22 Weeks

How far along? 22 weeks

Weight Gain? 20.5lbs!  and loving every moment.  I have always been scared of seeing a higher number on the scale and now I get an almost free pass to gain what I would like.  Starting with a low BMI, I was told that around 40lbs will be just fine.

How big is Nugget?  He is the size of a spaghetti squash.

Maternity Clothes?  I finally had to go get a new black shirt for pictures.  It was also a sad day this week when I couldn't fit into most of my t-shirts.  I never could imagine being too big to fit into a regular t-shirt!

Stretch Marks?  Definitely getting bigger but my skin is doing good!

Best moment this week?  We put together Nugget's nursery.  Don't worry there will be a whole seperate post for this so you can see how freaking cute it is.

Miss Anything?  I have all this energy, but I can't do anything because my back hurts so bad.  I have the desire to clean my whole house and do the dishes and finish painting the nursery, but instead I have to lay in bed because I am in so much pain.  I miss being super active and never getting tired.

Food cravings?  The skin of the potato, not potatoe skins but the skin on a baked potato.  Yum!

Movement?  I saw Nugget  kick from the outside for the first time.  Dufda felt him again as well.  He is super active and doing somersaults in my belly all day long and I love it!

Anything make you queasy or sick?  Well since I just had to run to the bathroom to throw up while typing this I guess that would be the salad and raviolis I made for dinner. 

Gender?  If you didn't know we were having a boy and you saw the nursery there would be no question.  I got to choose the paint for the bedroom so I let Dufda pick the paint for the nursery.  My thought was that the baby isn't going to care if it is ugly.  I really wanted a pale neutral yellow, Dufda picked a baby blue.  We skipped the sample stage and just got the gallon.  I loved it when it went on the wall, I hated it when it dried, and now I loved it with everything set up.

Looking forward to?  My baby shower!  It isn't till February, but I am so excited to have my family and friends together because we do not see each other as much as we should.



21 Weeks

How far along? 21 weeks

Weight Gain? 20lbs

How big is Nugget?  Banana

Maternity Clothes?  I bought a new dress to go out for our one year anniversary that I love.  It's from Target and fits like a glove.  I need to find it in all colors.

Stretch marks?  No new ones, but my skin is so itchy so I assume they are coming.

Best moment this week?  We went and bought all of the baby's furniture and the furniture required to finish up our room.  We then had to assemble this which was definitely a low point of the week.  Ikea furniture requires two people to assemble it, but they only give you one tool.  If we had two it would have been a whole lot faster and less stressful.

Miss Anything?  Being able to stand up unassisted from our super low couches.  I didn't think this was suppose to happen so soon.  That brings me to my least favorite thing that people say to pregnant women.  Shouldn't that be over and Isn't this to soon for any said condition!  I get told that morning sickness should be over by now all the time.  Thanks! I wish it was too, but apparently I don't fall into that lucky category of normal.  I also am faced with people who some how think 21 weeks pregnant, isn't well, pregnant enough to be in pain.  Well I will tell you that I come home from work unable to walk and my hips feel like they are splitting.  Please cue everyone now to tell me how much worse it will get.  Why do people not just let you experience YOUR pregnancy and not try to relive theirs.  If you would like to do that I am sure you remember how to make that occur.  If not just listen and nod your head, and tell said pregnant woman that it is all worth it because you get the best prize ever!

Food Cravings?  I haven't had any wierd ones this week.

Movement?  He is moving around everywhere.  I feel him everyday now, but it is still hard to get Dufda to feel him.

Anything make you queasy or sick?  It was a vomit free week!  I still can't let go on the Zofran, which the midwife doesn't seem concerned about.

Gender?  Still a wittle boy!  He got clothes from his Aunt Tracy this week!

Looking forward to?  Setting up the nursery.  Everything is just in boxes right now.  We have our room set up with enough storage to compensate for what we are losing, but we still have to deconstruct the closet, fill in all the holes, and paint before any furniture can be assembled.

We had a midwife appointment this week.  She went over the anatomy scan results and said that everything looks great, every measurement was perfect.  I had to turn in my food tracker, which I was really nervous about because I thought she would have not approved.  I was substituting fruit for liquid because I could not drink water.  She actually said that this was a great plan.  She also suggested that I try to incorporate swimming into my routine to get some exercise.  I have struggled with this the whole pregnancy because 1.) I have been so sick and 2.) I feel like a failure, because I ran a marathon a couple of week prior to getting pregnant.  I need to find a bathing suit that fits my new bumplicious body then to the pool I go.

We also celebrated our one year anniversary this week.  The weekend was perfect.  Saturday we spent shopping for Nugget.  Then we spent Sunday assembling some furniture and went to Nakama for dinner.  This is my favorite place to eat, but Dufda insist that it is a rip off.  He made an exception to this to allow me to get whatever I wanted to eat for my anniversary.  We had our year old cake, it wasn't very good.  Now that it is no longer in our freezer we are able to finally fill it with more important things!