26 weeks - nesting, a growth spurt and Easter!

26 weeks - quickly approaching the end of the second trimester! It's pretty crazy how fast this pregnancy is going!

In this past week, nesting set in for a couple of days. I ended up having a massive clean out of our hallway cupboard, as well as having a few pieces of furniture moved or taken away. I also had hubby put together the change table in our bedroom, and I stuck a few painted teddy bears on the wall above it. I did a big tidy of the kitchen and lounge room too. I felt much better for it! I still have quite a few things I want done, but I am trying to be patient. Hubby is home on holidays this week, so that should help in getting some thing done. Nesting like this tends to come in bursts I find. I also find it frustrating, because I don't have as much energy as I want/need to do everything I want to do. Anyway, I guess time will tell what other crazy things I all of a sudden have to do!

I think I may have mentioned in my previous post how I have been having a few questions/comments and shocked looks about how far along I am. Well, that has only continued this week. I had an almost full term mumma who I pass quite often at school drop off/pick up say to me "We must be due around the same time"... she is due May 3rd! I have almost 3 months to go after she is due! She seemed a little embarrassed when I told her when I was due, but then said I must be like her - she said she got really big really quickly, then slowed right down. I guess that's what will happen? Otherwise I am going to be absolutely massive!
Even my lovely belly buddy group were a bit shocked when I posted the photo just below:

25 weeks 5 days

Everyone commented on how much I'd popped and said bubba bump must have had a big growth spurt. I guess I have. You don't notice these things on yourself for some reason.

I am kinda loving my belly at the moment. It's gotten nice and tight and hard, and my belly button is *almost* at the sticking out point. I am starting to have baby under my ribs too, which can make sitting for long periods uncomfortable. I am finding myself rubbing my belly a lot recently. It's got that lovely round shape that I've been waiting for. Don't get me wrong though - I still have my moments of feeling frumpy and gross too, it just depends on my mood.

Yesterday evening I even tried on the maternity overalls a friend of mine has loaned me. I didn't think I would like them, but I actually do, despite hubby telling me I look like a farmer.

25 weeks 6 days

Bubba bump has been really active this past week. Lots of movements, and lots of really strong movements. I'm loving it really, getting beaten up from the inside haha! It's so lovely, and so reassuring. I'm so glad I still have another probably 14 weeks to enjoy it... to try and keep enjoying being pregnant. I'm 90% sure this is our last bubba - three makes the most sense for us, and I can see myself being quite content with three. I'm not silly enough to say we definitely won't have any more, but for now, hubby and I are both happy to stay at three.

I am starting to think about really wanting to get into the right head space for birth again. Up to this point, I have not read anything, or even really thought about it that much. I have a couple of fiction novels I want to get out of the way over the next week while hubby is home (it's a trilogy, I feel like I have to finish it haha), but after that I plan on getting stuck into my birth books. I'll start seeing my midwife more frequently soon too which will help. I don't have the same drive and passion about my birth this time - I guess because I got my natural VBAC last time, so I know I can do it. I still have the same beliefs and wants for this birth, but that passion and determination is not there in the same amounts, if that makes sense? I'm sure once I start reading more, etc, I'll get right into it again though.

We have had Easter over the past few days (today is Easter Monday), so there's no point in even attempting to admit I've been eating well. There has been excessive amounts of chocolate, and because we were away for a night, there was a lot of sitting, and some McDonald's on the drive home, etc. Oh, and lots of hot cross buns smothered in butter. I'm kind of looking forward to Easter being over so I can be rid of chocolate and eating better. Oh, and exercise. I really need to be walking more, and taking up yoga again. Slack I've been.

And here we are - my 26 week belly pic. My poor singlet is struggling to cover everything, so I may have to find myself a plain black maternity top or singlet to keep going I think!