My belly is really sticking out now! When I lie on my back, the top of my uterus is flowing over my bottom ribs. Things are starting to get very tight in there! Baby is now 14 inches long and weighs 2.25 pounds.
The belly is starting to be "in the way" of things now: When I greeted Tim at the door one night after work, with a kiss, my belly bumped us apart! That was good for a laugh. When I try to lean across a counter, I can't lean as far as before. Sometimes I hoist my belly up on to the counter so I can get close to the mirror over our bathroom sinks. It is hard to put on socks; I can't really bend over. I mostly have to sit or lean on something. I can't see my toes if I stand up straight and look down!
Baby still seems to have plenty of room to move around in, though. I feel movement in the morning when I'm lying in bed, and at night when I go to bed to read or sleep. The movements shift constantly, sometimes left and soft, other times high and hard. I cannot tell what position baby is in, but fortunately, it is not down low and wanting to come out!
And the best news is I have started my third trimester; I am in the middle of my 27th week. Babies can survive well enough outside the uterus at this point, in an emergency. I'm hoping baby will stay put until the middle of November and not a moment longer!! But if I'm already this big, I just can't even imagine how huge my belly will be in three more months!
