Pregnancy Update – 29 Weeks

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Welcome to this week’s pregnancy update – 29 weeks. I have only 10 weeks and 6 days left.

 

How far along? 29 weeks and 1 days

 

Due date? 7th May 2017

 

How is baby doing?  Baby is 15.2 inches long and weighs 1,153 grams. She is the size of a pumpkin and weighs about 2 and ½ pounds. Baby’s brain is in charge of maintaining body temperature and also controls breathing. Baby’s irises can now respond to light by dilating and contracting. All the internal organs are maturing and preparing to function on their own after birth. Baby’s skin is beginning to look less wrinkly and more like it will look at birth.

The extra fat under the skin will help to regulate baby’s body temperature at birth. Baby girl’s head is now much more proportionate to the rest of the body. Baby is bursting with energy at this point, don’t I know it! I am feeling every bit of it.

 

Maternity clothes: Maternity tights or leggings are an everyday staple. I am literally wearing black leggings every day.

 

Stretch marks: No stretch marks yet although I am definitely bigger than I was last time round so we shall see. I have also run out of body butter so I am off the repurchase some at lunch time.

 

Sleep:  Sleep was terrible last night I seemed to wake every few hours and I even had to get out to use the loo. Baby doesn’t like being lied on. She is not happy when I lie on my side and I can feel her bashing into the mattress.

 

Best moment this week: Nick will be home and I am looking forward to getting back into our routine.

 

Miss anything? Not really. Just being comfortable I guess and able to breathe!

 

Movement: Lots of movement. I think 2nd time round there is a lot more space for baby so you can feel the movements a lot more.

 

Gender: It’s a Girl.

 

Labour signs: No. No tightening’s or anything.

 

Symptoms: This week my blood test results from my midwife appointment showed I was slightly anaemic so I have been prescribed iron tablets to help with that. I am hoping that this will explain why I have felt so tired and that when they start to take effect I might perk up a little. Still slow. I am finding it harder to get in and out of bed, and to get dressed in the mornings. My back is also starting to ache. If I get up too quickly I am getting sharp stabbing pains in my lower back.

 

Anything making you queasy or sick? No.

 

Belly button in or out? OUT

 

Wedding rings on or off? On.

 

Happy or moody most of the time: I still feel quite sad. I am hoping when the iron tablets take effect I will start to feel more myself.

 

How I feel? In a way I am relieved that I am slightly anaemic as I am hoping that might explain why I have been feeling so tired and unable to cope. However, I also feel incredibly guilty that I have to take tablets. I hate the idea that baby girl is being pumped full of drugs before she is even born. I havn’t taken my pregnancare supplements for a while as they were making me sick, I can’t help but think if I was still taking them I might not need the iron tablets. We also havn’t been eating as well as we normally would. We still eat fairly healthily but when I was pregnant with Rosalie Nick was in training for competitions and so we pretty much ate vegetables and meat every night. I feel like I have let her down before she has even been born.

 

Looking forward to: getting stuff done! It will be horrible whilst we do them. We need to paint bedrooms and get carpets cleaned and I still need to reorganise all me photos which is taking forever!! There must be an easier way but it is a long slow process.

You can take a look at my 29 Week Pregnancy Update video below:::

 

 

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14 Comments

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    Rebecca | AAUBlog
    24th February 2017 at 9:09 AM

    no need to feel guilty about having to take medication – it will make you feel so much better. plus, if they are just iron, it won’t be full of junk. Hope you perk up soon x

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      Sarah
      27th February 2017 at 10:25 AM

      Thank you lovely. It is nice to know that there is a reason for why I am feeling so awful xx

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    Anna C.
    24th February 2017 at 10:22 AM

    You look so beautiful but I can see on the video that you look really tired probably because you are slightly anaemic. It’s funny because I get slightly anaemic every time I get my period, it does scare me a bit… But I want to be a mommy soon!

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      Sarah
      27th February 2017 at 10:26 AM

      Aww Thank you sweetheart. I am hoping I will perk up abit soon and start to feel better. I hope it happens for you soon lovely.

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    Cass@FrugalFamily
    24th February 2017 at 9:01 PM

    Aw don’t feel guilty about taking tablets to make you feel better x x

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      Sarah
      27th February 2017 at 10:28 AM

      Thanks hun. I’m trying not to compare this pregnancy to my last as I know they can all be very different but it’s hard xx

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    TheLondonMum
    25th February 2017 at 3:37 PM

    My bump is looking a whole lot bigger! eeeeekk. I’ll blame the diabetes. You look fab and sounds like everything is going well. Sorry to hear you have to take meds for the anaemia. x

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      Sarah
      27th February 2017 at 10:34 AM

      I feel like all of a sudden I’ve got huge! Thank you hunny. xx

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    Jodie
    26th February 2017 at 7:56 PM

    I found sleep and comfort just got worse as the pregnancy progressed. You have a lovely bump.

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      Sarah
      27th February 2017 at 10:34 AM

      Yes, I am definitely very aware that these last few week’s are going to be the worst! xx

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    Cardiff Mummy Says
    28th February 2017 at 7:53 PM

    Oh, I had anaemia in all three of my pregnancies. I was so disappointed as I made such an effort to eat lots of iron-rich food. Hope the tablets help. I found the prescribed ones upset my tummy so I bought some herbal stuff which helped. x

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      Sarah
      1st March 2017 at 11:38 AM

      Aww cool. I’ll look into getting the herbal ones. I am only taking half the recommended dose on advice from my midwife and drinking lots of OJ and so far I have been ok xx

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    Stephanie moore
    28th February 2017 at 9:50 PM

    Ah don’t feel guilty, it can’t be helped sometimes. I don’t know if you would prefer but I took spartone (I think that’s what it’s called) with my twins. It’s a iron supplement in a drink. So more gentle. I hope you feel brighter, I’m anemic at the moment and I’m so tired and I don’t even have a baby growing in my tummy! You’re doing great x

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      Sarah
      1st March 2017 at 12:08 PM

      Aww Thank you hunny. A few people have recommended spatone so I need to look into it. It’s not been too bad so far but I’ve only been taking it a week so I don’t think it’s had much effect yet. It’s so hard. You just feel so weary all the time. I hope you start to feel better soon too my lovely xxx

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