22 Weeks Down!
Pregnancy Highlights:
Size: Baby is the size of a spaghetti squash! Google that! It's big! :) She's also a pound this week! Forget ounces now! She should be around 8 inches long. I seem to be carrying really low, and when I am wearing dresses I tend to feel like I need to 'lift' up my belly!
What's Baby Doing?: She's developing and uses her senses like touching (grabbing the umbilical cord), hearing, tasting what I eat, and she's able to see (or hide from the flashlight we stick above the belly!). She's also hearing my heartbeat and our voices. Better start censoring now!!
Movement: Baby girl was very active all day Friday at work, a lot of the day Saturday and night, and Sunday. Brian and I can feel her a lot and I love it! The books say she's going to be developing a sleeping pattern soon and I should be able to tell when she'll be awake and sleeping. As of now, I think she's a pretty busy little bee!
Sickness: I've been doing pretty well. This past week I got sick a few times before work, but I am hoping it was a fluke. I've had some swelling in my hands but I'm not sure if that has to do with the heat as well. I still have the shooting pains in my hips which cause me not to sleep - but I'm not complaining! I realize some things just come with it! :) I may have to invest in the adult boppy pillow. When I say invest, I mean it - they are like $70!!! We'll have to see about that!
Weight Gain: I'm up +8 lbs from my start weight. I can't really decide if that's a good thing or bad thing. I don't feel as though I'm gaining at a rapid pace, but there seems to be a difference in what the books say I should gain by now. I'm really trying to choose healthy snacks, but it's hard when baby girl is craving desserts! I did wear a maternity suit yesterday to the pool and it was ok! I was honestly a little nervous about it!
Cravings/Aversions: Still haven't been able to prepare meat. :( I am really going to try after work is out this week so I can fix better meals for Brian and I! I'm loving sweets {which is so weird for me, I usually hate cake} and have to really hold myself back on over-indulging! I think being pregnant during bathing suit season will help that! ha!
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I loved my snoogle! I actually found it at burlington coat factory for $45! you can also get different covers for them. It helped a lot with the stretching pains and sleeping at night. Jimmy even fashioned me one out of sheets and a comforter when we were on our babymoon!!!! I am sure the housekeeping staff were curious as to what it was every night!
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