27 Week appointment and work drama...

27 weeks pregnant

At 27 weeks, baby is breathing (it’s amniotic fluid, not air, but it still counts) and even showing brain activity. You’ve got a lot on your brain, too, from wondering what labor and delivery is going to be like to trying to find the best pediatrician for baby. The annoying symptoms you’ve been having probably aren’t going away, but at least you’ve probably found some ways to deal with them -- and hey, maybe you’re used to them right now. As you say goodbye to the second trimester, you can look forward to some pretty embarrassing stuff (like having to pee all the time -- and maybe even when you don’t mean to at all) that’s all par for the late-pregnancy course. It’s time to head down the home stretch. Are you ready?

Your baby's the size of a rutabaga!

At 13.6 to 14.8 inches and 1.5 to 2.5 pounds, she's not just getting bigger, she's getting smarter.

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your baby at 27 weeks

• She's practicing inhaling and exhaling with her rapidly developing lungs.
• It's official: Baby's showing brain activity! And her brain will keep on getting more complex.

                    *I did not take this picture, just grabbed it from google*

I had my follow- up from the hospital today (ended up a 27-week check up instead of going at 28 weeks). I had to drink the sugar mess again (I had to take the 1-hour at 20 weeks as well). THANKFULLY, I passed. I had the red "fruit punch" this time which I must say was a little better than the orange. I drank the goop and tried not to fall asleep in the room I was in... right about the same time the doctor walked in, the lady came in to prick my finger. [side note- how in the world can a finger- prick hurt like crazy worse than blood being drawn?] The doctor proceeded with the doppler and Liam sounded great! I praise God for that! He then went on to say that I have 4 things to be cautious/ looking out for... 1) Preeclampsia (my blood pressure has been high the past few visits and was high while at Northside. He said that it is low-high so basically it is high but not crazy high. As of right now, they will just keep an eye on it). 2) Preterm labor. The little incident that happened last week could have easily thrown me in to labor, but thankfully we decided to actually go to the hospital and we caught it in time. However, the blood pressure, etc. can still cause it so we are just praying to get to 36 weeks. 3) blood sugar- well I passed the 1-hour so we can check that one off and 4) hemoglobin- just that they want to make sure my iron is good/ stays good. I don't think there is much I can do to help this- but I passed today so we will just keep hoping all is well with that. The down-side to everything is the amount of weight I have gained! I cannot believe it... I really think I have gained more than this point last time. But, I am trying not to worry about it and just essentially put it off till after baby comes! I really like the head in the sand approach!

And there is basically a bunch of crap/ drama going on at work. There is an ongoing battle with my "new" supervisor- I have no real problem with her except that she is nit-picky and a micro-manager, but I realize that you have to deal with people like that sometimes. BUT apparently she just has it out for me. Ever since she came, she has totally wrapped the manager around her- which would normally be ok- but that means now that no matter what happens (right or wrong) he is against the employee and HR (her best friend is in HR and got her this job) sides with her as well- I'm not just talking about the small petty stuff, but down-right lies as well. So for my job, we are supposed to go in the field- I have no problem with that. But, one thing that is just crazy is that right now we are focused on 1 project and that is supposedly all we should be doing- well out of nowhere they said they were going to make us do field visits with supervisors (which technically is not a big deal, in the 10 years I have been here, we have never done that and it was just random). Since I do not trust this lady and have already had issues with her (i.e. her telling lies to HR about the people on her team, etc.), I did not want to put myself in a situation where it was she and I, one-on-one. I was trying to prevent a he-said, she-said situation where ultimately the manager, HR, etc. would side with her. I posed the question to HR if it was mandatory to have her in the car with us, one-on-one and no one else could come. This was crazy because we have always done field visits in groups and with others. Well, HR basically told me that yes, they were forcing me to put her in my car, one-on-one. CRAZY. {This question to HR apparently sparked this down-hill slide} The other supervisors are going in groups and if you don't want them to ride with you they will take their own car. So, it was a mess, several of us got called in to HR because the manager per the supervisor, sent some stuff to HR claiming that we were trying to be insubordinate. After all that, I did not push it any further- I just kept to myself. Well, Monday (after the hospital visit last week), I emailed her simply asking to reschedule for another day. She said she will get back to me (not that she should have had to think about it because she had already willingly rescheduled 3 other people- proving that she just has a problem with me). Forward to Tuesday, I randomly get a call from HR stating that Gary (the manager) sent an email to them stating that I was being insubordinate and refusing to go out in the field. I was blown away to say the least. I really could not believe that my email requesting to change days led to her forwarding it to Gary and him feeling the need to change my email and forward to HR. I explained to the HR lady what I DID email and she also brought up that he claimed I was wearing tennis shoes. I was like really? Yes, I am but I have a note. This just proves to me that they are just fishing for stuff to try to get me in trouble/ fired. Shoes, really? If that is all someone can come up with, that is just sad. ANYWAY, I say all that to say it has been really stressful and crazy at work. We are praying that something will come through so I do not have to work. Well, we know God will come through! At my appointment today, as the doctor was talking about my issues and how I need to be careful, he would like me to take off work, etc., I mentioned all this about the field and how they wanted me to do it for 5 hours, in 90+ degree heat, etc. He said, umm no. So, I got a note that basically states that I need to be on desk-duty or stay in the office due to my pregnancy complications. I am waiting on my FMLA paperwork to be faxed to me from their office then I will send everything to HR. I am SURE something will be said about all of this- as it already has, but I am just praying that everyone just drops it and stops coming after me for incorrect/ irrelevant stuff. I am rejoicing in the Lord and Praising His name that everything is good with Liam. I am thankful and relieved that I was given a note for all of this as well. I know He has a plan, it is His (and not mine) and I just need to SIT BACK AND BE PATIENT!!!! I am going to the doctor every 2 weeks now, so that is fun and exciting!!! The next visit is another doppler and on June 28th... We will see what great adventures we have until then!!!