by me. I don't have to do any work. But he totally leaves me alone in the baking department. Hehe.
Now that it's warm out, all the icky bugs are coming out. Our house is unfortunately plagued with these big, black and juicy (body) ants. They're too big for me to kill and I don't want to slap them with a magazine or newspaper cuz those will seriously leave some bug guts everywhere. And I'm sure Meanie gets tired of me screeching for him to come and kill a juicy ant every time. I've seen 5 over the weekend and they're digusting. They're on the floors, the walls and they're just everywhere. My sister also tells me that after the ants come, the cave crickets come! They're like these big black crickets and they jump high - to around the height of a person's waist. Ew. And since they jump alot, they're really hard to catch. I hate bugs.
My friend told me about this awesome bug killer last year. It's shaped like a tennis racket but the grid lines have shocks running thru them. So you can basically zap your bugs and kill them that way. Hahahah. I finally got one and used it a couple times this weekend. Meanie thinks I'm totally sadistic because I laff with an evil glee and I see the bugs electrocuted by the mini zaps coming from the racket. But it totally works! I don't have to squish those suckers and they just totally fry up. Awesomeness!
OH man! I got that thing for $5 and I just noticed it's selling for $11 now. Wth! Well, there are other kinds that are still going for $5. I was thinking of stocking up on it because they work so well! :)