Weight Gain: 16lb’s
Stretch Marks: Just the old white ones from Elijah
Maternity Clothes: Totally
Symptoms: Easily winded, stuffy nose, very very tired, peeing often
Sleep: Great when I'm not hot and sticky
Best Moment of the Week: Birthdays! It was pretty exciting to be pregnant on my birthday, and to think of what next year's birthday holds. Although, I just remembered that I forgot to do something. I was going to write a letter to myself to open in 5 years on my birthday. SAD! I guess it doesn't have to be on the actual day.
Movement: Yes, and it's to the point now where she jabs outwards with a limb, and I pop it back in with my hand...I love it!
Food cravings: Rocky Road Haagen Daz, Rise Krispie Squares, New York Fries, salad with nuts and fruit in it,
Gender: A girl! At least she had better be. I got these adorable Robeez today that are white with pink ankles and little flowers on them and I am in loooovvvveeee. Nana bought Baby Girl those, and I bought what will soon become a bow board for her hair bows. I was planning on making one, but when I was at Chapters today I saw this large frame that was 50% off (so only $20!) It was separated into 3 sections: a peg board on the far left, a vertical area that fits 3 4x6 pictures down the middle, and a board on the right with ribbon criss-crossing it for pictures (you know the type, right?) I saw it and fell in love. And then I saw it in WHITE rather than black, and I was a goner. Baby Girl's crib will be white, so it'll match, I can put pictures in the middle, and bows on the right. I still need to decide what to do about the peg-board side, but if all else fails, I can cover that with material and make a second bow board out of that side. Who knows. Or I'll tack up her hospital bracelet, etc, and scrapbook it. So many ideas! So yes. She had better be a girl.
What I Miss: Nothing this week!
What I’m Looking Forward To: 28 weeks, because of the 3rd tri, but also because that's when the chance of survival for a baby born then spikes to 90%. YAY for development!
Milestones: Just this last week it all of a sudden got hard to roll over in bed, my stomach started getting in the way, and Baby Girl's kicks became more jab-like, and less "tap tap" than before. I love putting my hand there and pushing whatever limb it is back in, it's so cool!
Emotions: Well, today I'm excited and happy, but yesterday I was blue and depressed. It comes and goes, but I really just need a project to work on. I think we'll be moving downstairs soon, just so that I can work on organizing stuff during the day...that'll keep me busy for a bit!
And a belly shot. Because I totally never got around to a belly shot last week. Wednesday was a meh day, and every day since then has been sooo busy that forgot. Oh well! BUT the exciting thing is, I think I'm growing again! YAY!
[caption id="attachment_889" align="aligncenter" width="200" caption="Different shirt. I feel like the black hides all contour, and makes the belly look like a big flat thing added to my normal body. Does that make sense? I feel like it doesn't, but I am pretty tired so it's hard to tell for sure."]
[/caption]Sooo right now I'm sitting here, eating the last of my Haagen Daz Rocky Road ice cream, while I still can. I just got home from taking the gestational diabetes screen, and I figure that if I do have GD then ice cream will be right out for a few months. Until then though, I'm going to get my fix. And no, I don't know if I have GD, I didn't with Elijah, but then again, he was a high birthweight baby, and I have a family history of diabetes, so that's 2 risk factors out of 5 right there.
Oh, and some things about taking the GD test. Bring a distracting book, and down the drink as fast as you possibly can. It was waaaaay easier this time than with Elijah! See, they give you 5 minutes to drink the stuff, but I was in a rush today (in fact, the lady tried turning me away because they close at 3 and I showed up at 1:55) but I assured her I could drink it quickly so I did. With Elijah I took the whole 5 minutes and it was painful, thinking about how it was making me feel, etc etc. I had no time to think today, though. Also, once I sat back down and had the horrid aftertaste in my mouth, I popped in a couple tic tacs and voila! Instantly better! Except when I burped once and felt my head spin for a couple seconds after. That is potent stuff.
Not much else is going on. I'll find out the results of the bloodwork in the next week (fingers crossed for no GD! I'm expecting to be anemic though, it just seems to be my thing.) I am getting increasingly anxious and excited for my Kobo (totally just typed Kobobo...haha) especially since I bought it this gorgeous Roots slip-cover today.
One nice thing is that is has finally warmed up around here lately, and I've FELT like swimming! Matt, Elijah and I have been over to Dave and Farrah's twice for a swim and I love it. Matt and I have determined that our next house WILL have a pool. End of story.
Other than that, it's just day-to-day stuff. Good stuff, but there isn't enough of it, and I'm having trouble keeping busy. It's great, but hard to live in the country sometimes, because there's nowhere to walk or bikeride, I'm just passing the same boring scenery and lack of shade day after day, so I'm not inspired to go out.
Well, I had better finish this up. I think we're going for dinner at my mom's today as my sister, her husband and their boys will be visiting.
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