27 weeks

I'm not sure if 27 weeks is considered second or third trimester... it seems to depend where you're reading. I'm just going to stick to this as being the last week of my second trimester. Next week, third trimester baby!

I'm having one of those weeks where the pregnancy is very, very much back of my mind. I have been really busy over Easter, and the little miss is turning 3 this week, so I have been busy sorting everything out for that. I have been restoring my old dollhouse my Morfar made for me as a child. I have been sanding it back and repainting it. Soon I'll be putting down new flooring cover too. I have bought dollhouse furniture and some dolls too. Hubby has been busily making a table for the dollhouse to sit on top (it will be attached to it). All of this has been quite time consuming actually - taking up a couple of hours through the day (my sister has been watching the kids), and then a couple of hours in the evening after they're in bed. I hope she appreciates it!

On top of all this, the little miss is toilet training (mostly successfully), I have had family and friend catch ups to attend, and I am having a big birthday party for the little miss this Saturday which I have barely had time to think about. Needless to say, I haven't had much time to remember I'm pregnant!

Still, I am getting lots of wriggles and kicks from bubba bump, and my belly is still expanding rapidly. Not long now and my belly will be touching the steering wheel! I am actually kind of loving the shape of my belly at the moment - nice and rounded now. I am trying to ignore the weight gain - and I am still too chicken to step on the scales.

I haven't been particularly healthy over Easter or while I've been so busy. I did manage a walk over the weekend with some girls from my mum's group... but we then followed that up with a couple of hours sitting on our bums drinking hot chocolates haha! I am trying to get better - I'm at least making tea this week and not getting takeaway so much. We had that a few too many times over the last week. I was supposed to go to yoga, but I didn't. I get annoyed at myself sometimes, and other times I just wish I could cut myself some slack. I want to enjoy being pregnant as best I can, especially if this is my last... not spend the whole time beating myself up.

I see my lovely midwife next week. After this next appointment, I will start seeing her much more often, and I guess I better start actually preparing for the birth! I'm so excited to meet this baby, I really am. I do find myself daydreaming about having a squirmy newborn on my chest, smelling her smell, stroking her head... Hard not to smile thinking about it really. Even though I feel so busy this time, I feel like maybe I have bonded/connected with this baby a little more than I did with the other two. 

And here is my 27 week belly. Belly belly belly.

Hopefully I can be a bit more focussed next week. I feel like I'm all go go go this week!