We are now 25 weeks along and are doing nicely. Time is flying by so quickly! We're already in month 6!
I've been feeling good and have no symptoms to report, much like my pregnancy with Claire & Hayden. It is starting to get harder to bend over to pick things up off of the floor (where nearly everything a toddler - or in my case two - leaves their things). I'm also tired a lot more than normal, but that's really to be expected.
I am consistently gaining about 1 pound per week, which I didn't think was a lot, but apparently 40lbs in a pregnancy is "too much". With Claire & Hayden I gained approx 70lbs and then fairly easily dropped 60 of those pounds before getting pregnant this time. So the random doctor I saw last week at the Low Risk Maternity Clinic has told me that I should see their dietitian next month. Being that I've previously lost 85lbs by eating properly in the past.. I'm very skeptical that a dietitian can help me at all. I could see if I was binge eating or drinking lots of soda, or something crazy, but really I'm eating fairly normally. I just gain weight easily. Go-go crappy metabolism. Sigh. However, it is free, so I'll gladly go and talk to them and see if they have some type of miracle to help me stop gaining pregnancy weight. I do miss working out and running, and am looking forward to getting back to the old me at some point mid to late next year. I'm proud to have carried 2.5 children and after baby is born, it'll be time to shape up and get myself back - right after the sleepless nights end.. As I know those are coming! At least this time I know what to expect and can take comfort in the fact that I've been through it double time so can survive it again.
At the doctor appointment Friday Aug 9th babys heartbeat was 150bpm. My BP was 119/75 - which is high for me but the nurse said it was because she had me talking while taking it. We are going to do our glucose testing around week 26-28, and I haven't booked an appointment as I'm hoping to just walk into the South Hospital (they don't book appointments yet as far as I am aware) and get right into the lab there without too much waiting.
Baby has been kicking quite a bit lately and last week Phil was able to feel baby kick for the first time! His awe was nothing short of our first pregnancy and I think it'll be more real to him from here on out. Baby seems to kick first thing in the morning and then most often at midnight every night. Though I do feel random kicks all day long. It's neat to actually know who is kicking me this time!
We go for a 3D ultrasound on Friday August 23rd. We opted to go as we had paid to go last time and really are curious to see who baby looks like. Though we will still not be finding out babys gender. We are having it broadcast live to our family and I'm happy we can share our experience with them too, even from hundreds of kilometres away. I can't wait to meet our baby in November and really hope they will arrive right on time. It will be very exciting to hear what they are as they're born. A new experience for us. There are a lot of days when we're so busy - especially with two toddlers - that I don't take much time to just enjoy and talk to baby. I pray and hope everyday that baby will keep their heart beating, keep on breathing and grow big, strong and healthy.
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| 24 Week Belly - Aug 7, 2013 |
