THE FINAL COUNTDOWN

28 weeks!

Today marks the day that i've been waiting for. Well one of the days...i'm finally in the freaking third trimester. Looking back, it's gone by so fast...and yet there's still so much more to go! I have approximately 12 weeks left. I want to say hopefully nothing less than 12 weeks because we just won't be ready for her, but we've never been ready for her (seeing how she was a surprise) so it just may be her style to be here early, just like mommy. I guess we'll find out soon enough, let's not rush things.

I had my 28 week appointment today, and with that came the dreaded glucose screening. I've heard such conflicting information about this little test, how awful it is or how it's really not THAT bad. I finally got to see for myself. Doctors offices around the country always seem to have the orange flavored one..but mine was clear and I couldn't quite figure out what it tasted like and what it reminded me of. It definitely was ridiculously sweet, i'm surprised I didn't get a toothache! You have 5 minutes to drink it from when you get it and I took all 5 minutes to do just that. There was no way I could've chugged that crap, Yuck! Halfway through I was tired of it because it was just so sweet. But in all honesty it didn't have a bad flavor to it at all. I felt a little woozy afterwards but not nauseous, and I just kind of spaced out and got really tired. I saw my doctor and she said everything is looking good still, it's awesome that baby is moving so much, and that I come back in 2 weeks. Awesome. That means I go back every two weeks now until I get to like 36 weeks or something and then I go every week until baby is here. Yesss! After that it was an hour since I had drank the glucose drink and they drew my blood and I was done. Dax is coming with me to my next appointment since he didn't come today.

I've been having a ton of stupid braxton hicks contractions. They're such a pain in the ass, no, not literally. They're just super uncomfortable. They seem to happen more often in the evening, and especially if i've been out doing stuff all day. If i'm up walking around I have to stop and hold my belly, and bend over because I can't just keep walking through them. It's the strangest feeling to try and describe. I hope I don't go anywhere in public, alone, and have to do that...I don't want to freak people out with them thinking i'm in labor! How embarrassing!

Alright well, I thought I should post since this is a significant day for me! It's the last milestone (I think) before the big day.