28 Weeks Behind Me

I have so many thoughts about this pregnancy and am not keeping up very well on my journal, so I better jot them down here. This is the first picture I have taken of my pregnant belly. I really hate taking them, but like having them after baby arrives. I feel like I didn't show hardly at all the first 19 weeks, and then boom these last two months I have jumped to feeling full term. Believe me I know I am not close, but it feels like a HUGE bump.

I still can't believe that in just 2 and 1/2 months we'll have a newborn in our home. It's been so long since we've had a baby boy I am really excited. Pregnancy has been perfect so far aside from the past few weeks. I got the flu which wiped me out for a week, and then this sinus stuff just lingered.  Wednesday I finally went into the Dr. and he put me on antibiotic for a sinus infection. I absolutely hate taking any medication normally, but when I am pregnant I avoid it at all costs, but I have been sleeping so bad lately I gave in and have been taking the antibiotic. Thursday afternoon I started having a sharp pain in my side, like a terrible side ache. By 9 that night I couldn't hardly move. I got really bad chills and fever and wasn't feeling the baby move and I was pretty panicked. We were ready to go to the hospital, when the baby finally moved after an hour and 1/2 of prodding. I went to bed hoping the pain would be gone in the morning. The entire night was spent in pain, and when I woke up we went to the Dr.'s. They hooked me up ran a stress test on the baby and I was having contractions consistently for the first half. They came in, gave me water, and rotated me and they stopped. The baby was doing really well, so that was a huge relief even though I still had that pain. They ran tests for multiple things, but mostly thought it could be my appendix. Luckily everything came back okay. I went home and took the rest of the day easy. My stomach was very sensitive still, but not near as bad as the night before. As I type this two days later it basically feels slightly crampy all over, but not sharp pain so hopefully things continue to get better. I realized how lucky I have been with my other 3 babies not to experience any of these pains or scares. I feel so much for moms who deliver early, or have to be on bed-rest, or worse case, lose their babies. These thoughts plagued me for the entire night. Part of me thinks the antibiotic has caused all of this, but my Dr. wants me to finish it. I have another appointment soon and they will recheck things again.