28 Weeks 2 Days

Finally I have surpassed the 28 week milestone. I have set little mini-goals throughout this pregnancy to pass the many weeks more quickly, and 28 weeks was kind of the last one I had in my mind. I guess my next goal would be to get to 31 weeks so I can stop my Lovenox injections. After that it would probably be 37 weeks, so I can be considered full term. Time is definitely passing more quickly. I’m growing so quickly now that it’s noticeable to people who have only been away from me for a week. I’m also starting to feel more in touch with this baby because of the changes he’s going through.

In the past 2-3 days the movement I feel from the baby has changed from kicks and pokes to a much more pronounced rolling and pressing feeling. Although many of his kicks were visible from the outside, the rolls are just amazing. It is almost like I can picture him as I watch my tummy contort and move from one side to the other. I’m not yet able to identify parts of the body or anything, but I will see a large movement that changes the entire shape of my bump. I am still having trouble grasping the concept that in just a couple months, I will be holding a baby, but this movement is making it a bit easier to believe that I'm not just having abdominal rumblings.

We are slowly but surely acquiring the many items that will be necessary to care for and feed this tiny bundle of joy. I am still at a loss as to what this baby will be wearing most of the time in his early days here. I have swaddle blankets, sleep sacks, footed, long sleeved onesie sleepers, etc, but I’m not sure which if any will be his preferred sleeping gear. I also have many clothes, but I’m unclear on things such as whether pants will be a necessity with a short sleeved onesie in the middle of summer. I am enough of a planner that I would prefer to have too many options than too few options, and I would prefer not to have to shop for clothes for the little one when I’m just trying to survive his first couple of weeks, so I’m a bit confused about exactly what to do. I also am confused about sizes. Obviously newborn is very small (and most people say there should only be a few things in this size), but is the next size 0-3 or 3-6, and is a size “3 months” equivalent to a 0-3 or a 3-6. Clearly the 6 month sized items would be too big for a newborn, but could I pull off some slightly larger items in a pinch or do I need to have enough newborn things to actually get him through. This is only the beginning of my confusion. I have several questions about all the other categories of items too. It’s making me a bit crazy.

The hives/rash or whatever on my face is beginning to clear up. It’s mostly gone actually, but still a bit itchy and noticeable if you look closely. It has now spread thoroughly to my legs, arms, ankles wrists and hands. I could go completely insane trying not to scratch this. The doctor suspects poison ivy, but I can’t imagine that is the case since I have not spent much time in any areas that even could have poison ivy. No matter what though he said this is atopic dermatitis of some sort and we are basically stuck letting it run it’s course. I would suspect PUPPs, but it seems my husband may have a few splotches of it as well, plus it started on my face and I think PUPPs is uncommon on the face. Other than this inconvenience, I’m feeling really good this week. No real complaints. YAY! So far the third trimester is my favorite (although people tell me that will change in a few weeks, I’m sure they’re right).