23 weeks!
How Far Along: 23 weeks
Size of the Baby: 12 inches and about 1 lb
Cravings: strawberries. give me ALL of them. baked potatoes, yogurt, pizza, shrimp, desserts- yum!, mac n cheese, zucchini… i eat all the things.
Sleep: pretty good, went through a phase where my body basically decided that it didn’t need sleep but now i’m back to 9-10 hours a night.
Gender: first ultrasound looked like a boy, second ultrasound looked like a girl… so we go back in two weeks to find out for sure, but it’s most likely a little girl!
Weight Gain: +1 pound
Maternity Clothes: not really… most days i wear my regular clothes. jeans are all maternity but i don’t wear them very often since i’m just hanging around the house and running errands most days. other than that all of my yoga pants/jeggings/leggings fit fine, i just put them below the belly and most of my shirts are long enough to cover everything since long shirts have been the “thing” for a while now.
Symptoms: heartburn… ick. very ditzy and forgetful, the hubs keeps making fun of me. slightly irritable lately. lots of vurping (eww) brought on by the heartburn. low back pain right at my pelvis… feels like it’s just trying to adjust but can be pretty painful sometimes. nothing a little trip to my chiropractor can’t fix in two seconds. my belly seems to have exploded this week… i woke up one morning and thought i might have grown a second baby overnight… it’s amazing ;)
Pondering: all things girly. dresses, bows and shoes… oh my! trying to wrap my head around the sudden change in gender, and the fact that we could find out it’s still been a boy all along. silly kid wouldn’t uncross her/his legs during the ultrasound! it amazes me how much i already love this little babe who has yet to be seen, can’t wait to give her millions of kisses! also watching the hubs turn into a dad right before my eyes… love him. and last but not least- crafting galore… i can’t be stopped. constantly trying to think of what to make next.
Favorite Moments This Week: getting our first cloth diaper in the mail- it’s SO cute! also getting the amazing ERGO carrier that we registered for from one of the hub’s clients, whom i’ve never even met. feeling all the little kicks and punches everyday as usual and 4-5 times actually seeing the kicks on my belly! hearing baby’s heartbeat again at the doctor and hearing/feeling her move around like crazy- the dr said “wow! we got a happy little camper in there!”
