Monday, September 30, 2013

19 weeks pregnant

How big is baby?
This week baby is the size of a mango  6inches, 8.5 ounces

How I'm changing?
I put on some weight which is good. I would say I'm up about 4-5lbs. I was starting to get very, very worried that I was not putting on weight. I know I need to put on weight for baby to make sure baby is growing and I'm giving baby what he/she needs. Mentally I need to get over weight gain and understand that it's not all fat I am putting on. According to the mayo clinic, weight gain during pregnancy comes from:
  • Baby: 7 to 8 pounds
  • Larger breasts: 2 pounds
  • Larger uterus: 2 pounds
  • Placenta: 1 1/2 pounds
  • Amniotic fluid: 2 pounds
  • Increased blood volume: 3 to 4 pounds
  • Increased fluid volume: 3 to 4 pounds
  • Fat stores: 6 to 8 pounds 
Now this is obviously just an example and estimates. A certain funny lady who wrote a certain amusing pregnancy book weighed her breast on a food scale and it was 5 lbs. That's 10lbs of boob right there!

    How I'm feeling?
    Aside from a tummy ache and a result of that on Saturday, I am feeling great. I'm still really tired in the morning for work and nap on the weekends. I am keeping up my workouts and try to do 4-5 days a week. Not being able to run sucks, but I'm still doing walks, yoga, prenatal DVDs, light weights and abs! I even still do the ab ripper X. I'm sure as my belly grows I won't be able to do all of it, but for now, I enjoy it. I want to keep my abs strong so they can help push baby out when the time comes.

    Also, a symptom I have been having for I'd say 2 weeks now is insane nail growth. My nails grow so fast now, I hate it. I have long nails that start back far (I sound like an alien) so I keep the nails themselves short. I find myself cutting and filing my nails much, much more often.

    What I'm eating?
    I am happy to say that I ate an egg. It was actually 2 eggs. Hubby made me some scrambled eggs with some cheese and toast and then informed me it was 2 eggs! I think I made myself a little panicked over eating eggs and my tummy hurt a bit. BUT I will try again and mentally try to not think about it and just, again, think of how good it is for baby.
    Also this week I housed a honeydew, had "burger night", stuffed shells (which ended badly - major tummy issues here), homemade waffles, taco night, popcorn, ice cream, quinoa, and of course, pizza. This week also brought the return of pumpkin at Dunkin so I got me two munchkins. It was bliss.
    No food aversions! I'm eating apples, veggies, fruit, you have food, I will eat.

    Odds and ends:
    This week we put together our crib!!!! It is so beautiful. Besides the piece that fell and hit me in the knee, it was a disaster free incident. I baked banana bread while hubby put it together. I assisted when needed and ended up hurting myself in the process but hey - it's for baby. I have NO idea how women put together cribs when they are 8 months pregnant with a big belly. I have my little bump and that was enough for me. Other than that, in the nursery (!!!!) we have a dresser already, bought a medium bookcase for books and ordered a valance!

    Tuesday, September 10, 2013

    18 weeks pregnant

    How big is baby? 
    Baby is the size of a sweet potato! 5.6inches long and 6.7ounces
    You know what this means - sweet potato fries. Yes please.
    Baby is growing rapidly so I should be feeling very hungry this week.


    I am laughing in this photo because as it was being taken, Eddie let out a big fart. That dog has some human farts, I swear. Sorry if that grosses anyone out. It's life.

    How I’m changing?
    One day I know I'll write that I popped overnight and I'm huge but, for now, same.



    How I’m feeling?
    Fine. Same. For which I am grateful.  I just learn what I need to do to deal with the same symptoms and hope I stay feeling this good throughout my entire pregnancy. I wouldn't say that I had a surge of energy but I am able to do a lot more when I get home from work now. I can pretty much do dishes, manage to put together lunches for work, and help with anything we need for dinner along with a workout. There are still some days, towards the end of the week, where I just need to go home and relax or am able to do a workout and that's it. I don't know if this is good, but I choose a workout over household chores. Thankfully my husband is very supportive of this and doesn't mind tackling what I don't accomplish or we save them and I tell him I'll do them later so we can sit and spend time together :o)  




    What I'm eating?
    I kick-started 18 weeks with an egg! Another egg wrapped in a tortilla. This time I think I had almost an entire egg. I want to try to get to eating a scrambled egg with toast - not hidden in something. Baby steps. I know eggs are great for baby so I just keep thinking about that.
    I also had vegetarian paella, boca burger, spaghetti, sloppy joes made with lentils instead of meat, salads and pizza. 

    Odds and Ends:
    Baby had a big weekend to kick off 18 weeks. To start, Air Force One flew over our house. Yes, Obama was in the area to speak and he departed and flew right by our house. This is my second sighting of Air Force One this year. At the beginning of the year I was on a run and AFO was flying to the airport with VP Biden. 

    After Obama, we took baby to another baseball game where Derek Jeter played because he was injured. 



    If that wasn't exciting enough, the game ended with some nice fireworks.



    Saturday we had a nice day at Babies R Us and then I just needed to relax. I was too tired. We did not go to our scheduled game that night, but hey, I need to listen to my body, right? And after what happened last weekend, I didn't want to push myself.

    Sunday we got our walk in at the lake and saw a beautiful bird of prey just perched on a branch...



    big weekend for baby! 

    We also received our crib! I'll show it once we put it together, got a swing for baby and baby got more clothes from Josh's orientee at work. So spoiled. I love it. 

    When we were heading out to our baseball game I told Josh that I felt and looked really pregnant and he should take a picture. I think in my mind I'm larger than I am...

     
     
     
     

    Monday, September 9, 2013

    17 weeks pregnant

    How big is baby? 
    Baby is the size of an onion.   5.1inches and 5.9ounces

    How I’m changing?
    I did officially gain at least 1 pound. 1.4lbs to be exact. 
    I've felt this way for a bit but I really think I'm losing my mind. I want to do a post on just how crazy I have become with pregnancy. I know people talk about "pregnancy brain" but I think there can be some truth to it. I'm just so out of it sometimes. 

    How I’m feeling?
    Feeling the same. Tired. Peeing a lot. I find there are some days that I pee literally every 10-15 minutes. Do you know how annoying that is?? Same aches and pains. I'm trying to do more prenatal yoga and hope that helps with some of the pains.

    What I'm eating?
    My husband was off so he made me all the meals I wanted (not too different from any other week). For lunch I brought back one of my favorite sandwiches: cheese with mustard, pickles and lettuce. So amazing. Also chickpea mash.  For dinner hubby made mushroom risotto, we had "hot dog" night with red potatoes, broccoli, breakfast night with pancakes and strawberries and blueberries, and pizza!
    Still no food aversions. Didn't have another apple since. But I am eating my plums. Yum. I'm also drinking a lot of milk. Some days I have three glasses of milk.
    Odds and Ends:
    We took baby to a baseball game, two actually, this weekend and saw fireworks after each game! Baby is starting to hear voices so I'm sure baby heard all the big explosions!! After the second game I was having some tightness and some cramps but it progressively got worse. It was so bad that it hurt to walk to the car. The minute I got in the car I just burst into tears. We made it home, my husband got me into bed and got me some water and tried to just calm me down. It was incredibly scary. I had no idea what was happening. It was coming in waves and ALL I could think was "OMG what if these are contractions!!!" I calmed down, relaxed, drank lots of water and managed to get some food down and they subsided. It was so scary. I'm sure being in stadium seats two nights in a row and not drinking anything at the game was a big no-no on my part. Next week we have two more games - I'll not make that mistake again. 


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    Tuesday, September 3, 2013

    16 weeks pregnant

    How big is baby? 
    Yum. Love this one. Baby is the size of an avocado. 4.6in and 3.5oz



    How I’m changing?
    I think I finally gained a pound to a pound and a half! It'll depend when I go to the doctor what their scale says.



    How I’m feeling?
    It's become a struggle to stay up past 9:30pm this week. Slept 10.5 hours this weekend. Usually waking up to pee three times a night.

    My sciatica pain is intense. Some days are worse than others. Standing too long or sitting too long really gets it going. It hurts, man! Apparently my mom had a lot of sciatica pain with me. Not saying it's genetic just good to know it's common. I feel incredibly, incredibly old holding my lower back/ass area and saying , "My sciatica is acting up" as I walk very slowly...



    What I'm eating?
    My sweet tooth has returned so I'm trying to not give in too much. It's so strange - I have always had the biggest sweet tooth. Then the beginning weeks of pregnancy I just didn't have room for anything but my real food. Now I want candy and cookie and cakes and ice cream and I manage to make room. But in moderation. Other than that, just the usual foods - pizza, cheese, my ranch dressing on salad is a hit. I've had stuffed shells this week, minestrone soup (I can't wait for soup season), mashed potatoes with gravy, Boca chicken.
    No food aversions still. I did have an apple for the first time in weeks! A small little one so I can officially put them back in my routine. And the biggest thing of all: I had half an egg!!!! I stopped eating eggs when I became a vegetarian, started them again in college for the shortest stint of time ever, and then stopped again. I eat them in things from other people - I tend to cook and bake egg free - but not just an egg. I wrapped half an egg up in a tortilla with potatoes, salsa, cheese and sour cream. I enjoyed it but it completely freaked me out so we'll see if I continue to eat them.




    Odds and Ends:

    I missed running again this week. I now have dreams of running. People always say they have weird dreams about babies. Nope, not me. Just running. They're very nice dreams and certain songs will remind me of certain runs I had or certain places I walk remind me of runs. I am basically just reliving them until I can do it again. Let's hope I can at least. When I take a hiatus from running my body tends to ask "what the hell are you doing?" when I start back up again for a few weeks so I'm hoping with this long of a stretch of no running it doesn't just crap out completely. I also hope my running shoes still fit and support my, most likely, larger frame when I start up again.


    I'm still wearing my own clothes. Just loser tops that I feel more comfortable in and unbuttoned pants that don't quite make it. I'm just waiting for the day I pop and I'm done for. I haven't felt any movement that I can say "yes, that was baby!". They say for first time moms it doesn't happen until after 17 weeks but I know a lot of first time moms who say the can feel flutters. The only thing is, having never experienced this, I have no idea what it's supposed to feel like. They say it'll feel like bubbles or popping, well I get that but that's always been gas to me, so who knows. I told Josh that I'll know it's baby when I see a hand pushed up against my belly. I am very excited to feel baby, though, and know for sure that it is baby. I suspect I have few more weeks until I will and know for sure.

    And most exciting news - I think we found a crib we like! We are going to do some more research and looking around before we take the plunge, however!

    Can we just take a moment to compare 15 to 16 weeks. This, I think, really shows just how much a belly can fluctuate and it does depend on what you eat, what time of day the photo is taken, and I guess bloat might still be in there. I dunno. I think this is crazy.



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