Baby girl we have made it to the third trimester!! I get so excited every day that we are getting that much closer to having you here. The time continues to fly by and I know that these last 12 weeks are going to be over before we know it. It all became even more real yesterday when the midwife was telling Sean and I the signs of early labour and the fact that I am having braxton hicks contractors already.
Wow, can I really be at the point where we start talking about labour and delivery. I have no fears at all about labour and delivery, I feel completely at peace with the decisions that Sean and I have made and I feel that the more relaxed I am about it the easier the process is going to be for Sean and I. I think I am just surprised that we are getting to that point, it is no longer something that is in the distant future that we will have to think about at some point. With all of that said this trimester is the most exciting because in the end we get our baby girl.
As I mentioned back at the end of my first trimester I have been comparing this pregnancy with our typically monthly drive from Seattle to Vancouver. For the many years I have been making this drive and I have always broken the trip up into thirds so I saw it as only fitting that I use it as a way to follow the progression of my pregnancy. Any long journey whether it is a drive from Seattle to Vancouver or a pregnancy is that much easier when you can break it up into managable parts, and for me it has always been thirds.
We have made it through the traffic and congestion of the first trimester and the rolling hills and beautiful scenery of the second trimester to arrive in a place that is very special to Sean and I, Bellingham. Bellingham is the place that a year and a half ago we became a family and it is now the place we leave from to finish this journey which will result in the welcoming of our baby girl in Vancouver. I am so ready to be in Vancouver!!
Baby girl has reached 2 1/2 pounds, 16 inches long and her new skill this week is blinking. This new skill goes along with the coughing, sucking and hiccuping that she already does. Although her lungs won’t be fully formed for at least another 9 weeks she is still taking her practice breaths.