I disappeared for five months?a little bit there around 20 weeks?.oops. The absence from blogging was good for me though. I felt like I wanted to protect our privacy at the time, and I also was busy with the business of growing a baby. Serious work. All good priorities, but now I miss blogging, so we?ll give it a go again!
A lot of pregnancy/baby blogs post weekly updates in the format of the one below. I did them periodically so as to put them in a baby book one day, but for the purpose of catching you up, here?s my pregnancy with Caroline all at once.
Top row, left to right:?15 weeks, 18 weeks, 22 weeks
Second row, left to right: 27 weeks, 30 weeks, 36 weeks
How far along??Summary of weeks 5 (when we found out) through 39 weeks and 5 days
Total weight gain:?About 30 pounds total. There was a month where I gained 9 pounds (and subsequently refused to look at the scale again) and there were periods where I didn?t gain any weight at all. It was strange at first watching the scale go up after all the attempts in the past to maintain or lose weight. I stopped caring about halfway through though ? my doctors could have cared less and were very encouraging about just being healthy. Vanity, both when you are growing a little baby and when the heat becomes so unbearable that you can?t think about anything else, seemed pointless. :)
Maternity clothes??Oh yes. I had the band from 14-16 weeks or so but didn?t like the feeling of my pants constantly falling down. After 16 weeks I rocked the full panel pants and as I got bigger could only wear a few of my old shirts. The last 4-6 weeks my ankles were so swollen (starting at 9am, thankyouverymuch) I had Shrek feet, plus it was often 100 degrees or more, so I wore a lot of skirts and maxi-dresses.
Sleep:?Except for a short period of intense heartburn in the middle of the night, I slept great throughout the entire pregnancy. It was certainly different ? I missed sleeping on my stomach and then eventually my back. The last 2 months I was on either side surrounded by body pillows and I had a lot of lower back pain, but I still slept well thankfully.
Best moments in the pregnancy:?Too hard to nail down just one! Telling Shawn we were pregnant, telling our families, feeling the baby move or watching my stomach as she rolled and kicked, preparing the nursery, feeling proud and confident in my body, baby showers with family and friends, taking our last vacation just the two of us.
Miss Anything??I could probably go another 10 months without alcohol but I did miss a glass of Riesling every now and then. I desperately and intensely missed hot dogs and lunch meat. I dreamed about italian subs, mmmm. I also missed my body not feeling painful or slow.
Movement:?I felt a couple flutters at 16 weeks but felt the baby kick for real after downing a slice of cake at a coworker?s baby shower. It was exciting and special every time.
Food cravings:?None really. I ate more fruit and sweet stuff (than usual) towards the end but never felt a deep craving.
Anything making you queasy or sick:?In weeks 5-12, pretty much everything made me nauseous. I was lucky to never be sick but I really only wanted to eat bread or pizza for awhile there.
Gender:?Girl! I never had another sonogram after 20 weeks though so after we painted the nursery pink and bought girly bedding, I worried it was a boy. A boy would have been lovely?.just wanted to know for sure either way. :)
Labor Signs:?Birth story to come, but I had Braxton Hicks (very mild) throughout most of the pregnancy.
Symptoms:?Nausea, round ligament pain, extra strong sense of smell, hot all the time towards the end, swollen ankles, heartburn, lower back pain, shooting pain in my right foot
Belly Button in or out??In
Wedding rings on or off??On
Happy or Moody most of the time:?Happy! Really didn?t experience a lot of hormonal changes, but I found that every stage of the pregnancy had distinct emotions with it. There were periods where I felt really excited and confident and periods where I was more anxious and mourned the end of our family being just the two of us.
Looking forward to:?We looked forward to lots of things ? the next sonogram, finding out the gender, our baby showers, showing more, and finally getting to see and meet our little girl.
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Source: http://listsinmypocket.wordpress.com/2012/08/28/pregnancy-reflections/
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