Category: Friday Funk

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.

Tomorrow is halfway – woah!

• How far along?  19 weeks, 6 days
• Total weight gain: I weighed myself Wednesday morning since I had my next appointment that day, and I was up 17 lbs. God, that still sounds like a lot. I think I was only up 16 by the doctor’s scale, though. 😉
• Maternity clothes?  Bottoms almost exclusively (those shorts i’ve worn in the past couple weeks’ pics are not maternity, though. they just seem to keep fitting well so far). I’m all about comfortable, well-fitting clothes right now. No more trying to squeeze into non-maternity stuff just to prove I still can and feeling like a sausage. With D I didn’t wear maternity pants exclusively until 22 weeks, but it’s looking more and more like I’ll miss that mark this time. 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:  The ultrasound on Wednesday. This kid was wiggling around like nobody’s business! It lasted a good hour, and I got to watch baby the whole time. Except when I looked away so as not to ruin the gender surprise. The tech said baby’s heart was beautiful, we watched it beating away strongly, and she took many pictures of it.
• Miss anything?  Beer, especially now that the weather’s warming up. And having to wear a belt.
• Movement:  Rolls and kicks/punches are getting a little stronger and more frequent, so that’s a good sign.
• Cravings:  In general, no, but when I get really hungry I want protein – meat, cheese, etc. I’ve also had hankerings for salad sandwiches at lunch lately – egg, tuna, chicken – which I don’t usually eat that often.
• 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, but it’s pretty fleeting. I have started getting sacro-iliac pain already though, which is much earlier than I experienced it with D. Especially if I’m really active during the day, it hurts my butt to stand up and walk by nighttime. Literally.
• 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:  Seeing Roger Waters perform “The Wall” down at Wrigley Field tonight and spending tomorrow at my mom and stepdad’s house. It’s gonna be HOT this weekend, so I’m sure D will thoroughly enjoy running around in the sprinkler in their yard.

And just because you’re all so wonderful, here’s a sneak peek at Dv2.0. I wasn’t joking when I said this baby was moving – look how blurry the profile head shot is. I love the little foot!

Moving right along with Dv2.0…

• How far along?  18 weeks, 6 days
• Total weight gain: Haven’t weighed myself this week, but hopefully it’s not a whole lot more than the 15 lbs. (ugh!!) I was up as of last week. As you can see though, my butt has begun its expansion again. Why? I’m not carrying a baby back there, geez.
• Maternity clothes?  More and more. I’ll take stretchy pants over regular ones held up with a Be-Band any day, so they’re becoming a staple. With D I didn’t wear maternity pants exclusively until 22 weeks, but I doubt I’ll last that long this time. Regular tops are still fine. I did just buy a whole new round of maternity gear this week so I am looking forward to its arrival.
• 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:  Getting my hair trimmed and the grays covered back up tonight. Finally! (yes, i get my hair dyed while pregnant. it’s ok.)
• Miss anything?  Beer, especially now that the weather’s warming up.
• Movement:  Started feeling some tiny flutters here and there during week 16, which is about 3-4 weeks earlier than I felt D move. Still not very regular or strong yet.
• 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, but it’s pretty fleeting. I have started getting sacro-iliac pain already though, which is much earlier than I experienced it with D. Especially if I’m really active during the day, it hurts my butt to stand up and walk by the night. Literally.
• 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:  Ultrasound next week.

Well I’m really closer to 18 weeks, since that’s how far along I’ll be tomorrow, but I obviously don’t have a picture from that yet. So you’ll just have to do with an almost week lag.

I have some comparison shots for you, though, between the day we found out I was pregnant and last Saturday’s 17 week pic. And I did find one of those little surveys that I filled out below. Almost halfway, wow!

• How far along?  17 weeks, 6 days
• Total weight gain: I’m actually really embarrassed to reveal this, and I usually couldn’t care less about telling people my weight. But I’ve gained 15 lbs. so far!! Ugh. This better slow down – I gained 33 total with D, so I’m almost halfway there now but not even to the halfway mark of this pregnancy!
• Maternity clothes?  Some. I got some maternity capris that I love, so I will be wearing those and my gauchos much more frequently now. I have noticed that my pants/shorts are starting to get tighter in the butt, but at least that didn’t happen nearly as quickly this time as it did with D. Tops, I’m still fine wearing regular ones.
• 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, it’s pretty good. Fortunately her wake-ups are back to her normal zero lately now that the HFM subsided. Sometimes I have to get up to pee, but that isn’t a constant yet.
• Best moment this week:  Um, it’s Friday? 🙂
• Miss anything?  Beer, especially now that the weather’s warming up, and oddly enough sushi. Sushi isn’t even one of my favorite or most frequent meals, but lately I’ve been thinking how good it would taste.
• Movement:  Started feeling some tiny flutters here and there last week, which is about 3-4 weeks earlier than I felt D move.
• 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:  Nausea is finally gone, THANK GOD. And I feel pretty much back to normal. A tiny bit of heartburn here and there, but nothing major. Kind of weird, too, because I didn’t have any of that until the 3rd trimester with D.
• 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:  My next appointment and ultrasound in a week and a half. And a long weekend for Memorial Day!