Category: Diary

i love this post i found on my baby forums:

Why didn’t anyone tell me how bad this sucks?

This week, your baby measures over 16 inches long. He weighs about 3.3 pounds (try carrying four navel oranges) and is heading into a growth spurt. He can turn his head from side to side, and his arms, legs, and body are beginning to plump out as needed fat accumulates underneath his skin. He’s probably moving a lot, too, so you may have trouble sleeping because your baby’s kicks and somersaults keep you up. Take comfort: All this moving is a sign that your baby is active and healthy.

Have you noticed the muscles in your uterus tightening now and then? Many women feel these random contractions — called Braxton Hicks contractions — in the second half of pregnancy. Often lasting about 30 seconds, they’re irregular, and at this point, they should be infrequent and painless.

so i did one for a typical day when i stay at home. here is one for the days that i go out.

11:30 woke up

11:30- 12:45 messed around online

12:45 – 1:30 watched tv

1:30 – 1:45 got ready

1:45 – 2:00 went to arby’s

2:00-2:30 drove to marietta

2:30-3:00 doctor

3:00 – 3:20 scrapbook store, got shower invites

3:20 – 3:45 went by Pacific

3:45 – 5:00 hung out at mom’s

5:00 – 6:15 O’Charley’s

6:30 – 7:00 drove home

7:00 – 9:00 watched tv

9:00 – bedtime read

Before; Step 1 – tape off border btwn colors

 

 

 step2 – add yellow

 

 

step3 – add blue

 

 

step4 – paint green over top of yellow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

step5 – pull off tape to reveal yellow

 

 

step6 – add border

 

step7 – replace flooring …. Finished

              

my insides are squirming around in an uncomfortable manner.

i went to Born Again Blessings at the civic center this weekend where they had a massive 2nd hand baby sale. i bought: a high chair, play mat, activity center (like a walker sorta), an electric swing, a diaper bag, a bath tub, a front baby carrier, a lamp, baby monitor, heartbeat monitor/speaker thingy, and a diaper pail. total cost $166. total savings $377.

lucas is still kicking up a storm. ive started doing kick counts monitoring where you check the time, count to ten kicks and record the time again. when i first wake up it can take 25 mins but at like 2am last night i got to ten in 2 mins. three times now he’s kicked me in way that was borderline hurting but usually it feels like the way it feels when you get an involuntary muscle twitch.

on my baby boards, 3 babies have been born so far

at my 26 week doc appt i passed my glucose test and got my rogham shot (for being Rh negative). aside from that all my other appointments are like a 10 min thing where they check weight, blood pressure, pee in a cup, donate a drop or a vial of blood, and then the doc checks the heartbeat and measures belly size. im going in every 2 weeks right now, but i think at some point next month i hafta start going in weekly (starting at 36 weeks maybe?)

Since you were asking about stuff going on, i figured i’d list my current stage of symptoms.

mostly im just uncomfortable most of the time. it feels like after youve eaten at melting pot and your stomach is heavy. it’s esp bad when im laying down – i dont like the exrta weight bearing down on me. i cant have the cats lie on me at all cause i cant handle the additional weight.

rolling over when laying in bed can be a real bitch. anything that involves using the abdominal muscles is difficult. it hurts if im in a sitting position and hafta pick something up off the floor (basically bending myself in half) but its not so much a problem if im standing.

for awhile i would wake up or have trouble falling asleep cause of leg pain. not like muscle cramp, just like the muscle really needed to be stretched out and midstretch would relieve it but once i stopped the stretch it would still hurt. that for the most part seems to be going away the past week or so.

i get winded walking up a flight of stairs and going from basement to bedroom sucks.

i still hafta burp like allll the time and i get hungry all the time. its weird cause i go from fine to starving really quickly without a lot of build up. i hafta eat about every two hours and i pee about every two hours. occasionally i get heartburn.

on the bright side, i have not gotten the following symptoms that can be common: constipation, hemorrhoids, or swelling.

How your baby’s growing:
Your baby now weighs about 2 1/2 pounds (like a butternut squash) and is a tad over 15 inches long from head to heel. His muscles and lungs are continuing to mature, and his head is growing bigger to make room for his developing brain. To meet his increasing nutritional demands, you’ll need plenty of protein, vitamins C, folic acid, and iron. And because his bones are soaking up lots of calcium, be sure to drink your milk (or find another good source of calcium, such as cheese, yogurt, or enriched orange juice). This trimester, about 250 milligrams of calcium are deposited in your baby’s hardening skeleton each day.

By this week, your baby weighs two and a quarter pounds (like a Chinese cabbage) and measures 14.8 inches from the top of her head to her heels. She can blink her eyes, which now sport lashes. With her eyesight developing, she may be able to see the light that filters in through your womb. She’s also developing billions of neurons in her brain and adding more body fat in preparation for life in the outside world.

lauren you asked what i do all the time? well today i shall chronolog my activities (if i can remember to)

11am – woke up, fed cats, got cereal

11-11:50 checked email, read baby boards, chatted with steph

11:50-5:30 read

5:30-5:40 talk to mom

5:40-5:50 shower/get ready

5:50 – 6:20 read

6:30 – 9:00 girl scouts

9:00 – 3am read