It's been a busy couple of weeks. I feel like I've been on the go constantly... partly just to get the kiddos out of the house so Jeff can get some good quiet sleep, but we've just had a lot going on it seems. I've been trying to slowly weed through all the baby clothes and baby items to see exactly what we need. I made a registry for the things I knew we would definitely need... mostly things like diapers, wipes, cloth diapers, bath stuff, burp cloths, receiving blankets... things that tend to get worn out after the use of one baby. It's nice, I didn't have to spend a ton of time registering for things because we have almost everything for a girl or a boy. Way easier this time!! I did actually register for an ergobaby baby carrier and infant insert, as well as a new space saver high chair... both of which we decided to purchase right off of my registry yesterday. I received a coupon from babies r us for 20% off of my entire purchase, so we hopped right on that and bought the things we suspected nobody would want to fork out the money for. I'm so glad we did!! We saved a ton of money, and I basically got the $25 infant insert for free!! Good deal for sure because those were some of our big ticket items. I have to say though, it's tough taking Jeff and the kids with me. My husband may or may not really enjoy shopping for Annie. She even scored a princess potty chair due to her daddy insisting that she needed it and would be successful at potty training if she had that chair. It was definitely a hit. She promptly drug it out of the bathroom this morning, placed it in the living room (all while saying "it's so heavy! it's so heavy!"... where she learned that, I have no idea but it was so cute!!) and sat down on it for a good several minutes. She loves princesses, so I have to say, Jeff suggested a good purchase.
Anyways... I'm now heading into my third trimester!!! YAY!!!! I am so excited to meet this little peanut. I'm more and more excited every day... I can't believe how fast this pregnancy has flown by. I'm really focusing on enjoying every single minute of it... even the moments of discomfort. I just remind myself that it is such a blessing that I even get to have this experience, and that there are women out there who would do anything to experience all aspects of pregnancy... the good, the bad, the ugly. Personally I think it's mostly good... Yeah there are things that aren't the most fun, but I really can't complain because I can always think of something that would be way more miserable.
A couple of days ago I took my glucose test for instance... WOW. That's all I can say about that. I walked in expecting a nice quiet getaway from housework, playing mediator with the kids, and cooking/cleaning up the kitchen. Not so. When I entered the clinic, I was welcomed by a thick wave of tension being emitted by all these other pregnant ladies taking their glucose tests. You know, I get it's not the most joyous experience in the world, but make the best with what you have!! We are ALL hungry, we are all probably a little thirsty from now having our fluids limited, and I'm pretty sure none of us enjoyed the super tasty beverage we had to suck down in less than five minutes time, but it's not a bad enough experience that we should convince ourselves we're in a bad mood over it. Sheesh!! So I get in there for my first blood draw, and as soon as it was over, the lady put me in this room with only one other woman in it... let's just say I definitely knew why as soon as I sat down. This lady was probably the grouchiest of all of them. So, I plopped down in my chair with a smile on my face, a book in hand, and chuckled at how ridiculous it all was. For real ladies... the glucose test is not that bad. They make it sound way worse than it is. I'd love to go into detail about the things I heard the other women say, but it's just too ridiculous to repeat... haha.
So, with that all said and done, my results came back perfectly normal. Even my hematocrit levels were great!! What a relief, because I was very concerned that they had dropped given my recent diet change.
Speaking of my diet... I've been slacking on logging my food, but mostly because I've been slacking on eating. I'm just not hungry enough to force all that food into my body. It's terrible, and I try my hardest to make sure I'm getting all my nutrients, but I can't over stuff myself and make myself sick!! So I've been slowly phasing things back in. I can still drink milk, eat a small piece of low fat cheese, and use a small amount of cream cheese. Lately I've eaten half of a small chicken breast to see how I do with that, so far so good. Ground chicken works great for me too!! I've not had any beef or pork though, which seems to have cut out most of my issues. However, I did eat a turkey burger the other day (no bun, no mayo, no cheese... just lettuce, tomato, and ketchup) and I ended up with a mild reaction to that. Definitely not my worst attack by any means, but enough to make me uncomfortable. So this week I'm going to try ground turkey... I suspect there may have been something other than just ground turkey in that turkey burger, so we'll see how I do with the ground turkey I purchased. Anyway... that's about it. Still trying really hard to eat a lot of dark leafy greens, protein, fruits and other veggies... grains... etc.
As far as baby goes, all is well with my little womb tenant. Growth seems to be happening at a rapid rate, which is awesome! I'm loving every minute of feeling our sweet little baby moving around, and even seeing the movements on the outside! I'm at the point now where I can see and feel different body parts starting to poke out here and there. It's super fun! That's probably my favorite part of pregnancy. It's kind of a game with this baby because when I push gently on the limb that's poking out, baby will move and push back somewhere else. My belly button hernia has also been a source of entertainment for this little tyke... the minute I push it back in baby just pushes it right back out. That gets a little uncomfortable, but whatever. It's to be expected I suppose. Baby definitely has her/his schedule all worked out in there. From what I've noticed, baby is most active in the morning and evening, with little spurts of movements during the day here and there. I'm hoping that since this one seems to have the most consistent schedule, that perhaps it will be easier to get the baby on a good sleep schedule when she/he is born. We'll see though.
As for me... I'm doing pretty darn good right now. I've had a little more energy this last week, and I just feel healthy. Perhaps it's all the time I've spent outside in the sun? Maybe it's the fact that I already have a flip flop tan? Who knows... But I'm doing really well. I still haven't gained any weight, which is perfectly fine and completely okay for me. Before I became pregnant with this baby I had hoped to lose at least 10 pounds... So I pretty much started out with 10 pounds of baby weight. I was still only a few pounds from my pre-Annie weight, which was good, but that meant that I really had to be careful this time about my weight gain. So... from start of pregnancy to now, I'm still at the 8 pound mark. This honestly makes me super happy because most of my clothes still kind of fit me... and it's also quite the ego boost when people make comments about it... for instance, yesterday at the mall, a sales associate at the mac counter informed me that she didn't even realize I was pregnant until I turned to the side. Seriously, that made my day, because for some reason yesterday I was starting to feel like my belly had grown a ton over night.
Other than that, things are going pretty well. I'm having a lot of braxton hicks contractions, and they are very slowly increasing in intensity. Some of them have been mildly painful. From what I hear, this is pretty normal. Also, given my experience with Annie, I'm pretty confident that this is just how my body works. Sometimes I'll have pretty regular braxton hicks, but never for longer than an hour and never getting stronger, longer, or closer together. I feel like that's just how my body does things so it can be fast and efficient at bringing the baby into the world when it's time for baby to be born. My doctor is well aware that I'm just one of those people that experience a lot of them, and he's not concerned in the least. I'm pretty confident I'll know when to get checked out if they start to feel different.
Anyway... not much else to update on. My next appointment is in two weeks... and then I think the one after that is when I start going every two weeks. So crazy!! Baby will be here sooooo soon!! Thanks for reading, friends! God bless!!
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