27 weeks

How far along:  27 weeks  (3.5.15)

Total weight gain/loss: no clue since i'm out of town... but i've been eating like crazy.

Maternity clothes:  yes... just maternity shirts though.  i really cant wear many normal shirts still. 

Sleep:  not awesome.  it's been weird since we're traveling because every hotel is different as far as their bed and covers and room setup so i'm not really sure how much is actually due to pregnancy.  my dreams continue to be weird though.  

Best moment this week:  umm, the whole thing?  i'm in brazil with my honey and it's AMAZING.  also, preferential treatment in brazil because i'm pregnant.  i've been enjoying that.  ; )

Movement:  just it's getting way stronger and more frequent.  also, sometimes if i've been sitting down, i can stand up and feel that she's lodged herself in a way that's super uncomfortable to me and i have to walk slow and carefully for several minutes until she resituates herself again.  

Food cravings:  mmm, i really like eating although i was hugely blessed this past week while traveling that i wasn't consumed by it.  i was easily able to go six or more hours without eating and walk away just fine from food we passed that looked appealing.  if food is good, i'm really loving it.  if it's not good, i seriously can't handle it.  there's not a whole lot of in between.  so basically, i'm a picky eater now.   

Symptoms: occasional swelling in my feet (from hot weather or walking or bugbites, not sure which), general feelings of getting winded easily and my body always just wanting to sit down (probably from the hot weather and more rigorous schedule), gagging at gross food.

Gender:  my baby is a little girl.  ; )

What I miss:  not being able to physically handle things like i used to. i'm not at all an in shape or physically fit person, but lately, i've been feeling like how i imagine someone extremely overweight would feel.  everything is just more difficult than it should be. the walking and the heat and the wearing heels for hours on end wouldn't have impacted me so severely had i not been pregnant.  also, on the argentina side of igacu falls, my honey and i were super bummed that they wouldn't allow pregnant women on the motor boat or jeep tour.  and i turned down a number of foods that looked like they wouldn't be appropriate during pregnancy like ceviche and the raw salmon cracker thing, although that really wasn't a huge deal.  just a little something.

Milestones:  i hit the third trimester!  also, i've started to feel big and cumbersome when i move.
Theme: the week of traveling brazil for a little babymoon
What's different this time around:  with abigail, well i think the most notable difference from this week is that i experienced pregnancy swelling for the first time ever.  i'm hoping that it was mostly just triggered from all of the heat and miles of walking we were doing.  and i'm still confused why my left foot was so much more susceptible to swelling than my right.  

Extra:  i've just really enjoyed being pregnant this week.  no signs of depression at all.  although my depression was mostly not wanting to play with my kids and feeling overwhelming guilt about being an unloving mother, so that part might explain why i haven't been feeling those feelings this week.