Welcome to 3rd Trimester!

So here I am at 27 weeks and a little bit, officially in 3rd trimester. 2/3 of the way done, 13 more weeks. I will be a little more excited when it's less then 10. Whenever I run a race when I get to single digit miles left it definitely gives me a boost. I still have to run those 9 miles but at least I can count them on my hand after that. =)

I have been doing really well. Getting bigger by the day. The books say to expect to gain 7-10 pounds in this trimester with most of it going to baby. Whoo...we'll see how that goes. I am already growing out of most of my clothes. 

I know I don't look much bigger in this picture thank goodness for dark colors but I promise I am. After Thanksgiving I popped out even more and it's getting harder to disguise . Thank goodness scrubs are forgiving on all body types although more patients are asking if/when I am due.

At my last appointment I had to do the sugar drink and check my blood for anemia. My sugar results came by fine but my iron levels were low so I have been taking an iron supplement and drinking lots of this tea.

Thanks to my sister in law she gave me her leftovers. It's a red raspberry leaf tea. I boil some water but the leaves in and let it set all day or over night. Then I drain it, refrigerate it and drink two of those jars in a day. I don't think they taste that bad. Maybe I am not making it right but it's just tea like. I've also been making lots of green drinks with spinach and other good stuff. I have noticed a difference. My skin and scalp are not as dry and flaky. I used to get a cramp in my calves at work when I walked around a lot but not anymore, and I am a little bit more motivated to do things. Iron is important because it helps carry oxygen to all the cells in your body and since I am needing a bit more I have been doing all I can to hopefully improve it.

Other then that things are going well. I am feeling her move all the time especially when I sing or am in the car with the radio going. I had my first birthing dream last night. In my dream I couldn't even remember it happening or being painful. But she came out and was long and skinny with lots of dark hair. Then I kept losing her and my sisters yelled at me for not taking care of my baby. =) 

November went by really fast for me here's hoping December and January will as well. We are getting more and more excited, especially when she moves so hard my belly moves too.