Bump Date: 35 Weeks

I guess I didn't take my 35 week bump date picture in time!

Parker Scott was born on January 24 at 6:40pm weighing 4lbs 3 oz.  He is doing amazing and had no breathing issues, he just didn't really have much interest in feeding by himself.  (Before 36 weeks, babies don't have that instinct.)  So he's hanging out in the special care nursery and we are working on teaching him to eat properly.  He was hooked up to monitors for a couple days, and in an incubator to keep up his temperature, but now he's off everything except for the feeding tube and in a little nursery baby bed.

I might be biased but I think he's the cutest baby I've ever seen and me and Ryan are absolutely in love with him.  He's a very calm baby and I'm really hoping that temperament sticks with him! The past week has been tough as we are going back and forth between our house and the hospital, but we know it's what's best for our little man, and hopefully someday soon we will break out of there! 

Even his preemie outfit is a bit too big

I'm working on writing out my birth story and trying to keep track of Parker's progress, but my time is very limited as I spend most of the day at the hospital. So bare with me until we get out of the hospital and I have a bit more time on my hands. (I know I will be busy with a baby but at least I will be in my own house for more than a couple hours a day!)

Bump Date: 34 Weeks

• Baby is the size of a butternut squash
• My body failed for me this week.  Not actually, but I had a rough week.  I was really sore and uncomfortable for most of the week.  I get frustrated when I can't do what I usually do.  I want to be able to exercise and just function normally in general, and at this point that's not happening.  So apparently it doesn't matter how big or small your belly is, at a certain point in pregnancy you are just uncomfortable.
• I feel like I have a massive baby in a belly that's too small for it.  
• I did some cardio and went for walk with Ryan's family on Sunday and then didn't do anything else until a bit of cardio on Friday.  I tried to work out on Tuesday because normally weights don't bother me, but as soon as I started my body said no
• I bought some stuff for my last few DIY projects for the nursery.  Much cheaper than buying things off Etsy as long as they actually turn out, so I'm crossing my fingers because I still spent a good amount on it if they fail!
• My brother and sister in law took some maternity pictures last weekend and they turned out great!  We didn't get a ton done (which was my fault because I was unprepared and grumpy), but really how many pictures do you need.  My brother in law is so talented, we're very lucky.
• I'm trying to think about all of the things I need to do and when I need to do them.  What can wait until I'm off work (at which point I could have a baby at any time) and what do I need to get done now.  
• So many people are going on southern vacations in the next few weeks and I'm so jealous.  I know, I know, I get a baby, but sun and sand sounds so nice!
• I have a shower next weekend and I'm really looking forward to celebrating this little one with my family!

Bump Date: 33 Weeks

Every week I now think that I can't believe I'm that far along.  If baby was born now it would have a good chance of survival and everything being ok (after a few rough weeks I'm sure) and that thought is both crazy and comforting to me.  At the same time, things can go wrong at any point, and that's terrifying.  Oh the emotional thoughts of a pregnant woman.....

I try to take my pictures on Fridays if I can, but it depends on the day and what my hair looks like etc.  So this week we made it to Sunday with no picture.  While getting ready for bed, I realized I still hadn't taken the picture.  Hence the fact that my makeup is already off.  But if I waited much longer it would have been a 34 week picture!

• Baby is about 5 lbs apparently.  Although from my size I can't imagine that there's actually a 5 pound ball of baby in there.
• I'm so sore and tired.  All of the time.  And it's an exhausting thought to think that there isn't an end to this. From what I hear you don't have a baby and then get to sleep.  It's not going to get better!
• I saw on another blog this week something described as the Hormone Hurricane.  And that is exactly the perfect description for it.  In a real hurricane you get more warning though.  This one you never know when it will hit or why it will hit.  What will set me off?  I couldn't tell you.
• This week my hormone hurricane was brought on by the fact that I realized that I'm totally unprepared to take care of a tiny human.  The pregnancy thing I can research and figure out along the way and it's not that hard.  I can design a nursery.  But I don't have baby products.  I have no newborn diapers, wipes, I don't have baby shampoo, do I need that?  I don't know what I need!  And then do I get maternity pictures?  How important are they?  And then Kaileigh went crazy and cried and couldn't stop and thought that it was best to get it out.  But no, I cried the next morning too.  If this is me now, post-partum is going to be disastrous.
• I bought some granny panties this week.  What does that have to do with being pregnant?  Well apparently they are needed after delivery... I have never bought granny panties before and there were a lot of options.  It was a tough decision.  I know I need to get started on my hospital bag at some point though so I wanted to start prepping.
• My calves and ankles are starting to swell
• I miss exercising properly.  
• Only 5 more weeks of work. Which isn't very long, but also seems like a long time.  I wish I was done earlier so that I could rest, but I know I would also go stir crazy and would rather have that time afterwards with the baby.  At this point I just hope the baby doesn't come early so that I actually get my two weeks off before to have some me time, relax and get organized. 

Bump Date: 32 Weeks

• Baby is the size of a squash
• Up 21 lbs, 3 lbs in the 2 weeks over Christmas.  But I blame Christmas and not the baby for that one.
• Still being told I'm small.
• My belly button is flat and funny looking.
• Craving chicken salad after having a sandwich this week.  It was so good!  (Some people might say chicken salad is a no no during pregnancy, I say boo on their shoes)
• My body is sore.  It hurts to sit, stand, move, bend over.... And I have 2 months left.  That concerns me.
• I took a sick day this week because I was feeling nauseous and super tired.  Nothing really came of it so I'm not sure what was going on.  It was like morning sickness was back, plus I was just exhausted from lack of sleep.
• The baby has started being much more active at night and I'm not a huge fan.  The movement is still my favourite part of pregnancy, but I would rather it be during the day then at night when I'm trying to sleep!
• When I was off sick Ryan put up some shelving and book ledges in the nursery because I was there to direct.  The nursery is really coming together and it makes me so happy!  We are almost there!
• I really should stop reading regular books and start reading pregnancy books.  For a reader I've been really bad at reading.  My mom gave me a breastfeeding book for Christmas that I really should start reading as my midwife said it's better to be prepared rather than leaning about it when you are actually trying to do it.
• My midwife is moving to Vancouver.  So far I saw my doctor until 12 weeks.  Then I switched to my midwives and saw the same one until 20 weeks at which point she went and had a baby (the nerve).  Now this one is moving.  So we are onto midwives 4 and 5.  But so far all of the midwives have been fantastic and I'm sure the new one will be great as well, and I really liked the one that I still have (even though I've only met her once...)

Bump Date: 31 Weeks

• Baby is the size of a pineapple!
• I have a midwife appointment on Monday already as we are up to biweekly appointments now
• Labour is freaking me out.  I was doing so well and now it scares me.  Everything is more real these days.
• Ryan and I discussed how we don't actually know how to change a diaper.  I know that we will figure it out, most people do.  I have changed diapers before but I'm actually not sure if I have changed a poopy diaper.
• This week was Christmas!  We had an awesome Christmas full of good times with family.  I noticed how Christmas really revolves around the little people and I'm excited to add to that tiny group next year.
• I'm still feeling so stiff all the time.  Why is that?  Maybe I need to increase my yoga!
• Now that Christmas is over it's time for me to focus on all things baby.  We're hoping to get the shelving up in the nursery this week, I want to finish decorating and start thinking about freezer meals. 

Bump Date: 30 Weeks

30 Weeks.  How did that happen?  Time is going so quickly now and I feel totally unprepared.  Baby has a nursery (that is incomplete) and that's about it.  I'm really hoping that once Christmas is over I have some time to focus on what still needs to be done.  But I doubt it.

• Baby is the size of a cucumber
• Less than 1 pound gained from my last appointment for a total of 18 lbs!  It's a Christmas miracle!  More likely I'm losing muscle.
• Exercise was basically non-existent this week.  I have been so busy with stuff on every night and it just didn't happen.  The next week probably won't have that much either since it's Christmas.  But I have to remember that so many people don't exercise at all during pregnant so I've done pretty well to this point.
• I hadn't realized that I was having Braxton Hicks until the midwife told me I was having one when she went to hear the babies heartbeat.  I don't really feel them so much but I can now tell when I'm having one from how hard my stomach gets.
• I miss not worrying about being stressed.  I've been super stressed at work and I know that it's not good for me or the baby, but that just makes me stress more.  It's a vicious cycle.
• I’m finally admitting that my belly is small.  It was really starting to get to me that everybody said I was so small.  But then this week I looked at other people’s 30 week pictures and they are so much more pregnant than me.  And I mean that in a good way.  But the midwife isn’t concerned and says I’m measuring fine.  
• I have now met both of my midwives.  For going with a midwife I sure have had a lot of different care!  I saw my family doctor until 12 weeks, then I started seeing my midwife who was pregnant til about 22 weeks at which point she went on mat leave.  I have seen each of my other midwives once.  Luckily they are both great and since appointments are becoming more frequent I will hopefully get a lot of face time with each of them.
• It's Christmas this week!  I'm so excited to enjoy our last Christmas of just the two of us and am ready to soak it all in.

Bump Date: 29 Weeks

• Baby is the size of a large butternut squash
• It is around 3 lbs but is within 3 inches of it's final birth length.  Sounds more like a string bean to me!
• Baby is kicking up a storm in there some days.  Other days it seems a bit lazier and I only get light kicks.
• I looked it up to see if there's a point where you should stop exercising in pregnancy, because I'm tired.  That was just wishful thinking though, as long as I'm able I can exercise until delivery.  I'm still physically able to do it, I'm just feeling lazy.
• I took Thursday off to go Christmas shopping in Toronto with my mom.  We drove into a snow storm to do it, but it was worth it.  I finished up my shopping plus got a bunch of stuff for the nursery at Ikea.  It was a very successful trip.  Although not a relaxing day off at all.  I was exhausted at the end of the day and was so sore from all of the walking and standing!
• My belly button is getting a bit flatter but I'm not sure that it will ever pop out.  That's ok with me.
• Feeling more and more anxious about birth and breastfeeding.  Labour just looks bad, I know I can do it, and everyone says it's so worth it and they would do it a hundred more times.  With breastfeeding everyone says it kills, I had to give my baby a bottle, it hurt for 6 weeks straight, yikes!
• We're in the third trimester.  Craziness!
• I miss being able to bend over and having a body that works properly and isn't sore all the time.  I have a massage next week (or this week since I'm a few days behind posting) so maybe that will help.
• It's almost Christmas!  Just a week and a bit left until our last quiet Christmas as a family of 2! 

Bump Date: 28 Weeks

• Baby is the size of a head of lettuce and weighs about 2 1/4 pounds
• This week the babies hair is growing.  But according to my heartburn that started weeks ago I'm pretty sure it's been growing for awhile!
• I miss being able to exercise hard and really push myself.  I feel like I could push myself more, but at the same time I don't want to push to hard.  
• Some of my maternity pants felt tight this week.  I don't like that.
• I was really tired this past week.  Especially last Sunday I could barely function and then got emotional, or hormonal or maybe I was just over tired.  I have no idea!  But I've also felt kind of off all week like I'm fighting off a flu or a cold.  'Tis the season I guess.  
• I thought maybe I had low iron, but since i had blood work last week for my glucose test they tested my hemoglobin as well.  Both tests came back fine!
• Baby kicks so much these days and I'm loving that the kicks are higher up in my belly. 
• This week I have my ultrasound to check whether my cervix is far enough away from the placenta.  At my 20 week ultrasound it was pretty close to where it needs to be so I'm pretty confident that it will be fine.
• This week we were at the bank and asked if we had any dependents.  Ryan said no.  And then said "Well just one in the belly."  I thought it was the funniest way to describe it!
• I watched a birth video this week.... like it showed everything.  I was scarred and I kind of wanted to never have to do that.  But I guess it's too late for that.  I thought the video would prepare me since I feel completely clueless, but now I'm just scared!
• It's crazy to look back at what I looked like at 8 weeks and 18 weeks and how much I've changed.  I look at what I looked like when I first got pregnant and it's hard to believe that my body looked like that.  I'm kind of used to this Buddha belly now.  

Bump Date: 27 Weeks

On Friday, I was 27 weeks and exactly 3 months from my due date.  Craziness!  I'm feeling totally unprepared.  I mean I have all of my nursery furniture, so baby has somewhere to live.  But this actual parenting thing, it's not going to be easy.  But then, is anyone ever really ready?

And this picture is what you get when you have a grumpy, tired, pregnant lady who barely did her hair but luckily put on a presentable outfit to go to church.  I hate it, but what can you do.

• Baby is the size of a rutabaga.  What's a rutabaga?
• Or to make it easier, baby is about 2 lbs.
• People are still saying I'm small.  I think they think they are complimenting me, but I don't really take it that way.  I think honestly that people forget what size they were at certain stages in pregnancy.  I would say I'm on the smaller side, but the midwife isn't concerned and my uterus is measuring pretty much exactly the right size.  
• Bending over is a bit uncomfortable these days.  That's probably not going to get easier any time soon!
• Ryan felt the baby for the second time ever this week, and the first time was weeks ago!  My belly also moved when it happened, which was pretty cool.
• I just lay on the couch with my shirt pulled halfway up waiting for my belly to move.  But it's like the baby knows what I'm doing and refuses to kick as soon as I start looking.
• I had my glucose test for gestational diabetes this week.  The drink wasn't bad, just like flat, warm, orange pop.  And it got the baby moving!  Then I had to sit at the lab for an hour and wait for the blood test, but I just brought my book at it went by pretty quick.  Hopefully I pass because I really don't want to do the two hour test!
• I'm feeling mentally exhausted.  Not sure if that relates to pregnancy.  I think it's a combo of the pregnancy, Christmas and just being generally stressed at work about getting everything done, training a new contract and going into our busy time of year.  I come home at the end of the day and just don't want to think about anything.
• Baby got the hiccups the other night.  It was a really weird feeling and I don't know how to describe it.  Actually it has them again right now.  It's much lighter than kicks, but it's rhythmic and constant for a few minutes, so it's kind of more uncomfortable.
• I hope to make my crib mobile this weekend.  It might be a pinterest fail, we will see.
• I just realized that my date calculator is calculating based on a February 27 due date (which is what my midwife says my due date is, but I'm still going with February 28 because I think I know better).  So really my week changes on Saturdays not Fridays.  Close enough.

Bump Date: 26 Weeks

• Baby is the size of a head of lettuce and is around 2 lbs
• I have my glucose test for gestational diabetes next week.  Basically I drink a sugary drink and then sit at LifeLabs for an hour until they take my blood.  The test itself doesn't bother me, but sitting there for an hour in the middle of the day might be kind of annoying.
• I had a bit of a freak out when I thought I saw stretch marks earlier this week.  I think I had just scratched my stomach though because I can't find them anymore.... but it started me up with the slathering nasty belly butter on my stomach again
• My midwife confirmed that the tightness is probably round ligament pain
• I'm so happy to be this far along in my pregnancy.  Now that baby is moving around a lot it's so much more comforting.  I don't have to wait for an appointment to hear a heartbeat and make sure that there's still a baby in there!
• We got so much snow this week and the driving was not fun.  I normally don't like driving in it, but can usually push through.  But this year it's slightly more stressful and I'm hoping that the next 3 months aren't like this.
• Only up a couple of pounds at this appointment for a total of around 18 lbs!  That's pretty good considering that the baby has probably grown at least a pound since my last appointment.  Maybe I can stay within the 25-35 lb range after all.
• So much was accomplished this week!  My glider finally came in and we picked it up.  The nursery is definitely cramped, but at least we have all of the furniture.  Now I just need to put stuff on the walls.
• I also bought a boy and girl going home outfit.  Ryan thinks that's ridiculous.  I want at least one cute gender specific outfit to put the baby in.  
• I have bought 15 used cloth diapers and 6 new ones.  I went back and forth about cloth diapering but when I found the used ones for an amazing price I just went for it.  I know a lot of people think I'm crazy for wanting to do this.  Hopefully I will post about my reasoning behind it sometime soon.  I think that poor cloth diapering is very misunderstood!  I haven't invested a ton of money in it so that makes me feel much better about it.  

Bump Date: 25 Weeks

I was a bit behind this week.  We went on a girls shopping trip on Friday and didn't get back until Sunday night.  So the bump picture was really taken at 25 weeks, 3 days.  But now I have people on my case to blog about it so I'd better get it done!

• Baby is the size of cauliflower
• Still feeling stretchy and sore this week, especially if I don't drink enough water
• Acid reflux hasn't been quite as bad, or maybe I'm just getting used to it
• The belly is definitely getting bigger, time for some more maternity shirts!  The non maternity ones are getting  a bit short in front.
• Exercise has definitely slowed down.  I tend to get that stretching feeling more when I'm working out, so on days that I'm feeling it anyways I don't want to work out at all.  I can usually only do 20 minutes on the spin bike or elliptical before it gets too uncomfortable.  
• Baby is still moving lots in there, but just for me.  
• I'm looking forward to the Christmas season!  We have something on every weekend from now until Christmas, which is crazy but exciting.  It's probably good because otherwise I would be hibernating. (Which is what I will be doing in January and February.)
• I have a midwife appointment Thursday.  I enjoy them except for the weighing myself thing.  I know I've gained weight, I don't want to know how much! (I'm going to estimate I'm at 20 pounds now.)

Bump Date: 24 Weeks

• 24 Weeks already!  Well over halfway with only 16 weeks to go.  Craziness
• Baby is the size of an ear of corn
• Mom is much sorer these days.  Back pain, side pain, stomach pain, I’ve got it all. 
• Feeling some major tightness in my lower belly, sometimes just randomly, if I stand for a long period or if I’m exercising.  It might be Braxton Hicks, I don’t know.
• Baby is still moving lots, still fairly low down.  I need to get Ryan to feel it more often, but baby kicks when it wants to kick and I don’t really want to sit on the couch with his hand on my stomach for an hour!
•  I miss sleeping well.  I can’t get into a comfortable position and wake up lots during the night.
• Still trying to exercise, but I find I get sore a lot quicker so I've definitely slowed down.  I've had a few weeks off from my yoga class but will be starting back up next week
• I can’t wait to go away Christmas shopping next weekend on our girls trip!  And maternity shopping too of course
• Best moment this week was hitting 24 weeks.  The baby is now viable and chances of survival outside the womb will get better by the week!  But stay in there for a while longer please baby!
• Last Wednesday was our 3rd anniversary.  We're definitely excited for what this next year will bring us!

Bump Date: 23 Weeks

Week 23 already!  Time is flying. At my one yoga class I asked the girl how far along she was and she said 23 or 24 weeks, I've lost track.  And I wondered how you could lose track.  But I caught myself this week forgetting how many weeks I was!  

And I know for non-preggo people the weeks thing is confusing, but I find the months so confusing!  So I'm pretty sure I'm 5 months pregnant, I'm now on my 6th month.  But talking in weeks involves much less thinking.

• Baby is the size of a papaya
• Last week was our babymoon.  We had an amazing time in Chicago with just the two of us.  We love travelling together, so adding a baby will definitely change the pace of our trips.
• My mom and I made a crib skirt this week.  I love it and can’t wait to keep working on the nursery.
• I’m hoping to get a lot done in November.  I already feel like Christmas will be here before we know it and not only do I have Christmas to prepare for, but a baby too!
•  Some people who were resistant to the fact that I’m showing are finally starting to say that I look pregnant.  Thank goodness, I thought that would never happen. 
•  I do feel smaller than I thought I would at more than halfway through my pregnancy
• Ryan hasn’t felt any more kicks.  They aren’t consistent enough yet, but do happen frequently throughout the day.
• Baby is almost viable.  Of course I want to make it to at least 37 weeks, but it’s nice to know that with each week the chances of survival outside of the womb increase.
• I did a gender predictor quiz and used a predictor tool and they both said girl.  Those things are 100% correct and scientific, right?  Better start buying pink.

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Bump Date: 22 Weeks

A lot of things don't really change week to week so I thought I would switch up the format to make it a bit more interesting!

• Next midwife appointment is November 20
• The midwife finally called on Tuesday with the results of our anatomy scans (my appointment was Thursday so they only saved me a couple days of stress).  Baby looks great with no apparent abnormalities!  My placenta is fairly close to my cervix, which can cause problems during labour, but they say it usually moves.  So back for ultrasound #6 at 28 weeks to check on it
•  Still feeling good besides the reflux
• Although I'm over the half way mark, I officially feel like I'm halfway now.  You don't actually know you're pregnant for the first 4 weeks, so that's the easy part.  So I have known that I am pregnant for 18 weeks and I have 18 weeks left.  
•  People still don’t think I look pregnant, I still think I look huge
• People might think I'm not pregnant because unfortunately I'm not really all bump like I had hoped.  I don't think my butt or legs are much bigger, but I've definitely grown a bit sideways as well as growing out.
•  Baby is moving frequently now
•  I’m up 15 pounds…I’m thinking that sticking to 25 pounds isn’t going to happen for me
•  The nursery is partially set up.  The room is teeny tiny so it was a bit stressful.  We don’t have the glider yet so I’m just hoping that everything fits when we get that (if we get it as Babies R Us doesn’t have it in stock)

Bump Date: 21 Weeks

On Friday I will actually be 22 weeks, but due to some extenuating circumstances (aka internet issues) this one is a bit late!

What Fruit are you?  This week baby is the length of a banana. 

Next appointment:  Midwife appointment this Thursday.

Exercise: Maintaining my regular level of working out and doing the usual, a mixture of weights, cardio and prenatal yoga.

Stretch marks: Nothing that I’ve found.

Swelling: None.

Maternity clothes:  Still all maternity pants (unless I’m at home in yoga pants), some maternity shirts.  

Sleep:  Blech.  That’s the sound I make when I realize that I’m not getting a good nights sleep anymore.  Between the peeing, the vivid dreams and the just waking up throughout the night I don’t feel well rested in the morning.  And I’m not even uncomfortable yet!  There is a lot of discomfort when I lie flat though from the acid reflux, so if it’s bothering me I have to sleep propped up and that helps.

Food cravings:  Still nothing specific. 

Symptoms:  Acid reflux…. It’s getting worse and another 19 weeks of it does not sound fun!  And why are stairs so difficult for us pregnant folk?  I’m in decent shape, I work out, but give me a flight of stairs and I feel like I ran a marathon.

Movement:  Still just little movements, usually down really low.  A couple of times I have thought I could feel it from outside, but baby never stays moving long enough for me to figure it out.

What I miss:  People not thinking it’s ok to basically call me fat.  Hint to the non-preggos, telling a pregnant girl that she’s not even showing and it just looks like she’s been eating pizza is not a compliment! (Yes I actually heard that this week, along with multiple other people telling me that I’m not showing at all.  I remember that my stomach used to be fairly flat, but apparently they don’t.) I would rather look pregnant and show than just be fat. 

What I'm loving:  That we are more than half way.  And yet that’s also scary.

What I'm looking forward to:  Setting up the nursery.  Hearing from the midwife about the anatomy scan, hopefully everything is good, but I’m getting kind of anxious about it.

Best moment this week:  Baby co-operating at the ultrasound.  I was afraid that it would still be in the exact same position as last week and I would need to go back again!  But I’m pretty sure they got all the pictures they wanted this week.

Bump Date: 20 Weeks

What Fruit are you? The length of a cantaloupe

Next appointment:  Which one?  This week I have an extra ultrasound and an appointment to check out my heart, then the week after that I have another midwife appointment.  They are never ending.

Gender:  This week I still think girl.

Exercise:  I did mostly cardio this week, with some prenatal yoga and some weights TABATA style.

Sleep:  It’s getting worse.  I don’t know what it is waking me up, but I seem to wake up frequently throughout the night.  Probably just my body preparing myself for when baby comes!

Symptoms:  Acid reflux on the daily.  Apparently it’s going to be a hairy baby.  Oh and forgetfulness.  I seriously cannot remember the easiest words.  It’s very frustrating.

Movement:  Lots of movement and I’m loving it.  It really does just feel like a bubble in my stomach, and I often feel it when I’m sitting still or in the car.

What I miss:  Not much really.  I’m really enjoying my pregnancy.

What I'm loving:  The movement!

What I'm looking forward to:  Setting up the nursery and just prepping for baby.  Now that we have had our anatomy ultrasound I feel more comfortable doing this stuff.

Best moment this week:  Well overall it was the ultrasound.  However I ended up getting very frustrated.  Baby was in a bad position, so she didn’t get all the pictures that she wanted.  I was in the ultrasound for an hour and she had me doing jumping jacks and everything and baby was apparently quite comfy.  So I walked around, drank some water and waited in the waiting room for another 40 minutes and then went back in.  Baby still hadn’t moved.  So my hour scan took about 2 and a half hours and I still have to go back this week.

Bump Date - 19 Weeks

What Fruit are you? A mango

Next appointment:  Ultrasound next Friday (not on Thursday like I kept thinking)

Exercise: This week I did prenatal yoga, a crazy hard weight class, TABATA, and last weekend we went camping and I went for some good bike rides.  My belly isn’t totally throwing off my balance yet but it was probably the last bike riding I will be doing for the year 

Maternity clothes:  All maternity pants, the odd maternity shirt just because I have a few

Sleep: I find I’ve been waking up more frequently, which is annoying. 

Symptoms: Round ligament pains (or growing pains in my lower abdomen) and acid reflux. 

Movement:  I’ve been willing baby to move.  Nothing this week though that I noticed.

What I miss:  Being able to wear whatever I want.  Getting dressed takes a lot more effort these days, and it’s not going to get any easier!

What I'm loving:  That really, besides a few annoying symptoms, everything has been so easy.

What I'm looking forward to:  Our ultrasound this week! So exciting!

Bump Date: 18 Weeks

This week has been madness, which is why I'm 19 weeks tomorrow and am just posting 18 weeks.  

What Fruit are you? A Sweet Potato

Next appointment:  Ultrasound on October 10!

Gender:  Currently, I’m feeling boy.  It’s back and forth!

Total weight gain/loss:  10 pounds, yikes.

Exercise: Still trying to exercise when I can and not use my pregnancy laziness as an excuse! 

Stretch marks:  Nothing yet

Maternity clothes:  Only maternity pants.  It’s not worth it to try to fit into anything else.  I can still wear a lot of my regular shirts though.

Symptoms:  Acid reflux still going strong.  It’s pretty much daily, and after dinner, but can happen any time depending on the food that I eat.

Movement:  Nothing yet.  Come on baby, move!

What I miss:  Being skinny.  This is totally worth it, but sometimes it’s tough to gain this much weight because it’s hard to know what’s baby and what’s just me.  And has it all been necessary or am I just indulging more than I should be.  (Probably the indulging part...)

What I'm looking forward to:  Our ultrasound.  I can’t wait! 

Best moment this week:  Hearing the heartbeat again at my midwife appointment.  It’s always a great reassurance!

I had all these fantastic plans for how we would have nothing to do this fall and could organize our house and clean out the babies room and get it ready for the nursery.  Ya none of that has happened yet.  Oh well, we have 5 months to go, hopefully we find the time eventually...