28 Weeks

28 weeks! Finally into my third and last trimester! I had a checkup with our midwife, Chinmayo, on Monday. The baby is doing great and is currently in the head down position - let's hope he stays that way! She took my blood to check hemodilution which also came back good. Hemodilution is a good indicator of how much you will or won't bleed after the birth. I have so far gained 21 pounds which is 5 pounds less than I was at about the same point with Ben. But I've still got a ways to go so we'll see! I can tell that I'm starting to run out of space though because I no longer feel the need to eat ALL day! Baby boy is super active too and frequently keeps me up at night squirming and kicking. He also likes to kick his brother (which I'm sure will continue outside the belly too!). Whenever Ben sits on my lap or what's left of it he gets a few swift kicks. Ben doesn't really seem to notice though. It's getting harder to carry Ben as I no longer have hips and any extra pressure on my belly is quite uncomfortable. But he keeps me active which is a good thing no matter how tired I am. Ben has recently given up his morning nap so by afternoon we are both quite pooped and each of us has our naptime :) On another note my mom is coming to visit in 16 days (not that I'm counting down or anything) and I'm so excited and it's not just because she does all my dishes! LOL! :)