Ok so obviously I’ve been a horrible little blogger recently!  My sincere apologies!  This seems like the only post where it is appropriate to vent and tell you what all has been going on in my life recently!  So as many of you know this has been a whirlwind of emotions and new things.  I’ve been starting a new job at the hospital where I will be working as a Diet Tech in order to get my foot in the door and start working on an internship of which I still have 3 years before I am no longer eligible to take the RD exam (for those of you who don’t know the lingo that’s quite alright…..RD is Registered Dietitian and I graduated with a degree that would allow me to be one after I complete an internship and pass the exam).  Anyways so that’s all been new for me and there have been days that I have had to be there at 5:30am which also you should know that involves just leaving my house at 4:30am!!!!  (Not to mention having to still get ready before that!)  So obviously with that I have been extremely tired.  Moving on…….my mother went on a school trip (yep she’s going back to college and did a study abroad program in Belize!) so it was my job to kinda look after things while she was gone.  Well Papa (my stepdad) was supposed to be going on this trip to visit her and vacation when the program was over, he was supposed to leave June 13th.  Obviously that didn’t happen since he is still in the hospital after what has been nearly two weeks recovering from pneumonia.  I called my mom when they moved Papa from regular care to ICU, I’ll admit I got a bit nervous being the only family that he has up here.  This was pretty stressful for me, maybe with a mix of pregnant hormones, I just felt like I couldn’t function.  So with that feeling I just sort of put my life on hold for about a week and stayed with him at the hospital.  All I could think was how horrible it would be to be stuck there and not be able to do anything or even see a familiar face, that was my motivation to spend hours upon hours sitting in an uncomfortable chair and walking through stinky hallways full of old men (the VA).   But now everything seems to be getting much better!  First of all my mom is back, that sped up his recovery I’m sure of it!  The whole day before I was supposed to pick her up from the airport, every time he would wake up he would ask if I went to get her yet or how much longer?  It was so cute!  Secondly I no longer have to be the one who sits at the hospital for hours!  Don’t get me wrong I’ve still been up there to visit here and there but I don’t feel guilty for leaving anymore!  My mom lives a block away so I’m certain she visits alot!  ;)  And finally I’ve had time to catch up with my life this week.  I’ve gotten lots of much needed editing done and now I’m posting my Tummy Tuesday shots!  Which is what this whole blog is supposed to be about anyways so let’s get rolling!!!

Ok so I think the last post I made was for week 24 which means I have weeks 25-28 for you!

Ok so we’ll start with week 28 on updates and if you are really interested in finding out what happened between week 24 to now you can go do the research yourself, sorry I’ve got bigger fish to fry right now (I hate fish?)

WEEK 28:

I’m pretty sure this starts a new trimester!  I can’t believe we’re already this far!  It seriously seems like yesterday we found out and then weeks later told our parents!!!!  We’ve been starting to get enrolled in some parenting classes and birthing classes.  That makes me quite nervous!  Oh that’s another thing I’ve been stressed about is thinking about how he gets out!  YIKES!

Baby Dotson is settling into the proper position for birth, with his head facing downward (toward my body’s nearest exit!). Our little work in progress is now about 2.5 pounds and almost 16 inches long (that’s huge!!!!). He’s busy adding new skills such as blinking to an already impressive repertoire of tricks like coughing, sucking, hiccuping (which I’m pretty sure I can tell when he has those!), and taking practice breaths. Baby Dotson’s sleep now includes the REM (rapid eye movement) phase — and that means he could be dreaming already (what do you suppose he’s dreaming about?). Though his lungs are nearly fully mature (which means we can breathe a little easier if he were born now), our baby still has plenty of growing to do.

And how could I leave you hanging without some sort of visual measurement?!?!?! …………Baby Dotson is equivalent to a Head of Cauliflower!

Also for anyone out there that had a natural birth I would like to hear your story.  Feel free to post it in a comment or email them to me if you’d like.  erikadotson@gmail.com

Enjoy!

-erika

That’s a relief!  I feel one less step behind now!  :)  Oh and tonight we’ve got our first baby shower!  Goodie!