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Baby Update at 27 Weeks

The second trimester honeymoon period seems to be over.

Carpal tunnel is affecting both my hands now and I may need a hand brace for each, particularly for sleeping.

I’m getting tired more again. Not sure if it’s because of what’s happening inside, or just because I can’t get  a good night’s sleep with the hands and not being able to get comfortable. Bit of both I think.

I seem to get a blood nose every time I sneeze. And sneezing is a pain in itself too!

Ooh, on Friday I went and saw the play Four Flat Whites in Italy, which was two and a half hours long. By the end of it my feet were so swollen they felt tight inside my shoes and it hurt to walk. More of that to look forward to.

The baby is about a third of its birth weight now. That means the baby will triple in weight in the last trimester – yikes! My tummy is going to be ginormous!

On the upside, the baby is moving lots so that’s a good sign that she’s healthy and doing what babies should be doing.

And I don’t look like a total wreck. I’m quite pleased about the “pregnancy glow” that people have been telling me I have. Let’s try and hold on to that for as long as possible.

I also had my glucose challenge test today. They give you a speical fizzy lemonade and you come back an hour later to take the blood test. I went and got a hair cut, and was three minutes late back (slow junior blow drying is my excuse). The guy was not impressed! But at least my hair is now arm pit long instead of elbow long, and one less thing to worry about for a few months.

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