Ermagawd. I’m 28 weeks pregnant now and boy, things are really happening!

This kid seriously tried to kick her way out of the front of my body this week.

And it makes me start to question her intelligence levels, since instead of using the allocated exit like abnormal human, she is obviously trying to headbutt her way out of me through what is essentially a brick wall. Well, I can only wish I had abs that were that hard. In reality, she more accurately is trying to head butt her way through a jelly like substance coated in skin.

Yerp, just lovely.

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My skin is feeling so tight around my stomach these days that I am sure I will be able to see my kidneys if I look hard enough… Some days I wonder if I can really stretch that much further. But I know from past experience that I most definitely can. I have got WAY more stretching to do and its all going to happen from here on in. I just can’t wait. I hope I don’t ACTUALLY explode.

I am really starting to waddle when I walk now, and I can feel my whole body swaying from side to side as I move slowly from one end of my work place to the other. I am sure that the poor little lady is getting tossed about like a rag doll in there, banging her head against the walls of my uterus every time I walk from the couch to the toilet.

As a side note, we finally tossed the little man into a big boy bed and stole his cot today for his sister. And his couch. The poor thing. His room looks so much bigger now than it did before and yet at the same time he looks so much smaller in his bed. I can’t believe it, my first baby is now a big boy and I am getting all weepy and emotional about it. I think I am hormonal.

But that’s not the point. Because this is about my pregnancy with my second baby isn’t it? So back to the point…

I am 29 weeks now. And the little lady is kicking me SO STRONGLY that I am wondering if she has stolen the strength of twenty men.

And again, I am starting to wonder how I am going to get through to the end of this pregnancy with those little legs going a million miles an hour inside my guts with THAT power. Coz those legs are going to get even stronger from here. And she is going to get bigger too.

Sigh. WTAF?

I mean, how is she going to even FIT by the end? I mean, I know it’s going to be possible – her brother was always bigger (according to the docs) and she is normal sized (thank bloody god), and he fit relatively comfortably even longer than he was supposed to. Well, “comfortably” may not be the right word, but he was comfortable enough to stay in there past his due date so that’s sure saying something.

I am still sleeping on my tummy (sort of) as I find it way more comfortable than when I sleep on my sides as after a full nights sleep my hips start to ache. And after long periods of sitting down at work I find that when I get up I start to feel a weird feeling which runs down my right butt cheek and through the middle of my right hamstring. It’s not pain so much as an awareness of a nerve or muscle that I have never ever been aware of before. Hmmmm, that can’t be good. I hope it buggers off soon.

And in other areas of weirdness, I have developed these little red blotches on my face and chest over the last week or so. I think they are burst capillaries. They are super normal but they have definitely multiplied. It leads me to wonder if my face may explode at some point too.

That’s a reasonable thought isn’t it?

Oh! And skin tags. Such grossness, but I am thrilled to announce that I have them too. I got two with my son and one never left, but I now I have another one. One has grown under my armpit and one is on my left eyelid. Yuck. They are so weird and creepy, bloody flappy skin tags.

I want to grab hold of them and pull them off but since they are actually connected to my body then nope I guess I can’t do that.

I went to the hospital a couple of days ago for a doctor’s appointment and for some reason instead of parking at the hospital itself I decided to park a few blocks away and walk to the hospital. It was a lovely day and the sun was out. So walk I did. Up the mother of all hills. Such a stupid idea.

This hill was so steep that I was actually a little bit nervous that I would fall down dead half way down. I managed it but I totally worried the whole time that my heart would thump right out of my chest. Or  that my lady would fall straight out of my hoo-ha.

But she has stayed in there. For now. But for how long? Who knows.

Only kidding, the doctor said that she is still sitting really high up and is feet down. Just like her brother. He said that there is plenty of time for her to turn around, but ten bucks says she is late like him, and backwards like him too. I really REALLY hope not, but I guess only time will tell huh?

30 weeks now and I am starting to get tired again.

And for some reason I stupidly have been going to bed later than usual. Which is so daft because I obviously need more sleep than I used to but I just reeeeaaaally want to make the most of these last ten weeks that I have before the baby comes, leaving me completely and utterly exhausted. I know that makes no sense because I literally just mentioned how tired I am, but that’s pregnancy for you.

It a-makin’ no sense. Ever.

Maybe it will start to make sense in the next two weeks? Let’s just see…

Have you experienced any weird things during YOUR pregnancy? Then leave me a comment below, as I would love to read all about what you are going through too! xxxxxx