24 weeks

So I haven’t blogged much about our little peanut so I figured I’d give a little update.  I actually saw this on a friend’s blog and decided to copy!

Bo is holding his tummy too if you can’t tell!

How far along: 24 weeks

Size of baby: about a foot long and a little over a pound…not going to lie I had to look that up!  With Bo I could have told you how long he was, how much he weighed, what parts were growing, what senses he had…this poor baby unless I feel baby moving half the time I forget I’m even pregnant, no time to think about those things when chasing Bo all day!

Weight Gain:  Why would I EVER put that on here, sorry folks…not going to happen! 

Gender: It’s either a boy or girl!

Movement: Yes, I feel baby a lot.  Of course much more at night, especially between 10:30-11:30pm…of course Jarrod has asked kindly that I keep moving between the hours of 10pm-1am so baby is “trained” to sleep at that time…you don’t want to know my response to that!

Sleep: I’ve forgotten what that is like…I have a very distinct and unusual pain that is caused by ligaments stretching and things moving around, that every time I roll from one side to the other it’s a very sharp pain, meaning I wake up every time which is about every hour.  Then to top that off I’m going to the bathroom around 2-3 times every night, oh and the wonderful heartburn keeps me up at times too.  So I get what I can!

What I miss:  sleep and a nice glass of wine

Cravings: so far this pregnancy my big cravings have been…OJ, milk, water, fruit, salads, I love cucumbers soaked in balsamic vinegar, and now SWEETS!!!  It’s weird because I’ve always like sweets, but it’s never been something I would buy or keep in the house.  I ended up going around and throwing out what we had because if they are here I will eat them!

a few things I thought I’d add…

Dr. updates: All looks good.  BP today was 112/74 so doctor was very pleased!  I did start swelling some over the weekend, but I was on my feet a lot and of course some swelling is normal with pregnancy.  The good thing is I know what to look for…severe headaches, seeing spots, swelling, etc…so if any of those happen I need to go in immediately.  The swelling was much better this morning.  I’m getting into the time period where if I were going to develop pre-eclampsia again we could start seeing signs at this point.  Just knowing that brings anxiety, so I’m just trying not to think about it.

Bo:  Well while sometimes I think he’s warming up to the idea, others I think it’s obvious he’d prefer not to have a baby on the way.  He will at night tell baby “night night” as we are putting him to bed and sometimes even kiss my belly.  However, the other day when we were trying to get him to feel the baby, Jarrod put his hand on my belly to show him how to do it and Bo very quickly grabbed his hand off saying NO!!  It’s going to be interesting!  He’s become even more of a daddy’s boy than he was before.  He doesn’t want mommy for anything!  Have a feeling that may be baby related.

Energy Level: better than the first trimester, but starting to get tired easily again, part of this could be I’m not sleeping at night and chasing a toddler all day!  I am going to the gym about 3 times a week, so I think this may be helping!

Hormonal:  Haha, I have to put this on here…I haven’t been near as hormonal as I was with Bo, I’m sure Jarrod may have a different answer to this question, but I can honestly say I haven’t been as bad.  The one thing I’m struggling with is just the idea of having/loving another child.  There are times I feel really guilty about it.  Bo is my life and I don’t want anything to take away from that.  All of my friends keep promising me we will have enough love for both, but it’s something we won’t understand until we bring baby home.  One of my friends put it this way…she said instead of thinking about it as something that is going to take away from Bo, we need to look at what we are giving him…a playmate, a friend, a sibling…someone who he will have his entire life, someone who will outlive both Jarrod and I, someone he’ll have when we are gone.  So…looking at it like that makes it much easier!