Here comes the bump, do-do-do-doo…
- How far along? 20 weeks, 6 days
- Total weight gain: 17 lbs., same as when I weighed myself before the ultrasound last week. Yay! The exponential weight gain is finally leveling off! Maybe there’s hope to not gain 100 lbs. this time after all.
- Maternity clothes? Bottoms pretty much exclusively (except for some gauchos and shorts), but most regular tops are still fine.
- Stretch marks? Thankfully, no. I didn’t get any from D, so hopefully Dv2.0 doesn’t give me any either.
- Sleep: When D sleeps through the night (which is almost always), it’s pretty good. Sometimes I have to get up to pee, but that isn’t a constant yet.
- Best moment this week: Hmm, it was a pretty good week, so this is tough this time. I’ll go with dinner out with the girls on Wednesday night and getting a completely surprising but great visit from one of my cousins later that same evening.
- Miss anything? Beer, especially now that the weather’s warming up. And not looking bloated.
- Movement: Rolls and flutters are getting stronger and a little more frequent, so that’s a good sign. He/she especially likes it when I eat.
- Cravings: In general, no, but when I get really hungry I want protein – meat, cheese, etc.
- Aversions: Food, no. Smells, not nearly as bad as last time, fortunately. I just get sick of scents quickly and have to get rid of them completely.
- Gender: Not finding out.
- Labor signs: No.
- Symptoms: Still a little heartburn off and on and the sacro-iliac pain. Especially if I’m really active during the day, it hurts my butt to stand up and walk by nighttime. Literally. My back was pretty sore earlier in the week too, but fortunately that has subsided a little. I’m trying to keep up with my push-ups and ab exercises to keep my core strong to help prevent that. Unfortunately I’m not doing a very good job of keeping up with anything else in the exercise department; I need to work on that.
- Belly button in or out? In. Never went fully out with D, just a little crooked.
- Wedding rings on or off? On.
- Looking forward to: Spending a nice weekend at home. I’m making a delicious breakfast casserole for Ryan for Father’s Day that my grandpa used to make, so I hope he likes it. It’s been one of my favorites my whole life.
Halfway, people! Dang. Actually, I’m probably definitely past halfway since I’ll be 21 weeks tomorrow and I’m pretty doubtful I’ll go the full 40 weeks anyway. Della came 8 days early, so we shall see what kind of arrival #2 has in store. I just hope I make it past October 13 so I can attend my high school Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony.