Thursday, February 21, 2013

24 Weeks


How far along? 24 weeks
How big is the baby? Baby is the size of an eggplant!! 
Total weight gain: None of your business
Maternity clothes? Maternity clothes every single day, all day.
Stretch marks? No new ones ;)
Sleep: I am not sleeping well at all. Toss and turn all night. I just want a nice night's sleep!
Best moment this week:Nothing new happened this week. But it was pretty nice hitting the official "viability" stage!
Miss Anything?  I miss working out and I miss not feeling guilty when I eat junk food. Now that I eat for two, if I eat something bad I feel guilty afterwards. I am not used to that!
Movement: I feel movement, but not as often as I want to. Baby REALLY likes sugar and moves a lot after I eat something junky.
Food cravings: Sweetarts and cuties...and recently chocolate has sprung up as a crucial element. That's a new one.
Anything making you queasy or sick:  No aversions anymore, except to skinny pregnant women.
Labor Signs: No, luckily not.  
Symptoms:  Point to any symptom in a pregnancy book and I have it. None are that bad though, except the body aches. The rest I can deal with.
Wedding rings on or off? Somehow they are STILL on. I really expected these suckers to come off a lot earlier.
Happy or Moody most of the time: I would say that depends on the situation. I am VERY happy about having a baby and starting our family, but I am pretty moody too. Especially when it comes to body image, that gets me really down. And people are starting to really annoy me lately...
Looking forward to: Every time I feel the baby move and my next appointment since I get to see the baby again. :)

Monday, February 11, 2013

23 Weeks



How far along? 23 weeks
How big is the baby? Baby is the size of an ear of corn!! I believe ours is bigger though since baby is measuring ahead.
Total weight gain: None of your business
Maternity clothes? Maternity clothes are my best friend! I even want some maternity pajamas. The support of over belly pants make the biggest difference ever.
Stretch marks? No new ones ;)
Sleep: I am not sleeping very well. I guess my body is trying to prepare me for having a kid...sleepless nights from here on out!
Best moment this week:Eric finally felt baby from the outside! It was so exciting to see his face when he got to feel the baby. I absolutely loved having him finally feel the pregnancy. :)
Miss Anything?  I miss sleeping, I miss working out, skinny jeans, fitting behind chairs in the kitchen, and I miss looking like a normal sized human being. :) Just kidding, I like my pregnant belly, just not sure why my arms look pregnant too!
Movement: I am feeling movement from the inside and outside now. :)
Food cravings: Sweetarts, cuties clementines, and chicken...oh and sadly sprees which are VERY hard to find. 
Anything making you queasy or sick:  No aversions anymore, except to skinny pregnant women.
Labor Signs: No, luckily not.  
Symptoms:  All of them? Blimping up, round ligament pain, so tired, major pregnancy brain a.k.a. pregnesia, and quite moody. Not to mention major nesting kicking in. But it is all so worth it!
Wedding rings on or off? Still on which is very shocking. For as much as I feel like I have blimped up, I thought the rings would be off much sooner.
Happy or Moody most of the time: Both.  This weekend at Caitlin's wedding I was VERY misty eyed. But I am also very happy. So I would say I can be a good balance of both.
Looking forward to: My next appointment because I get another sonogram :)

Friday, February 1, 2013

21 Weeks



How far along? 21 weeks...that officially the COUNTDOWN!!! Well, not really.
How big is the baby? Baby is the size of a spaghetti squash!! Not sure what that is...although ours is actually bigger than that since baby is measuring closer to 2 weeks ahead in size. 
Total weight gain: 12 pounds last doctor appointment.  By now, probably more. I REALLY like sweetarts.
Maternity clothes? Maternity clothes are my best friend!
Stretch marks? No new ones ;)
Sleep: Not much sleep, but thank goodness for my snoogle body pillow!
Best moment this week: Best moment this week? Would that be when my mom told me that we needed to widen the door frames to fit me through? Or possibly when she looked at me sitting on the couch and goes "oh goodness you're so fat! It's cute!" I must admit though, it's quite funny just how much I take after my mother! If this is a girl, I will warn her ahead of time about genetics!
Miss Anything?  I miss sleeping, I miss working out, and I miss skinny jeans lol
Movement: I am definitely feeling some movement from the inside. Baby is active when I am laying down and when I eat citrus.
Food cravings: Sweetarts, cuties clementines, and chicken. Oh, new this week: McFlurries!!!! Turns out, you can have them mix m&m AND oreo for when you can't make up your mind!
Anything making you queasy or sick:  My aversions have gone away for the most part.
Labor Signs: No, luckily not.  
Symptoms:  Blimping up, round ligament pain, so tired, major pregnancy brain a.k.a. pregnesia, and quite moody. Not to mention major nesting kicking in. But it is all so worth it!
Wedding rings on or off? On, no clue how. For as quickly as I ballooned up, I was expecting my rings to come off already.
Happy or Moody most of the time: I would say happy BUT moody.  I am generally happy and so looking forward to the baby and being so far along, but I definitely get upset easily.
Looking forward to: Looking forward to continuing to have a healthy and happy pregnancy and I cannot wait to feel movement from the outside. Also really looking forward to those "alien" moments!


20 Weeks...Halfway there!



How far along? 20 Weeks...officially marking my halfway point!
How big is the baby? Baby is the size of a banana! 
Total weight gain: 12 pounds...EEKS!!! I gotta get that under control!
Maternity clothes? Maternity clothes are my best friend!
Stretch marks? No new ones ;)
Sleep: I honestly think that the reason pregnant ladies can't sleep is to get them prepared for when the baby is here. I have not gotten a solid night's sleep in a VERY long time!
Best moment this week: Definitely starting to feel baby from the inside.  It is not consistent yet, but it is absolutely amazing to sit there and feel what I know is my little baby kicking and waving! And officially looking "pregnant", that's a big milestone.
Miss Anything?  I honestly miss motivation and miss working out. I also miss sleeping, and seeing my toes :)
Movement: Every sonogram I go to, I am told that the baby is SUPER active. It's nice to be able to start feeling that. It isn't as often as a lot of moms, but I attribute that to the baby being super low and transverse.
Food cravings: Sweetarts, cuties clementines, and chicken.
Anything making you queasy or sick:  My aversions have gone away for the most part.
Labor Signs: No, luckily not.  
Symptoms:  Blimping up, round ligament pain, so tired, major pregnancy brain a.k.a. pregnesia, and quite moody. Not to mention major nesting kicking in. But it is all so worth it!
Wedding rings on or off? On, no clue how. For as quickly as I ballooned up, I was expecting my rings to come off already.
Happy or Moody most of the time: I would say happy BUT moody.  I am generally happy and so looking forward to the baby and being so far along, but I definitely get upset easily.
Looking forward to: I am looking forward to the first time I feel baby move from the outside. That is going to be so amazing! I also cannot wait until my next appointment so I can hear baby again.