25 & 26 weeks

I (or should we say, Kaua) completed 26 weeks today! Below is my 25 week photo and my 26 week photo. My belly measurements for the two photos are 38.25 inches and 38.75 inches respectively.
25 weeks:


26 weeks:


You can really see my belly is taking on a more rounded shape now. Also new this week, I'm starting to notice how my belly is getting in the way. I've noticed it before, but it wasn't really much of a problem, but now it's more noticeable. I find myself reluctant to bend down or when I do, I find it's really uncomfortable. For instance, I was sitting in the passenger seat of our car trying to wipe up a spill on the floor matt and I couldn't stay bent over for very long to completely wipe up the spill b/c it was too uncomfortable. Afterwards, Kaua kicked a few times as if to say, you're squishing me mommy, stop it! I'm also rolling off the couch more when lying down on it and just wanting more help in general when getting up from a seated position. Imagine, I've got 3 more months of growing to go. Thankfully, no back pain or swelling yet. =)

According to WTE, this week the baby is over 2 lbs and the size of an eggplant. My uterus has grown to the size of a basketball!!! Yikes! We also start measuring Kaua from head to toe instead of just crown to rump, and according to WTE, he should be about 15 inches long. His eyes are open and he can hear. We're supposed to also be able to hear his heartbeat if DH just presses his ear to my belly, but we doubt it. Just this past week, we tried listening for Kaua's heartbeat with a stethoscope and still couldn't find it. But we could hear his movements.

Kaua is still moving around a lot which is comforting. This past week, I'd say he was head up and feet down mostly b/c I felt the movements mostly down low and they felt almost muffled (as if he was kicking my cervix or the placenta or inwards). Today, he seems to have turned somewhat b/c his kicks are up higher and primarily on the right side of my belly. I read that baby will still have room to turn even up to 36-37 weeks.

And I'm not sure if I showed these photos to you, but here are two pictures of the father's day gift I got for DH back in June.




I ordered the shirt on line from a custom t-shirt print shop. The cool thing is, I ordered it before we found out we were having a boy b/c I was referring to his sperms as "boys." But since we're having a boy, it's even more fitting.

DH leaves tomorrow. Somehow, I'm calm about it. I think its because I'm flying to see him Friday night and will spend the entire labor day weekend with him. He will then be flying home the following 3 weekends so we can start attending a childbirth preparation class together and a couple weddings and parties we were invited to. So it's not so bad. We'll see how I'm doing tomorrow.