Pregnancy 1: Week 28

28 Weeks:

Symptoms: I realize every time I list my symptoms I tend to leave some out, but I am doing the best I can I promise. Breast soreness has been a symptom for me throughout this entire pregnancy (it was actually my first indicator of pregnancy), definitely more emotional this week, things hit me hard, constant peeing, ended this week throwing up and sick just like 1st trimester all over again.

Weight: This week I have officially broken double digits, which honestly is a little scary. I have gained just over 10 lbs.

This weekend I had someone very close with me come to visit. We had a good time the first day but had to cut the time short because emotions got high between the both of us. I really hated this. He got upset with me because of a misunderstanding when I was trying to help him, and I got upset with him because he retaliated with some harsh words and making me feel like I didn’t belong with them. He left in a rage saying some hurtful words on his way out. Naturally (being more emotional anyway) it hit me really hard. I went into my room and all of a sudden felt like I couldn’t breath, was uncontrollably crying, and ended up having to go into the bathroom to throw up. Tomek came in and did his best to calm me down but it just wasn’t working. He made me get on the bed and lay flat so I could get more air which helped. He went out of his way to comfort me and make me feel better. Cold wash clothes, relaxation meditations on youtube, and cuddles. It helped so much and I eventually was able to calm down and fell asleep after an hour of all of that. I woke up less than an hour later and when I went to stand I was in such pain. My right leg was giving out with every movement, I was holding onto walls and having Tomek get me to the couch and bed. I was pretty worried about this. What did I do to Patrick? Did I hurt my baby?! This just scared me so much more. I reached out to a friend and she told me that she had a similar feeling (just the pain, not the emotional wreck first) and was basically crawling during her 1st and 2nd trimester. That she was told it was due to a hormone dump that is meant to soften and widen your hips. This did make me feel a little better.

Patrick also was kicking like normal which made me reassured. I definitely plan on asking my OB though when I go back in for my next visit, thankfully it is next week.

Update: I am rounding out my 28 weeks (5 days after this event, and still have the sharp pain in my adductor muscle (right groin muscle) which has been slowly getting a little better, I can walk- though it’s more of a limp but it isn’t going away). I am still in a little shock because I did nothing to pull that muscle, maybe it is a hormone dump but I hate that this situation caused this terrible physical pain.

Game Night: After a rough day our friends volunteered to have us over for a game night with them after they put their little girl to sleep. It was so good to get out and think about something happier since every time I kept thinking about it I would end up crying again. So we had some greatly needed fun with them. I took over a harry potter themed cards against humanity (Cards Against the Ministry) and though we definitely admit it takes raunchy to a whole new level we did have fun playing this game between the 4 of us. We had some yummy popcorn, chatted, and headed home.

Father’s Day: Tomek and I both agreed next year would be our first mother’s and father’s day but I found this awesome batman card when I was in Scotland that I was initially going to give to my amazing hubby to tell him we were pregnant. However, I of course left it in all my Scotland papers and postcards for my scrapbook and just saw it thee other day. So for this father’s day it seemed fitting to give him this card, which I framed for him to be able to put on his desk. :)

To add to our father’s day fun...Tomek and I were going to take his dad out to eat lunch with us (we invited his mom and sis too) but naturally his dad was busy with choir (he sings a lot in the church choir...but we love him so much for it!). So we ended up just going out with his mom. His sister was busy too BUT we saw her on our drive and so I hurried and put this on….

The horse mask has been a long standing fun car thing Tomek and I do (normally only on really long car rides, but man did we have a great time doing this to his sister too!). The look on her face was priceless. So of course I then snapped the above picture and sent it to her asking, “Have you seen this horse?” heehee.

CLF Graduation: I made cupcakes for our changing lives forever class graduation. This was a breaking the cycle of poverty class we had at our church. So I made these cupcakes with our church colors. I wanted to do a dove on top but I couldn’t find a cutter and didn’t want to try to hand cut 50 doves. So I went to the store and found crosses instead and here was the final product….

I intended to stay for the entire graduation ceremony but had been throwing up the day before, not keeping food down, and I know I have my glucose test, Tdap shot, and OB checkup the next day at the start of my 29 weeks so I will update you on that then. So I didn’t feel well when I went and unfortunately the room became so warm I had to leave. I made it home just in time to throw up again.

So needless to say this week was a rough week but ended on a stronger note and I am hoping that it continues to get better in the weeks to come.