27 Week Update

This week marks the beginning of my 3rd trimester! We're getting closer to the end, though it still seems a long way away before we get to meet the bean. But since the semester started last week, I'm guessing the next 3 months will go by very fast. This week is also important developmentally too since his lungs are now working fairly well, the chances of survival should he come early are improved, and he can open his eyes now. From here on out it's mostly additional lung development and putting on pounds.

Generally, I'm feeling pretty good these days. Slowly but surely though it's getting a little harder to maneuver and I keep bumping my belly into things. My latest struggle has been finding dressy shoes for teaching that actually fit. My feet have been swollen since pretty early on, and it's not getting any better. I already have big feet too, so it's hard to find shoes that fit me even when they aren't swollen! I may just resort to wearing flip flops to class and telling my students they can deal with it :) And while I was able to still wear most of my regular shirts until recently, every week now it seems I'm playing the "what shirt will fit this week" game. So it will be more laundry for me while I cycle through the handful of maternity shirts that I have!

Here is the 3rd trimester bump!