Week 27: 3rd Trimester!

Looks like we are in the homestretch! Wow, is this going fast! What an unusual feeling to experience the emotions of complete anticipation and total panic at the same time. When I look at ultrasound pictures, I want to reach in and grab my precious baby to hold it, kiss it, and rock it to sleep. When I look at a calendar, however, I want to find a rewind button to buy myself a few more weeks to prepare.

So is hindsight really 20/20 or was my first pregnancy really a breeze like I think I remember it? Believe me, I don't have much to complain about - at all - but I do feel like I am experiencing a little more discomfort this time than I did the first. I get winded running up the stairs sometimes. Seriously? A flight of stairs? Also, it seems that every day my back aches, regardless of what I am doing/have done. This last week, I started feeling pain in my ribs when I sat for more than 1/2 hour upright. This baby is sitting very low - there should be no reason for that, right?

Don't get me wrong, I still think I have storybook pregnancies. Compared to most, I don't feel like I ever really skip a beat. From first trimester to the end. It's just that every once in a while, I am reminded that I am in fact pregnant. For instance, I think I have finally reached the point that the belly runs into things before I do. I know that means it won't be long before I am knocking things over with a protruding belly button.