Yay! It is Thursday, which means a new week of pregnancy for Baby T and me. We are already 21 weeks and 4 days. I am feeling left behind this week. Other moms feeling movement, other moms with much bigger bellies and other moms who have gained a good amount of weight since getting pregnant. I have still only gained 1 pound over my pre-pregnancy weight. Any movement that I think is Baby T turns out to be extremely aggressive gas bubbles.
Baby T's arms and legs are in proportion with the rest of her body this week, and I think she would close in on a pound by now!
Baby T is sleeping as much as she will when she arrives.
This is the week I have been waiting for with Baby T being able to taste what I am eating. She is still swallowing many ounces of amniotic fluid per day, and what I eat changes the flavor of the amniotic fluid.
Stretch Marks - I have had stretch marks since my pregnancy with the twins and after I lost them. But I have much bigger, deeper and more stretch marks since carrying Baby T.
The bigger you get and more movements you can feel is linked with the reality of pregnancy sinking in. As neither of those things have happened to me, I still have a lot of pregnancy-related anxiety. I work really hard at staying calm for Baby T. But I mostly just check on her every morning and every night with the Doppler I have borrowed. I also check on her every time I get out of the shower because I am alone with my thoughts and body in the shower and doubt her existence.
I have had the realization that we are under 18 weeks until we meet Baby T. That feels comforting, but also shocking as I don't even feel pregnant yet and I am over my halfway mark.
Bloating & Gas - Oh my gosh, I feel like I am going to explode with gas. I am up all night burping and in pain. I get every action interrupted with burps and even painful farts.
Low Impact Exercises - I have actually taken steps back in my exercise regimen the last week, only doing yoga and housework for exercise. It is helping with that pelvic pain that I have been having. Yesterday, my husband was off work so we actually spent the day running errands and finally doing the exciting things of looking at baby items in person.
Weight gain - Last week at our 20 week appointment, we celebrated 5 pounds of weight gain, but this was very off as I was weighed with my winter boots and winter coat on, at home I am still only about a pound from where I was before getting pregnant. I was instructed to gain between 11 and 20 pounds, which I think would still keep me on track for that weight gain.
Avoiding Empty Calories - Unfortunately, I am not doing as good at this as I hoped, but I am not gaining weight so I don't think it is hurting me terribly. I crave ice cream almost constantly so we have given into the craving a few times a week.
Walking For 30 Minutes a Day - I am not strictly meeting this goal but I am sure I am ultimately meeting it and exceeding it with my everyday activities. This week my husband and I have been out shopping and I get a slot of steps in that way.
Shedding Unwanted Hair - The days of my bald armpits ended shortly after they began, but I am still shaving much less frequently than I ever do, I shave my legs, armpits and bikini line roughly once a week these days.
Iron - Thankfully my stores were quite high so I am still not supplementing anything with that but I will eat iron-rich foods such as raisins and spinach.
We finally took a trip to Buy Buy Baby and have organized out thoughts and plans as far as cloth diapering Baby T. It felt like I was slightly in the dark for months but after my husband went with me to look at packaging in person finally, we figured out our definitive plans.
We also purchased a pacifier sterilizer that attaches to the diaper bag for on the go if Baby T ends up being a pacifier-loving babe. I wasn't into pacifiers as I sucked my thump constantly for the first 2-5 years but my husband enjoyed them and I heard they offer extra assurance with SIDS.
We also picked up straps for our lazy Susan as I can continue to arrange our kitchen to avoid having anything we don't want Baby T to get into in cupboards that she can reach. The only other thing we have is cleaning products which I try to buy all safe cleaning products, but I will remove any questionable ones and place them in the lazy Susan.
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