Today I am 23 weeks and 4 days along. Yesterday I had a visit with the doctor. This is the first visit where a sonogram was not used at all, and we got to listen to the baby's heartbeat on a heartbeat monitor. I believe that we are coming to the end of the days where we will be having sonograms done, though I do have one scheduled for August 29th at 8:35AM. I only have about another 5-6 visits with the doctor before the baby comes. I have 5 visits recorded in my pregnancy journal, but I believe there were at least 2 times I went between visits for this or that which were not recorded.
To date, I've only had cravings for fruit, Mexican food (which in my case is always cheese enchiladas with beans and rice), tomatoes, pickles (in my first trimester I ate about a pickle or 2 a day, it wasn't until I stopped wanting or buying pickles that I realized that this was a craving), cotton candy (though that's not unusual from my norm), and slushies (which with the weather is understandable!)
My food aversions so far have been sweets (things like pie, cake, or ice cream. Though I don't normally like those too much anyway) and salad (which I normally love.)
Weird symptoms for me....itchy nipples. I know that's TMI, but the fact is that I'm blogging about my pregnancy for future reference, and this is one symptom that is weird.
Being about 6 months along, I have been experiencing heartburn like crazy! This has been going on for about 3 weeks I'd guess. I also have developed a headache in the right temple near the back of my eye. I have yet to take any medicine for this, I usually just lay down for awhile and it dissipates on its own.
The baby is kicking harder every day, and hubby has sort of felt him/her. I find it cute that he was able to feel the kicks through his lips when he was kissing my belly one night.
I have been more weepy than usual...I get upset quite easily, and it often just feels hard. I miss my body, I miss being able to sleep at night, and I'm having more issues with getting up, getting comfortable, and bending down. My bladder feels like it's about a quarter of its normal size, as I always seem to have the urge to pee, and can never seem to get more than a dribble.
Thinking about it now, I have 4 weeks and 3 days before I'm in my 3rd trimester and I'll be 2/3's of the way through my pregnancy. And 2 weeks after that, I'll be 3/4's of the way through.
It is so odd having this bulging belly in front of me. It's getting bigger each week as evident by my weekly pictures taken every Monday since I was 11 weeks along.
As for my hobbies lately...I've been hooked on true.couponing.com and have put together a file box just for couponing needs. I am constantly adding stuff to the box as my needs grow, and I know soon I'll need more office supplies despite just having gone out and bought some for this project. I did use some stuff that I already had such as the file box and the hanging files and labels from my label maker. Another hobby I've taken up is making breast pads. I just finished making my first batch earlier this week, and I've gone out and grabbed myself some more fabric so I can start the process again. Right now, I'm at the point where I'm drawing circles on the fabric, and soon I'll start cutting them out.
I've also started planning the baby shower. I don't know if I've mentioned previously, but we are doing a gender reveal. Thinking about it, I probably have mentioned it, as I'm being very careful not to disclose the gender of my little bundle of joy. I have gone and bought a few things already, and will be getting ready very soon to buy more. Sadly, at the moment, hubby's aunt is in the hospital and may require surgery. She's been wanting to help me plan the shower, and we had just barely scratched the surface of doing just that before she went in. I'm hoping for a speedy recovery as I'd hate to have her miss the shower or the planning of the shower. It means so much to her that she's gonna be a great-aunt.
To add to my excitement, my little sis Ash is pregnant (with a girl) and due in October, I'm due in November (with a.....surprise!), and my bigger sis Rach is due in December (with a boy). In a 3 month period I'll be an auntie twice and a mommy! I do have a niece and 4 nephews already, and these 3 babies will be a nice addition to the family.
Also, I bought myself a kick-counter which will allow me to track fetal movement. I've tried it, and I love it! There were so many negative reviews about it online because you have to click the button yourself, and a lot of women find that they can do the same thing with a clock and a pencil....which I agree with. But I like the idea of not having to worry about what time I started counting, and just push the button a few times until I hear music coming from it...look at it, record the time it took, and that's that! I know I don't have to use it yet, but I've been getting myself in the habit of using it twice a day. I haven't been doing it every single day, but most days. And I've been recording the times to get myself in the habit of doing that as well.
Anyway, I'll conclude this blog for now, and I'll write again when the mood strikes.
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