Size of Peanut: Cauliflower. Interesting choice of food for the week, but okay...
Total Weight Gain: At my appointment last week she confirmed I had gained 13 pounds since my first weigh in. Since I'm really just going by the doctor's scale as far as weight gain goes, I'm actually pretty pumped about this. At 24 weeks in my last pregnancy, I had gained 17 pounds. Since I started about 7 pounds heavier this time, that means I'm only about 3 pounds ahead of where I was last time. I'd really like to keep my total weight at or under what I was when I delivered Sam, so if this trend keeps up, I'll be good.
Maternity Clothes: I tried on a few of my favorite items from my last pregnancy this past week, and I hated the way they all looked. It's pretty crazy how different I feel my body is this time around. I really though I would reuse most of those clothes, but I have hardly reused any tops, just pants. I have about 6-7 tops that I wear every day. If I'm going to work, I wear them with work pants and nice jewelry. If I'm lounging in my house, I wear them with Jake's sweatpants. Yep, that's how I roll.
Exercise: If I keep up my trend since Monday, I will end up having exercised 5 out of 7 days this week. Thank you Barre3 and Great American's gym for keeping this bod in some semblance of shape while my belly continues to grow, and grow, and grow, and grow. I do have to note that spinning has gotten a whole lot more difficult in the last couple weeks. I really thought that was going to be a workout that would carry me through to the end, but bending over handlebars is a really great way to squish your baby and your lungs all at the same time. I am either going to need to make some bike adjustments or give that up sooner rather than later. Wah!
Sleep: I swear I go back and forth on this mattress like every other day of my life. One day I'm like "yes this mattress rocks and I slept great", the next day I'm like ugh there has got to be something better out there. I am seriously considering ordering another mattress with a 100 day return policy before this one has to be returned and just keeping the one I like better. Part of me feels bad doing that, but the other part of me thinks that's why they offer the return policy, because you can't lay on their bed in a store, so it's the risk they are willing to take by cutting out all of those overhead costs. Stay tuned.
Best Moment(s) this week: Well, as I type this it's my birthday. However, my birthday this year is a day of work and meetings, so poo on that. Sam has been alive for 3 of my birthdays and I have yet to be able to spend any time with her on any of them. If you can't tell, I'm super annoyed by this information. Nevertheless, hearing from a bunch of friends and family is always sure to make a girl feel special, so I'll choose today anyway :)
Movement: Macy babe continues to be super active between 9-10pm, but she has definitely started to have some more active times throughout the day too. Every so often I'll be sitting at my desk and I get a jolt to the bladder that makes me jump a little bit. It's one of those things that's kind of embarrassing but totally unavoidable. I have a love/hate relationship with feeling movement in there, kind of like I do about pregnancy in general (although I tend to lean more toward hate when it comes to pregnancy). On the one hand, it's pretty cool to feel a human life move around inside of you, it's also reassuring and I do think I'd be sad if I never got to experience it. On the other hand, a moving belly and constant kicks to the bladder are less than desirable. Let's jut put it this way - I'll be glad when I'm not pregnant anymore and Macy is here for me to hold in my arms rather than my belly.
Food Cravings: I think I consumed about 20,000mg of sugar on my birthday, so if that's any indication of my cravings (cookies, cake, muffins, sugary lattes, waffles, cinnamon rolls, cupcakes, ICE CREAM)....
Symptoms: Just some more sciatic pain, and the occasional headache. Although my M.O. through both of these pregnancies has been to complain about pretty much everything, I have been feeling pretty physically good the last week or two, so I probably should just shut the hell up and be a positive Patty about life. My current biggest complaint is the size of my boobs. I just honestly cannot believe how big they are (again) and can't believe they are going to continue to grow and won't be back to normal size again until I stop nursing. Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. I don't think they make bras in a normal size chart to fit these suckers, I think it just says "porn star"!!!!
What I Miss: Booze. Wearing a normal size bra. My old wardrobe.
What I am Looking Forward to: Making 5 million treats and cookies on Saturday with my family and eating all of them before we have a chance to share them with anyone else. BAHAHAHAHA. Christmastime is like a pregnant woman's dream come true! (Other than not being able to drink all of the wine...)
Sam Tidbits:
-I'm not saying she's a genius, but she might be: "Mommy, why are you going to work? It's your birthday, you should stay home and make a cake!" Why yes, Samantha, you are correct. Being an adult is the pits and I should stay home and bake a cake rather than go to work. But instead, I'm going to sit here and bake this baby sister of yours and save all of my PTO so I don't have to go unpaid for however many weeks I want to spend at home with her after she is born. But hey, maybe you should like, be the president someday and like, pass some mandatory bullshit law that says that nobody should ever have to work on their birthday? I'll vote for you!
-At some point in the last 10-15 days, this child turned into a threenager. She has been
I gotta be honest, I thought I'd be doing better than I am by now. I still get sad every time I pull up the driveway and remember that I'm not going to be greeted by Callie's sweet face and wagging tail. I have had several more meltdowns. I miss her soft little ears and the sound her collar made when she shook her ears out. I miss seeing Sam squeeze her neck so hard it looked like Callie's eyes were going to bug out of her head, but she let Sam do it anyway because she loved her so much. I miss the way the pads of her paws smelled like Doritos (I think all dogs' pads smell like Doritos - my childhood dog's pads did too), but I miss Callie's nevertheless. If losing a four legged family member has been this hard on me emotionally, then heaven help me the day I lose a two legged family member.
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