Week 26

How Far Along: 26 Weeks

Baby Size: Head of lettuce

Symptoms: Little bit of nausea creeping up here and there. Hip pain when I sleep some nights. Heartburn. Low back discomfort. Feeling squished into my diaphragm. According to my yoga teacher this is relatively normal for a first pregnancy.

Weight Gain: up 13 lbs since prepregnancy

Sleep: Good nights and bad nights. Some nights I wake up and can go back to sleep easily, others I toss and turn.

Best Moment of the Week: Having the crib set up

Worst Moment of the Week: Getting sick after having too much dairy

Any cravings or aversions: nothing.

Wedding ring on or off: On

Belly button In or Out: In

What I'm looking forward to: Nothing really baby related this week. Organizing a bit more of the nursery?

What I miss: Sleeping on my back without being out of breath

Emotions: Nervous. I get my Gestational Diabetes test results back today.

Nursery: The furniture is set up!

Shopping: Ordered the crib mattress. Should be delivered next week. We bought a change pad, a couple covers, some clothes for newborn, and a couple sheets for the crib and bassinet. I also bought a new sports bra finally.

To-do: Start reading on baby care and post-partum. 

Second Trimester Bump Pics

It's been since first trimester that I posted a bump photo on here.
Here are a few over the past couple months.
I can't believe there is only a couple weeks left until third trimester. Crazy!

15 Weeks

17 Weeks 

19 Weeks

21 Weeks

24 Weeks

Week 25

How Far Along: 25 Weeks - or less. My chart at my Dr's office says my due date is May 11, not May 5. So that would put me at 24 weeks and a couple days. Since I started this blog with the May 5 due date, we'll stick with it.

Baby Size: Cauliflower

Symptoms: Sore hips after walking too far. Heartburn comes and goes. Getting up twice a night like clockwork. Low blood pressure and low blood sugar are hard to deal with. Just keep drinking and eating! 

Weight Gain: Didn't gain anything this week. Still up 11 lbs.

Sleep: Still sleeping pretty good. After stretching and going to yoga last week I've noticed a big difference in sleeping better

Best Moment of the Week: The nursery painting is complete.

Worst Moment of the Week: Low blood sugar and feeling ravenous in the morning for the past few days. Not sure what is up with that. Growth spurt?

Any cravings or aversions: Nothing

Wedding ring on or off: On and still comfy

Belly button In or Out: flat. Still technically in.

What I'm looking forward to: Setting up the nursery furniture.

What I miss: Wine. Gilles had a couple glasses at dinner which made me jealous. I was happy he could enjoy it and have me drive home though.

Emotions: Happy. We're starting to get down to the last few weeks of 2nd tri. Can't believe it!

Nursery: Painted. Set up is coming

Shopping: Bought a nice sweater for myself.

To-do: Gestational Diabetes test Monday. Yoga Wednesday. Chiro Thursday. Going to be a good health week.

Week 24

How Far Along: 24 Weeks

Baby Size: Canteloupe

Symptoms: Heartburn, depending on what I eat. Calf muscles are tight when I wake up. Low blood pressure still pops up every once in a while. Drinking water helps with that. 

Weight Gain: 11 lbs from prepregnancy weight. I'm right on schedule. I've started tracking my intake to make sure I'm eating enough. I've always struggled with weight gain so I'm keeping an eye out. Also trying to up my protein intake as much as I can.

Sleep: Still sleeping solidly. I love my body pillow. I'm waking up really stuffy every morning which makes it hard to go back to sleep after I wake at 4am or so. The first sleep is solid, the second is not so I find I'm more tired now.

Best Moment of the Week: Gilles painting the nursery. Almost done!

Worst Moment of the Week: Feeling light headed from low blood pressure

Any cravings or aversions: Bacon. I can't get enough of it!

Wedding ring on or off: On

Belly button In or Out: In

What I'm looking forward to: The nursery being done and setting things up

What I miss: Running. Lifting weights. I really miss working out hard lately.

Emotions: Happy. Slow stress building. I have a lot of things to do that aren't baby related before baby arrives.

Nursery: Paint! We went last weekend and got paint. Gilles started painting. The top colour and bottom colour are done. He just has to do a line between the two colours and it's completely painted.

Shopping: I bought some maternity yoga pants, another pair of tights and two shirts. I needed some workout wear for the prenatal yoga class I'm starting this week.

To-do: Schedule Gestational Diabetes blood test

Week 23

How Far Along: 23 Weeks

Baby Size: Grapefruit

Symptoms: Round Ligament Pain, back ache

Weight Gain: Didn't gain anything this week. Must be detoxing all the Christmas goodies

Sleep: Still catching up

Best Moment of the Week: Hearing the heart beat at 150.

Worst Moment of the Week: Going to urgent care because I thought I might have had a UTI. Turned out to be ligament pain and the fact that my uterus is now pushing on my kidneys. Lovely!

Any cravings or aversions: Veggies are more and more appealing

Wedding ring on or off: On

Belly button In or Out: In

What I'm looking forward to: The nursery getting painted!

What I miss: Shrimp. I've been wanting a quick shrimp dinner for a while.

Emotions: Slow panic arising. We have a lot of time but also not that much. Really need to get things organized

Nursery: Bought paint after deciding on colours! The baseboards and outlets have all been taped up and it's ready for Gilles to paint.

Shopping: Stopped at my sisters and picked up a bunch of things she saved for us. I'll have to inventory it and see what we still need. (which is a lot still)

To Do: Schedule my glucose test for a few weeks

Week 22

Week 20 and 21 went by so fast with the Christmas holidays that I completely forgot to blog. I feel like I completely missed 2 weeks of my pregnancy. The great thing is, we're that much closer to meeting our baby!

How Far Along: 22 Weeks

Baby Size: Papaya

Symptoms: Low blood pressure, fatigue, some back and hip aches

Weight Gain: 8 lbs total

Sleep: Starting to really need the body pillow. Everything feels more comfortable with it. Can't sleep on my back at all because I get short of breath

Best Moment of the Week: Having family want to feel kicks. Seeing the baby move my belly!

Worst Moment of the Week: Being so tired and not getting to sleep in.

Any cravings or aversions: Really digging guacamole right now.

Wedding ring on or off: On

Belly button In or Out: In

What I'm looking forward to: Sleeping! Christmas was so busy I'm looking forward to sleeping in.

What I miss: Putting my shoes on and off without having to sit. Putting my socks on without doing a tree yoga pose

Emotions: Excited and nervous. We are getting closer and closer

Nursery: Moved everything out that wasn't nursery related. It's ready for painting.

Shopping: Haven't done anything. 

To-do: Go to bed earlier

Week 19

How Far Along: 19 Weeks

Baby Size: Mango.

Symptoms: 
Low blood pressure. Feeling dizzy but this is getting less and less.
Frequent urination. Somedays it feels like all the time, other days not as much. I think it all depends where baby is sitting.
Fetal Movement. I can feel the baby move all the time. Love the little kicks or punches and rolling feeling

Weight Gain: Up 4.5lbs!

Sleep: I'm having trouble getting comfortable to fall asleep, but once I do I'm out until I wake up to pee. Sleeping solidly between those breaks.

Best Moment of the Week: Gilles feeling the baby kick! It was amazing to see his face. Hearing the heartbeat at 157. Realizing the baby responds to deep voices. Gilles has a deeper voice and I've noticed I get kicks more often when we're relaxing and talking.

Worst Moment of the Week: Feeling dizzy

Any cravings or aversions: Nothing strong

Wedding ring on or off: On. My hands are so cold my rings still feel big on me

Belly button In or Out: In

What I'm looking forward to: Our ultrasound on Saturday. Can't wait to see the baby and have Gilles there

What I miss:  Watching a movie without having to pause.

Emotions: Elated. We're reaching the halfway point. Most people can notice I'm pregnant now. My bump is much bigger and I'm still so excited. I love every change, every feeling and know that although this is temporary, I'm doing something amazing.

Nursery: Gilles set up our dresser. Took him a long time with all the pieces, but it's done! We also started researching ideas for the wall colours.

Shopping: Bought a video monitor on sale.

To-do: Relax and enjoy this week.