Size of baby: A cauliflower and measures 23 cm or 9 inches, crown to rump length. Head to toe is 13.5 inches. The baby also weighs 700-800 grams of 1.5-1.75 pounds.
Total Weight Gain/Loss: I gained 1.5 pounds this past week so I'm up 5.5 pounds total now.
Maternity Clothes: Yes. I really liked my maternity clothes last time but this time I dunno. I must have stretched them, especially in the boob area, and now I feel like I'm flashing people in some of the lower cut ones.
Gender: Boy. I think we picked out a name but I'm not sharing it publicly yet. I'm not sure it's definite.
Movement: I feel movement daily throughout the day. This is definitely the best part of pregnancy.
Sleep: I still have had this cold. My nose is stuffed up and I can't breathe at night. I've tried Benadryl every so often just to try to get a good night's sleep but even that isn't keeping me from waking up every so often because I can't breathe. And I end up breathing through my mouth so then either my throat hurts or tickles.
What I miss: I'm starting to get really tired. I wish I had more energy right now.
Cravings: Not really anything.
Aversions: Nothing.
Symptoms: Um... still happily in the 2nd trimester where really symptoms aren't that bad. I'm feeling movement, my belly is growing, I'm getting tired... I guess I'm also getting more emotional but that's also due to outside factors (stress).
Best moment this week: We went to a wedding for our friends and it was really nice to see them get married. Plus it was a date, and, although there is never anything you can say to a pregnant woman about her looks other than "You look amazing/beautiful/put in some really really nice word there to describe her." I got a lot of comments that I barely looked pregnant. Even that can be dangerous (because pregnant women WANT to look pregnant, darn it!) but I'm in a different place and not looking forward to really getting big so those comments did make me happy.
Looking forward to: This is my last full week of work for the year! Enough said. (I will be working but next week will be 2 days and the following week will be 1 day. Woo hoo!)
Same this time: Ok so I re-read last time's post for this week and I talked about being tired. Maybe I didn't have as much energy as I'm remembering then, haha. I really don't care too much for actually being pregnant but it's so worth holding a baby in my arms. I still hug Neil and just think what a miracle he is. I just did the other day.
Different from last time: Last time I was exercising regularly. This time I've been trying to keep up running but only doing that about once a week and the past few weeks because I've been sick I haven't been doing anything. I feel like I had more energy at this point last time and I'm thinking that's because of the exercise. I need to get moving back on that somehow.
I still have the cold too. Luckily Dr. Cilip sent me a prescription at the local Walgreens today on my word that I have my usual annual sinus infection. I was taking Nyquil/Dayquil but didn't want to do that more than a few days. Hope you feel better soon!! Glad you have a lot of time off!
ReplyDeleteNeil seems to have gotten it worse again, I think! Which does not bode well for me.
DeleteI remember feeling like I was a hussy in some of the shirts because they felt so low cut. I don't remember which ones though.
ReplyDeleteHaha some of the ones I let you borrow or in general? I know you said you don't remember which ones but I'm assuming you mean some that I let you borrow.
DeleteOne in particular that I biught. But then I think some of yours. I can probably skim my pictures and figure it out. But then I got so huge by the end that I probably stretched them more.
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