Welcome, Welcome

Welcome to the third trimester! I believe in my last blog, I might've accidentally said it would start next week. I didn't realize my mistake until a few days ago, and I apologize. I reached 28 weeks of pregnancy this past Tuesday!

And that's not all that's happened these past few weeks. They've been pretty full of exciting things. The least exciting of these? I scored two nursing bras on clearance for only three bucks.

Side tangent: WHY DO THEY NOT MAKE NURSING BRAS FOR SMALL WOMEN WITH BIG BOOBS?!?!?!?!?!?!?! (Sorry if this makes anyone uncomfortable). But seriously, most of them are either for just generally large women or generally small women. How is a woman supposed to find one that supports them properly if no one makes them?! As Andrew said, maybe they do make them, but they're more on the custom order side....which means ridiculously expensive. Sigh. I hate bras.

Okay, tangent done.

So, with the welcome of the third trimester appears to be a continuance, and possibly worsening, of fatigue and the inability to sleep well.

What's the difference between fatigue and pregnancy fatigue? Well, with pregnancy fatigue, you feel the need to get more sleep at night....and then wish you could just be sleeping all day as well. Of course, starting to feel like I need a crane to help me turn over at night, and having to get up and pee constantly, doesn't help.

Today, for example. I suspected I'd sleep great last night. We went for an after-dinner walk for about an hour, which doesn't sound like much until you remember that I haven't been walking up and down hills all that often since it's been too cold or gross to be outside so I'm super out of shape...and carrying an extra load... I slept GREAT for about 5 hours, got up to go to the bathroom, and then couldn't get comfortable and felt like I couldn't breathe properly. So I tossed and turned for an hour before getting back up and getting on the couch. I dozed there until Andrew got up, got back in bed, and slept great for about twenty minutes. Add on top of that the fact that it's raining.

Long story short? I could sleep all day, waking up to eat only, and probably sleep tonight. Yawn.

The welcoming of the third trimester also means I got to take the lovely glucose test this past Monday. Somehow, I managed not to puke it up (seriously, even though this one tasted better than the one I had to drink with Rin, it's still super disgustingly sweet). But! I passed it! And my iron levels look really good! And Amelia moves a lot. And her heart rate is good.

In other news, Rin's two year checkup was yesterday and she did great. She's 34.5 inches tall (4.5 inches taller than half my height....she takes after her daddy) and 27.6 pounds. Her head is still huge, as is on par for the course for her.

Potty training is still happening, though with mixed success. It just depends on the day and how well she slept/how grumpy she is.

And in the most exciting news, Monday was Appalachian's education career fair. Andrew was offered an early contract. For those who don't know what that is:

Schools are not legally allowed to offer, and students not legally allowed to sign, a binding contract until the student has finished with student teaching and graduated, thus getting their legal license to teach. What they CAN do is offer an early, non-binding contract, that is a written agreement stating the school system's intent to hire the student as long as they graduate, and the student's intent to accept a position at that time.

Basically, it's the closest thing we can possibly have to having a guaranteed job! We know the school system (Gaston County), but don't know the school yet. There is plenty that is still up in the air and can change on us, but our plans are starting to move forward!

Well, Rin is currently watching Pooh bear and coloring on the couch, and it's snack time (even if she's not hungry, I am!), so this looks like the end of my update. I hope you're all doing well! Until next time! (And I apologize for not having any pictures this time around...I'll try to do better next time!)