Hello 3rd Trimester!

28 weeks!

Well this week we said goodbye to the 2nd trimester and hello to the home stretch!  Looking at this picture it's hard to believe me and the babe have more growin' to do! :)  Random people/strangers are starting to ask me when I'm due and when I say July I pretty much get the same look.  One of surprised disbelief quickly followed by an "ohgoshIbettersmilenow" kind of look :D  I thought this kind of stuff would anger me, but I not-so-secretly kind of love it.  It's similar to how I feel about the sudden decrease in crotchetiness of old people when they see my belly and the random help I get with my bags at the grocery store. 

We also now have our very own doula!  And she's kind of fantastic.  She's this fun woman from Philly (turns out we lived just streets away from each other) who works as a doula and part-time bike messenger.  She was super nice and very accepting of mine and Steve's "needs."  Plus she really looks like my long-time close friend Chelsea and so we were both having really positive transference with her :)  She'll meet with us twice before the big day to help us prepare and twice after to check in on how things are going and how I'm feeling.  Plus she'll come over when labor begins to help us labor at home before going to the hospital, which is super great.

Apparently I'm having Braxton Hicks contractions...actually, I've apparently been having them for the past 10 or so weeks, I just didn't know it!  They've always felt like the baby was turning in my belly so I just figured that's what it was.  But nope, I'm getting them more often now (which is normal) and realize that it's just my body going into training mode for game time.

In non-baby news, we're having a bit of an electrical problem at home.  Steve was vacuuming plaster dust in the nursery when the outlet crapped out, causing the electric in the dining room and kitchen to die as well.  To be fair, this is what lies behind the switch in the dining room:



Needless to say, we're looking for an electrician.  In the meantime, I'm appreciating that it's staying light out later, allowing me to cook under a combination of natural light and the little one above the stove.  Good times.