Here we are at the 28 week mark!



Oh what - you didn't want to see the world's sexiest photo? You didn't ask to see my greasy face and humidity-inspired topknot 'do? I don't know what you mean by all that. Next you'll be telling me leggings aren't pants. Pffffft. Working from home, kids. This is what it looks like.

So...28 weeks. Some people would say that's seven months (four weeks per month...) but thebump.com says I'm still in my sixth month, so I'm going to trust the Internet. It's like science. And it sounds a lot less scary to tell people I'm six months along than seven.

What's new? Sleeping through the night has become a thing of the past. I have this fear of crushing the baby if I roll onto my stomach, and of cutting off its blood flow if I sleep on my back, so I need to sleep on my side. Thing is, this eggplant-sized bebe is making staying on my side harder and more uncomfortable, so I've taken to kind of straddling/molesting a pillow when I lie down. Every time I roll over in the night (which happens at least 20 times) I wake up and have to rearrange myself and my gut and pillow. Still, if this is my worst problem, I can deal with it.

Neighbours are starting to ask Peter if we're expecting. Crafty, aren't they, not asking me? Just in case I've been on a crazy Pop Tart and poutine binge all summer? (That totally hasn't happened. Skinny Cow truffle bars, maaaaybe).

I do notice strangers looking at my belly a lot when I'm out and about, and I don't like it. I don't enjoy staring at the best of times, and I especially don't like it when I feel like a bloated, warped, lumpy version of myself. The first stranger to touch my belly is getting their hands slapped. BUT! My friends are the greatest and always say lovely things that make me feel much better when I'm feeling like a lopsided chunkster.

The baby is still a character and kicks and punches the crud out of me every day and night. Sometimes we see a big round ball which we assume is either a head or a bum, and other times little pokey things that are either footies or hands. I love this little person more every day.