ALMOST HALFWAY THERE!! Time is going by very quickly and I am soaking it all. in.
Total weight gain: Just 4lb. But beginning next week I may be gaining about 1lb a week!
How do you feel? I am a walking textbook! More energy? Yep. Quick sharp pains in abdomen? Check. Dizziness and occasional headaches? Yes- I had to take Tylenol for the first time in my pregnancy. Leg cramps? More like the growing pains I used to have in my knees when I was growing up. A protruding navel? Not quite yet. But I do feel like I'm going to end up with an outtie. I can see inside my belly button. It's slightly fascinating. And it's getting more shallow every day. Bleeding gums? Yes! Here's a weird one. But apparently pregnant mommas' gums are prone to sensitivity and bleeding while brushing. Constipation? Without OTC assistance, I am only going every 4-6 days. It's bad. If you don't enjoy a good poo story from time to time, skip to the next question.
At the end of one particularly long stretch of nearly a week, the sensation hit me. Unfortunately, this was 15 minutes in to one of the most important certification exams of my career. This is TMI, but every time my body waits this long to poop, it happens in exactly 3 trips in the span of an hour. (Trip 1: normal poo. Trip 2: slightly less normal. Trip 3: ....we won't talk about trip #3) Every. time. So when Trip 1 happened around question 20 out of 200, I knew there would be probably 2 more times I'd have to leave the examination room. How embarrassing!! Fortunately, I passed my test despite my upset stomach and am one giant step closer to becoming Melissa Vause, CRC, CAC
(Everyone except a pregnant woman)
Baby's size? A 10 oz mango!
Maternity clothes: I am officially out of jeans and shorts that button. I have one pair of maternity jeans and one pair of black dress pants. I purchased a belly band from Target so I can keep wearing the jeans I have.
Movement? After dinner a few nights last week, I would lay down really still and feel a few pops in my lower abdomen. Was this gas? Who knows...I had nothing to compare it to. But the frequency that it began happening later in the week lead me to believe these pops were indeed kicks! A few nights before our anatomy scan, Mathias was rubbing some body butter on my belly and stopped over one spot and said, "It's right here." As if on cue, the baby gave one strong kick to the middle of Mathias's palm!! The look on his face was priceless. Shocked, and extremely happy!
Moment of the week: Seeing our baby's sweet face. The 2D imaging of course was great to see, inspecting all of its organs and perfect little body parts (except as said before, we are keeping the gender a secret so our US tech was careful not to give it away). But lemme tell ya. It really made things feel so much more real when she pulled the 4D image up on the big screen TV! Tears welled up in my eyes and all I could do was stare in awe.
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