Friday, September 7, 2012
22 Weeks & a gold nugget...
This week so far has been completely insane because as many of you know {unless you're living under a rock} J and I live in Charlotte....the DNC is happening in Charlotte. Most business located in and around Uptown {what we call our "downtown"} have closed or have their employees working from home. With a show just 2 weeks away, that is not an option for us. SO mornings have been a lot earlier and nights have been packed with doing as much as I can so I can sleep as long as I can.
I do need to give serious props to our Police Departments {who have been coming in to use our restrooms all week} they are doing an awesome job and I really think that they were over prepared in all their efforts...better to be over prepared right? The popo have all been staging in our cul-de-sac which is creating an exciting distraction, especially when they strap on their riot gear and speed off down the street....it's all very exciting for our not so small town :)
Now....here's 22 weeks! (5 months, 2nd trimester!)
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| My boobs are getting WAY bigger....I didn't think that was possible.... |
Size: Hudson is about 11 inches and a little over 1lb (the U/S tech told us so!), the length of a spaghetti squash.
Total weight gain: +8 lbs total
Maternity clothes? Still loving them...excited it is officially fall because I have some cute tunic sweaters! {if it would ever cool off!}
Stretch marks? Same--using way more coco butter and assorted body butters.
Sleep: Trying to sleep as much as possible. Taking naps when I get home from work, then attempting to go to bed while bebe Hud practices acrobatics in my lower belly
Best moment this week: Finding out there is no more Previa! And I will have to say that we got our first official baby present, our AWESOME family friend L got us our stroller. It came in yesterday and was waiting on our porch when I got home from work. With the Previa I'm not allowed to lift anything over 15/20 lbs it sat on our porch taunting me until he got home an HOUR AND A HALF later...it was torture. Then he got home and I didn't even let him change before he got in...we set it up and it is currently a fixture in our living room. We took turns pushing it around the house and admiring all the really cool things about it! Needless to day I'm obsessed
Miss Anything? Exercise...I'm stuck walking or swimming and now that our pool has closed for the season that is no longer an option...and it's just too muggy out to walk when I get home from work...
Movement: Yes! Every morning around 7:30 on my drive into work, around mid morning (10:30 or so) then again around lunch time (around 1ish) then he's SUPER active around 9pm when I'm exhausted and just want to sleep. And during the U/S yesterday she had to wake him up and as soon as he started kicking me J and I could see it on the screen which was really neat!Food cravings: Still wanting fruit and veggies more than other things...but no real cravings.Aversions definitely to sweets.
Anything making you queasy or sick: If I don't eat
Gender: Baby Boy!
Labor Signs: None.
Symptoms: Some round ligament pain and my stomach has started itching if I don't douse it in lotion. And the girls are getting bigger....
Belly Button in or out? In although both of my piercing holes are now on the outside of my belly button which is super strange...J thinks my belly button will pop in the next few weeks...
Wedding rings on or off? On but I am taking them off to sleep because I get hot at night and my fingers swell like sausages
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy...but definitely get grumpy if I don't eat. J mentioned the other night he thought when I got preggo I would turn into this huge beyotch who bossed him around and made outlandish demands. I'm not sure why he thought that but you will be glad to know he has retracted those feelings and has since said what a nice pregnant lady I am :)
Looking forward to: My mom and sister are throwing a shower for me on Saturday! My sister's weekends are limited because she is interning at Riley Children's Hospital in Indianapolis {and kicking butt!} plus with the previa they didn't want to take a chance that I might have to deliver early or be stuck on bed rest like my mom was when she was pregnant with me.
Next Appointment: October 4th, then we will schedule one for 2 weeks after to have another u/s and do the diabetes test...which I hear is disgusting...
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1. Yay to the placenta moving!
ReplyDelete2. Stroller--yay also! I loved our stroller. One hand to open and close? Heck yeah, I'll take it! And not being able to lift? Well that's what gentle shoves with one's foot are for! lol
3. I wish I'd have an aversion to sweets now...or when pregnant. With Caden, sweets were one of the only things that did NOT make me feel ick...haha
4. I love that Josh said that about you and has retracted his statement. I am not going to ask my husband what his opinion was...I may not want to know.
5. Have fun at your showerrrrr! Tell Beeper I said hi please, k?! Love your updates!
YAYAYAYAYAYAY!!! Great news! Very happy for you! Natural birth is an awesome experience, so happy you get to move forward with your dream birth plan :-)
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