How Far Along: 31 weeks (I'd love to jump up and yell "HALLELUJAH", but 9 weeks is a long-ass time). At least we are in single digit weeks left now!
Size of Peanut: So we're back to pineapple now? Either thebump.com is crazy, or I don't know how to read...
Total Weight Gain: I was about a pound heavier on my scale at home than I was at the doctor's office 2 weeks ago. Seeing as I have no idea what my weight ever was on that scale at home (other than my wedding day weight 8 years ago since I was still living at home then), I really have no clue what my weight gain was this week. However, now I have a baseline to keep this ass in check for the next 9 weeks.
Maternity Clothes: Not maternity clothes per se, but I went ahead and ordered a post-partum waist support band for after delivery. I wanted it to be here and not have to worry about it once Macy is born, so I figured I might as well go ahead and get it. Talk about overwhelming amounts of information - there are about 4,000 waist support bands to choose from to help with recovery after birth (and most especially c-sections). I used the one the hospital gave me after I had Sam, but based on everything I've read, it seems the ones you can purchase independently are more supportive and effective. The one from the hospital definitely helped me feel better in my midsection after I had Sam, but it gave me a rash on my stomach so I had to wear a tank under it every time I wore it, and it stretched out so much the first couple of weeks that I hardly felt like it did much after that. I'm hoping this one I ordered will help with support if I do have to have a c-section again. And even if I don't, I'm hoping it will help with posture/back support and getting my stomach and organs back in order after pushing this baby out!
I also bought some bigger underwear so I don't wake up in the morning with indentations from them being too small. It's okay to laugh - it's funny that my ass is so big I had to buy bigger panties :)
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Thursday, January 21, 2016
THIRTY
How Far Along: 30 weeks! Officially out of the 20s and into the 30s, which means less than 10 weeks of this garbage remains!
Size of Peanut: A cucumber. These fruits and vegetables are so bogus. I have never seen a cucumber bigger than a pineapple. If she has shrunk since last week, we have a serious problem on our hands.
Total Weight Gain: I think I may start weighing myself at home these last 2 months so I don't let things get completely out of control as I begin to get more and more uncomfortable and feel more and more like a heifer. Maybe I'll have an update next week.
Maternity Clothes: I believe that's two weeks in a row of no shopping. I think that probably warrants some kind of award. In other news - my ass has gotten so big that my underwear no longer fits properly. I have begun to get that tingling feeling you get when your clothes underwear cuts off your circulation and makes huge red indentations in your skin because it's too tight. Maybe new extra large skivvies should be next on my list of things to buy, HA!
Size of Peanut: A cucumber. These fruits and vegetables are so bogus. I have never seen a cucumber bigger than a pineapple. If she has shrunk since last week, we have a serious problem on our hands.
Total Weight Gain: I think I may start weighing myself at home these last 2 months so I don't let things get completely out of control as I begin to get more and more uncomfortable and feel more and more like a heifer. Maybe I'll have an update next week.
Maternity Clothes: I believe that's two weeks in a row of no shopping. I think that probably warrants some kind of award. In other news - my ass has gotten so big that my underwear no longer fits properly. I have begun to get that tingling feeling you get when your
to VBAC or not to VBAC?
I'm not really one of those people that buys into the whole natural child birth phenomenon that's going on right now. Yes, I do think sometimes there are medical interventions taken that probably aren't 100% necessary, but can you really blame doctors for doing so in this lawsuit happy society? I am all about give me the drugs to push this baby out so I don't have to actually feel how bad this hurts. I have nothing against those who decide to go au naturale at a hospital, or birth into a tub at their house (okay I lied - I actually do think that latter option is pretty weird), but it's just not my cup of tea.
Thursday, January 14, 2016
Twenty-Nine
How Far Along: Twenty-Nine Weeks
Size of Peanut: Acorn squash. At my ultrasound on Sunday the tech said Macy weighs about 2.5 pounds. According to thebump.com - average weight at this point is 2.5-3.8 pounds, so we have another little itty bitty teeny weeny baby on our hands again.
Total Weight Gain: I gained 6 pounds since my last appointment (not surprising considering birthday/birthday/Christmas/birthday/New Years). That puts me at 19 total. Considering I was up to a 26 pound gain at 29 weeks last time, I feel okay about that number. The number on the scale is a number I never, ever, EVER want to see again, but I think that at this pace I will probably gain a lot less than I did last time. I'll take any small wins I can get.
Maternity Clothes: I think I didn't buy anything this past week? Is that another win? I'll be right back, shopaholics anonymous is calling...
Size of Peanut: Acorn squash. At my ultrasound on Sunday the tech said Macy weighs about 2.5 pounds. According to thebump.com - average weight at this point is 2.5-3.8 pounds, so we have another little itty bitty teeny weeny baby on our hands again.
Total Weight Gain: I gained 6 pounds since my last appointment (not surprising considering birthday/birthday/Christmas/birthday/New Years). That puts me at 19 total. Considering I was up to a 26 pound gain at 29 weeks last time, I feel okay about that number. The number on the scale is a number I never, ever, EVER want to see again, but I think that at this pace I will probably gain a lot less than I did last time. I'll take any small wins I can get.
Maternity Clothes: I think I didn't buy anything this past week? Is that another win? I'll be right back, shopaholics anonymous is calling...
Thursday, January 7, 2016
Twenty-Eight
Picking up again after a Christmas hiatus...
How Far Along: Twenty Eight Weeks (THIRD TRIMESTER WOOT WOOT)
Size of Peanut: Eggplant...
Monday, December 21, 2015
Twenty-Five
How Far Along: 25 weeks (how did this happen?)
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 beenspanked disciplined more times than I care to count. I have patience for a lot of things, and I desperately do NOT like to be mean or spank my child, but the one thing I will absolutely NOT tolerate is disrespecting her superiors. When she yells at me, or Jake, or one of her grandparents, it's just about enough for me to lose my shit. If anyone would like to adopt her until she turns 4 and then bring her back to me as a well-behaved, non back-talking 4 year old, I'd be game for that.
Callie update:
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.
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.
Thursday, December 10, 2015
Twenty-Four
How Far Along: Twenty Four weeks
Size of Peanut: Cantaloupe
Total Weight Gain: My pants are starting to feel a little tight in the thighs (shock), but I'll know my exact number at my appointment on Friday. Let's just say I'm not real excited about that...
Maternity Clothes: I have a shopping problem. I 150% hate the way my body looks right now. Like more than you could possibly imagine, yet I still keep buying clothes. I bought a dress for my company Christmas party this past week. In my defense it was mega cheap and it's so cute I'm hoping I can have it altered to fit my not pregnant body when I'm not pregnant anymore, but the point is, I didn't need to buy a dress and I did anyway.
The good news is, that super expensive tank I bought at the beginning of my pregnancy has proven week in and week out to be the best maternity purchase I have made. I am mad when it's in the laundry and I'd wear it every day without washing it if I could. My only complaint is that since it's white, long, and tight, it kind of rolls up at the bottom when I sit down, so it's become a little discolored at the bottom from me pulling it down so many times throughout the day. However, I would recommend this over and over again to anyone who is pregnant, especially anyone with gigantic boobs. It has helped me feel very supported and contained and I could not be happier with my purchase.
Size of Peanut: Cantaloupe
Total Weight Gain: My pants are starting to feel a little tight in the thighs (shock), but I'll know my exact number at my appointment on Friday. Let's just say I'm not real excited about that...
Maternity Clothes: I have a shopping problem. I 150% hate the way my body looks right now. Like more than you could possibly imagine, yet I still keep buying clothes. I bought a dress for my company Christmas party this past week. In my defense it was mega cheap and it's so cute I'm hoping I can have it altered to fit my not pregnant body when I'm not pregnant anymore, but the point is, I didn't need to buy a dress and I did anyway.
The good news is, that super expensive tank I bought at the beginning of my pregnancy has proven week in and week out to be the best maternity purchase I have made. I am mad when it's in the laundry and I'd wear it every day without washing it if I could. My only complaint is that since it's white, long, and tight, it kind of rolls up at the bottom when I sit down, so it's become a little discolored at the bottom from me pulling it down so many times throughout the day. However, I would recommend this over and over again to anyone who is pregnant, especially anyone with gigantic boobs. It has helped me feel very supported and contained and I could not be happier with my purchase.
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