Today is our 29th week! Only 11 more weeks to go - yikes!
You are the size of an acorn squash/head of cauliflower/Hawaiian pineapple. And I realize that it feels like just a few weeks ago you were the size of a sweet potato/avocado. So you are growing really big, really fast!
Today your dad and I felt your little head. It was so cute! We felt your little head through my belly and then you moved away. It was precious...
Anywho...this entry is going to be short because I don't have much to say. The cold that just won't leave me alone is still here, and I realized after talking to your aunt TC that since my body is so focused on you and pregnancy, it's not giving a rat's ass about fighting off this cold. So I've been stuck with it for more than a week now.
Oh! Your aunt and two of my favorite people (my nieces, SC and MC) will be coming to D.C. tomorrow for our baby shower on Sunday!!! Unfortunately your dad is still giving me the silent treatment, so there's that (????)
I miss the gym! I'm hoping after this week that I can go back next week.
Here's to week 30!
Thursday, March 28, 2019
Sunday, March 24, 2019
Week 28
Hello third trimester!
I can't believe we've got 12 more weeks til we meet you! (Yikes!)
I'm back on the East Coast after a great (but at times stressful) trip to California to visit family. I'm thrilled because your two cousins and your aunt, TC, will be coming to visit us for a few days starting next Friday.
So you are now the size of an eggplant/head of lettuce/green coconut. I feel you moving a ton (your big feet are constantly on my bladder which isn't the most comfortable feeling ever, but I enjoy it more than not) and I think I officially have been looking like a pregnant lady for a while. I haven't gotten too many annoying comments (yet) and thankfully no strangers have touched the bump (a worry of mine).
Anywho...my pelvic pain has lessened considerably, and I think it's because I was a lot less active in Cali. I plan to head back to the gym as soon as this cold is under control (hopefully by this Wednesday) and I'll also be heading back to the chiropractor. I've been thinking a lot about my delivery and birth plan, and I'd really like to have you outside of a hospital setting - but we've gots to convince your dad this is a good plan!
Next week your aunt TC will be hosting our baby shower, which I'm both excited and nervous about. Mostly excited, but also nervous as well.
Onto week 29!
I can't believe we've got 12 more weeks til we meet you! (Yikes!)
I'm back on the East Coast after a great (but at times stressful) trip to California to visit family. I'm thrilled because your two cousins and your aunt, TC, will be coming to visit us for a few days starting next Friday.
So you are now the size of an eggplant/head of lettuce/green coconut. I feel you moving a ton (your big feet are constantly on my bladder which isn't the most comfortable feeling ever, but I enjoy it more than not) and I think I officially have been looking like a pregnant lady for a while. I haven't gotten too many annoying comments (yet) and thankfully no strangers have touched the bump (a worry of mine).
Anywho...my pelvic pain has lessened considerably, and I think it's because I was a lot less active in Cali. I plan to head back to the gym as soon as this cold is under control (hopefully by this Wednesday) and I'll also be heading back to the chiropractor. I've been thinking a lot about my delivery and birth plan, and I'd really like to have you outside of a hospital setting - but we've gots to convince your dad this is a good plan!
Next week your aunt TC will be hosting our baby shower, which I'm both excited and nervous about. Mostly excited, but also nervous as well.
Onto week 29!
Sunday, March 17, 2019
Weeks 26+27
Hello! (This will be a super short post btw.)
I've just been so busy but I need to post an update! You were the size of a head of kale last week, and this week, as big as a head of lettuce (and almost weighing in at 2 lbs!!)
I've been in Cali this entire week, on a babymoon of a sort (but without your dad, sniff, sniff) and it's been a great trip in many regards, but also kinda sad/confusing/intense due to family stuff. No need to get into it, but it's on my mind.
Soooo....next week is the final week of our second trimester! Excited!
I've just been so busy but I need to post an update! You were the size of a head of kale last week, and this week, as big as a head of lettuce (and almost weighing in at 2 lbs!!)
I've been in Cali this entire week, on a babymoon of a sort (but without your dad, sniff, sniff) and it's been a great trip in many regards, but also kinda sad/confusing/intense due to family stuff. No need to get into it, but it's on my mind.
Soooo....next week is the final week of our second trimester! Excited!
Saturday, March 2, 2019
Weeks 24+25
Hi!
So this week you are the size of a cauliflower and last week you were the size of a cantaloupe (?????) Methinks those are both the same size but whatever!
One of the exciting things I've done is plan for my baby shower. I was quite resistant to this, but your aunties TC, SN, and LR are pulling it together and it's been great fun! I have set one rule: no stupid baby shower games, and I'm hoping that it will be a time for our friends and (some) family to come together for us all to celebrate you. I'm excited!
So after our mid-point anatomy ultrasound, my anxiety about all things pertaining to you, has lessened immensely. Which is great! We had another ultrasound this week because I had some questions about your face (among the 12 questions I asked the doctor during the anatomy ultrasound pertained to a cleft palate possibility) so we went back in to have some pictures of your face to rule that out. And it's been ruled out! You are so much bigger than you were four or so weeks ago, and it's great fun to see all your body parts. Your dad and I are so goofy and are all like "oh that part looks like you - he he."
I'm still dealing with some pelvis/pubic bone pain, and as a result have had to scale back on my workouts even more. It was really sad and frustrating at first, but now I feel better about things (and realize that as this belly grows and grows even more, that I might have to do more scaling/modifying). I'm still in the gym 5 days a week and walking a lot, and have been seeing a prenatal chiropractor twice a week now, which has helped (I think) with the goal of having a good (is there such a thing?) delivery. I don't want to keep misaligning things and then having labor that is primarily in my lower back (I heard that sucks!) or anything like that.
So next week I head to the Bay Area to hang out with my best friends, my sister (and your auntie) TC, your three cousins, and your other auntie SN. My other sister MI lives there too and she's been a bit...distant during this whole process (as have I.) She caused a lot of drama and chaos during my marriage to your dad last year so after that, I realized that she's not the person I thought she was, sadly, and if there is anything I've learned in these four decades on Earth, it's the futility of trying to change someone into something they are not. So distance it is!
Anyways, here is to week 26!
So this week you are the size of a cauliflower and last week you were the size of a cantaloupe (?????) Methinks those are both the same size but whatever!
One of the exciting things I've done is plan for my baby shower. I was quite resistant to this, but your aunties TC, SN, and LR are pulling it together and it's been great fun! I have set one rule: no stupid baby shower games, and I'm hoping that it will be a time for our friends and (some) family to come together for us all to celebrate you. I'm excited!
So after our mid-point anatomy ultrasound, my anxiety about all things pertaining to you, has lessened immensely. Which is great! We had another ultrasound this week because I had some questions about your face (among the 12 questions I asked the doctor during the anatomy ultrasound pertained to a cleft palate possibility) so we went back in to have some pictures of your face to rule that out. And it's been ruled out! You are so much bigger than you were four or so weeks ago, and it's great fun to see all your body parts. Your dad and I are so goofy and are all like "oh that part looks like you - he he."
I'm still dealing with some pelvis/pubic bone pain, and as a result have had to scale back on my workouts even more. It was really sad and frustrating at first, but now I feel better about things (and realize that as this belly grows and grows even more, that I might have to do more scaling/modifying). I'm still in the gym 5 days a week and walking a lot, and have been seeing a prenatal chiropractor twice a week now, which has helped (I think) with the goal of having a good (is there such a thing?) delivery. I don't want to keep misaligning things and then having labor that is primarily in my lower back (I heard that sucks!) or anything like that.
So next week I head to the Bay Area to hang out with my best friends, my sister (and your auntie) TC, your three cousins, and your other auntie SN. My other sister MI lives there too and she's been a bit...distant during this whole process (as have I.) She caused a lot of drama and chaos during my marriage to your dad last year so after that, I realized that she's not the person I thought she was, sadly, and if there is anything I've learned in these four decades on Earth, it's the futility of trying to change someone into something they are not. So distance it is!
Anyways, here is to week 26!
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