28 WEEKS & Third Trimester!

We've made it this far!  We are officially in the home stretch.  And we reached the 28 week milestone where chance of survival for preemies goes up to 90%. I feel so good about that.  Now onto the 30 week goal, and then 32.  I'm giving myself small goals at this point in time. Even now my goal is to make it through the weekend. That is doable, right?

For an update, things are much better today. After I posted things slowed down a lot. I slept in the afternoon and that helped.  By then I was having mild contractions but they were not regular at all. Even at their peak they had only been up to 50 on the chart.  The chart only goes up to 100 but I think in active labour you get up to 150-200.  After 75, you are in the "danger zone."  

So by dinner, they let me eat!  Let me tell you, it was the greatest thing ever.  Actually they first brought in a cheese sandwich and apple juice and I inhaled them like they were the greatest thing on earth haha!

Then I got dinner and was super full after. I was worried that I had eaten too much because I was very bloated. But they gave me a stool softener, and I finally had a BM around midnight.  I was exhausted from all the activity of the day and asleep by 10pm. I woke up through the night a few times but all in all slept through till morning. I did have some backache/cramping overnight and am discharging brown blood but they said not to worry about it now, as long as the contractions don't come back or I don't start bleeding fresh blood. 

So this morning I finally showered and I feel like a new woman!  Just waiting for breakfast now...mmm!  

I hope to write more about the emotional side of this later on when I'm not on the phone. Keep you posted!

Oh, and here's a bump pic (since I can't update my bump page on here) of me in my cute hospital gown.