Third Trimester Highlights

The third trimester of pregnancy spans from week 28 to the birth of the baby.

Tip:

About 5% of Morning sickness sort of returns in third trimester for most women! Balance nutrition, go low on spices to help. And, walk!

The third trimester kicked in and Piya learnt that the baby's size was gonna triple the current size. She has been putting on the right number of lbs thus far. The baby's movements were becoming more evident, and it was a joy to experience it. She figured the baby also responded to our voices. The baby usually paused a bit when Jay spoke, or even when Jill barked. Even when Jay places his hand to feel the movement, he would have to wait until after the pause to feel the movement. Once, Jay tried to feel the movement, but the baby was pretty stationary at that time. So, he said to the baby "Dei, wake up..how long are you gonna sleep" -- At once, they both felt a pretty strong kick and a move. That was pretty funny and memorable!

Piya wanted to make sure the nursery was all set by week 32, so she gets to rest and enjoy the nursery during last few weeks. Piya spent a lot of time reading stuff about child birth and after care. She planned her mom dad's visit about a month before the estimated due date. She had started buying cribs, etc during her second trimester. All she had to do now was to get Jay's time to assemble it.

Nursery prep!

Car seat and training Jill with a baby toy

Every weekend, Piya and Jay set aside some time for cleaning the house room-by-room, assembling stuff for the baby -- preparing for the baby. They also started training Jill for the arrival of the little one. While all this was going on, Piya was still feeling tired and exhausted during the week days and she had to force herself to focus at work. But, Jay was of great help in the evenings that she was able to spend some time working in the evening too, while he was supportive of other chores.