Recently, I have been feeling the baby move. Yesterday I felt her squirming around in there a whole bunch. To me, it feels like muscle spasms. Others say they feel like a fish is swimming around, or they feel a "flutter." It is such a quick, light feeling right now but I know it will increase as she grows. Phil keeps wanting to feel it but I know he wont feel it just yet. :)
I have gained 14 pounds so far, which is not too bad I don't think! My belly has popped out at around week 18-19, and is now very noticeable in clingy shirts. In loose fitting shirts, you might still think I am just getting chubs, and gaining weight around the middle. I am still wearing the same jeans I bought within the first month of my pregnancy, which are the same size I wore before I got pregnant, but they are comfortable and stretchy. They are quite possibly the most useful purchase I have ever bought!
I am looking forward to painting the baby's room, although we don't even have any other rooms painted in our house! I think it is the whole "nesting" thing that is persuading me to pick out paint colors. I cannot wait until the room is painted and the crib is put together. It will feel so much more real.
Tonight is our first birthing class. We will be learning the Bradley Method, which is a natural childbirth method. The class focuses on teaching nutrition, exercises, relaxation exercises, coaching for the fathers, and mostly just what exactly is going on in your body. We have an excellent teacher, Lindsey, who is an OM wife and mom and apparently a genius on everything baby. I'm looking forward to meeting the other women in the class who will be due around the same time as me.
Tomorrow is our last ultrasound, and I am really looking forward to it! This ultrasound will be more in depth, and they will look at the organs and how they're developing. I can't wait to see her again. It's unbelievable seeing her move and turn over, like she is just hanging out in there! Pretty crazy that I have a living human being just chilling in my tummy right now.
Recently I have been so tired. Just so utterly worn out and exhausted. Between OM and nannying, I have been working 50 hours a week, and I come home and just lay on the couch not wanting to do anything. The weekends are now a time to catch up on rest and laze around the house whereas I used to want to be out and about at all times on those two precious days off. So many people told me I'd have this superhuman energy in the second trimester... I don't know what they were thinking!
That's great that you have such a great teacher. Seriously though you only have to worry about breathing while pushing (you have to hold your breath while pushing and then breathe for a little bit and continue to hold breath at every push). . otherwise, that stuff with breathing. . unnecessary! haha.
ReplyDeleteYour last ultrasound already? many this pregnancy is breezing by!!!