5 months!!

So I realize it's been about a month since I last wrote a blog. I'm majorly excited, I finally have that pregnancy belly started, and I can't wait to see how big it gets by the end! Pregnancy is more uncomfortable in the 2nd trimester than in the first. I kept saying in the first trimester that I didn't feel pregnant really. All I had really experienced back then was some nausea (but no vomiting) some fatigue, a slight increase in frequency of urination, a slight craving for all things fruity, and an aversion to certain smells; such as the laundry detergent isle at the grocery store. It sounds like a lot, but spread across 3 months, it really wasn't enough to make me FEEL pregnant.

Coming into the 2nd trimester, I'm uncomfortable as my belly grows. My frequency in urination did subside in the last month or so of the first trimester (I wasn't getting up at 2AM every morning to go pee despite having gone exactly before climbing into bed that night.) This past week or 2, I have been having an increase in frequency of urination again, and sometimes it's pretty bad. I still crave fruits, though now it's more specific fruits such as: tomatoes, nectarines, peaches, plums, and kiwi. Basically summer fruit, though tomatoes have been my most recent craving. On and off for awhile during the first trimester I had mini cravings for pickles. One or 2 pickles would satisfy me in the day. And once in awhile, I seem to crave things like pizza or cotton candy, but not nearly as often as healthy food. As of yet, I've only actually gained 1lb since getting pregnant (at least according to my dr's office.) I had dropped 5lbs, then gained it back, and at once point gained 5lbs then dropped that, and then gained 3, and then dropped 2 of those lbs leaving me at 249 (my starting weight was 248)

As for being uncomfortable at this point, I mostly can't sleep at night without a ton of pillows. I have a large one at my feet that I prop my feet on or under as the case may be, I have my body pillow, and the 2 pillows under my head. And sometimes, I use this one pillow I had modified so that the middle is empty, and goes under me, and the sides are over-stuffed, and used to keep me on my side. I find at times that that particular pillow allows me to take some of the pressure off my belly so I can sleep better.

I never imagined pregnancy would feel this way, but it's very rewarding looking in the mirror each day, watching my belly grow. I can't imagine a more perfect feeling. And I know that a more perfect feeling is still yet to come. Because I have yet to hold my baby in my arms. That is what I look forward to the most....meeting my baby for the first time. I can only imagine how amazing that will be, and I'm sure it's even more amazing than what I can imagine.

I still have yet to know if the baby is a boy or a girl. But AJ and I keep changing our minds about what to name the baby if it's a boy. And we'll both be quite surprised if the baby actually turns out to be a girl.