Every weekly update post I write I almost start with “Holy cow! I can’t believe I’m ___ many weeks already!“ And it is totally a valid thought each week. The 2nd trimester flew by and now that I’m into the 3rd I feel like I’m on the home stretch, even though I’m sure this trimester will feel like the longest one. We only have about 13 weeks to go, assuming raspbaby arrives on his due date. After harvest is done (about mid November), Christmas will be next, my friend Laura will have her baby and then it will be my turn. I know it is going to fly by.
Aches and Pains this week: I have started to get rib pains, only on my right side though. I’ve also been getting really bad foot cramps! I got one really badly in bed the other night and I was like “Okay Katelyn breathe!” Then after it stopped hurting I was like “ummm Scott it’s your job to remind me to breathe through pain, so next time you better remind me… because I’m sure next time the pain will be even worse!” Also I’m getting a cold! Scott had one last week, his came and went and I thought I was safe, until I woke up yesterday with a sore throat, and today with a sore throat and stuffy nose. What is safe to take when you are pregnant? Anything?
Baby things! We went to Port Huron on Friday/Saturday for baby shopping. On Friday we walked around the outlets at Birch Run but all we got there was a jacket for Scott, some baby books and 1 shirt + 1 dress from Old Navy for me. So basically it was a bit of a waste of time, plus it’s so exhausting to walk around at outlets. We oogled all the baby clothes, but didn’t get anything.
Saturday we met up with my in laws in Port Huron for some breakfast and then we hit the malls! We ran from Toys-r-us, Target, Sears, Meijer and WalMart. We compared prices with the Canadian sears booklet that we had with all the baby items you could want and scooped out the best deals. Our overall best deal was a baby mattress. We went shopping with no clue how to buy a mattress and decided that a middle of the line one would probably work fine, settling on a $77 mattress. When we got home I looked up the mattress on the Babies-r-us Canadian website and found that here it is sold for $140! Score for us. We also bought a pack and play (different pattern then the one shown below), swing, highchair and baby carrier. We haven’t totaled yet how much we saved yet but I would guestimate around $250. This is not to say that I don’t support Canada and buy things here. I love buying local, and think that it’s important to support the Canadian economy but when prices can vary so much over the border, that I don’t support.
At 27 weeks baby is still the size of an eggplant, raspbaby is practicing breathing now and blinking his eyes.
I’m totally wearing the same shirt I was last week in my belly photo and didn’t realize until I had it uploaded to Flickr. It’s a really comfy shirt, made by mom! And I have 2 more coming my way soon. So below is my 27 week photo and there is a bare belly shot on Flickr if you care to see.
Scare of the week: I totally thought I lost my belly button. I was laying down in bed, looked down at my belly and saw the end of my belly button! It didn’t pop yet but it sure is close. I can turn it inside out now, which is insane. My belly button used to be so deep, poor little belly button..
ALSO there is still time to enter Lauren’s Headband giveaway! Odds are really good right now…. so make sure to enter!
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Wow Katelyn! You look more and more beautiful each week!!
You look SO FREAKING AMAZING. I honestly thought you had a pillow in your shirt. Nice top, by the way. Well done, Couturesmith!
There is one thing I need to address. You continuously call Raspbaby a HE in this blog post. HMMMM, is there something you aren’t telling me?
You look so good! Glowing.
Oddly enough (well not so odd b/c I’m studying family health this semester), I asked one of our clinical instructors today about if pregnant women can take anything when they have a cold. She suggested dextromethorphan, but normally cough medicines are a mixture of safe and unsafe things, so it could be difficult to find it by itself without a decongestant or antihistamine that might be unsafe for baby. Best bet is to check with your doctor.
Nurse Allison advise: fluids and rest
I had a cold last week, too. It sucked! My doc said both Tylenol and ‘regular’ Sudafed…. the little red pills, NOT the kind for ‘allergy and sinus’ or the ‘maximum strength’ kind….are both fine. So I took both and did feel much better.
You still look adorable!
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Thirteen weeks! That sounds like nothing! You do look amazing and I hope you look as big in person as you do in the photo (hmm that’s something I’ve never said before.)
I am coming over on Saturday to see my baby and all of his new stuff in person. Just so ya know!
Glad you are investing in all of this baby stuff so I don’t have to! hahaha.
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ooh I love that swing! I could totally see that sitting in Matt’s office… I’ll have to bring the babe over to try it out!
Can’t believe its our last pre-natal class tonight!
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Ahhh yay! I can’t wait to come home and see Razzle! soo cute.
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I dreamed last night that you had the baby…and we had to take a helicopter to get to the hospital! It was a strange one indeed.
I’m getting over a cold right now – it’s been 5 days and I think it’s going to be gone tomorrow (knock on wood!) so maybe your cold will be short too.
Buying things to make another little person comfortable is expensive. You have to get the best deals you can on which ever side of the border you happen to buy them.