3rd Tri!

We are now officially in our 3rd Trimester! Time really has flown and we are so excited to be reaching the end of this pregnancy...

Had the first appointment with the Midwife on Wed. and all in all it went well. Marshmallow is catching up from the flu quite nicely. He is measuring eight days ahead, is super active and everything looks great with him.

I have a couple challenges, but nothing too major... My blood pressure is a little elevated and my fluid levels are still a little low. The MW is having me take things easy for the next two weeks to see if we can get them reversed, but did threaten me with bed rest if they continue to be off. Needless to say, we are doing everything we can to avoid that!

When she was reading my chart there was a flag from the targeted ultrasound three weeks ago- evidently the tech couldn't get the measurements she needed on the baby's heart (which we weren't told at the time) so the MW scheduled another 'big' u/s in two more weeks. It will be nice to see him again so soon, and hopefully they can get all the measurements they need then.

Since we are 3rd tri our appointments go to every two weeks until week 36 then they will be once a week, but with H's new work schedule he wont be able to go to all of them with me anymore :( I'd gotten kind of spoiled having him there....

H's aunt called right after the appointment and generously offered to host a family shower for us. It was very sweet of her and I'm so excited! My sister had offered to do a friend shower for us (in Jan), but we weren't expecting anything from the family so it was pretty exciting!

The back bedroom is almost done, we need to hang one more piece of drywall, tape, texture and paint then we can move into it. That *was* my plan for the week/end, but with the 'light duty' dx I am taking it easy and not trying to tackle it alone... I just keep telling myself that we have 13 more weeks still and it really will get done in time, as long as I don't push it and end up on bedrest!