The Final Stretch - Third Trimester (28 weeks)

Well this post will be longer because I am now in the third trimester.

I am now 28 weeks and 5 days along. I am loving this time in my pregnancy! I am huge and haven't been able to see my feet in a few months now, but I couldn't be any happier.

Had my last ultrasound in the middle of August and everything is perfect with the baby. We found out that Shawn and I and Rhailynne are going to have a boy. As scared as I am about the thought of having a boy, I am happy too. Everyone is telling me that now I have the Millionaire's Family, but I am still looking for the million dollars to go with it.

A lot of fears are happening right now. How will I raise a boy? What do you do with boys? Will I have to relearn how to parent a boy? I guess that I will just have to do with him that I did with Rhailynne.... wing it.

We have picked out a name for the baby. His name will be Deacon Roger Shawn Foley. When I sit back and think about the last seven months, I think that I knew from the beginning that I was having a boy. It was so easy to pick out the boys name, I took us literally no time at all to figure it out. I never was able to settle on a name if he was to be a girl.

The sick feeling is better this month, not as bad as before. Cravings have seemed to settle down, but now I have this nasty thing called heart burn and acid reflux. I am chewing Tums like they are candy and it doesn't seem to be helping any. I thought that if you had a lot of heart burn that your baby would have lots of hair but from the people that I have asked most of them say that they had lots of heart burn but their baby had little to no hair.

Rhailynne is loving this time in the pregnancy. Not only can she feel Deacon kick but she can SEE him moving in my belly as well. I have had to take more baths in the last month than I think I have had in the last 6 months. Every time she looks at my belly and doesn't see anything she tells me to go have a bath so that she can see Deacon move.

I went to see a specialist on the 10th of September to discuss whether or not I should try a VBAC or a C-SECTION. I have decided to go with a c-section just because I had such a hard labor with Rhailynne. Now to set up another appointment with the specialist to discuss what due date I would like to have.