Okay, so now, at five months my pants are finally unable to zip. My butt and my legs still fit into my regular pants, it is just my belly that doesn't fit anymore. I have been using my BellaBand and my new beBand to continue wearing my regular pants. My favorite jeans ripped a hole in the crotch this weekend, so I'm kind of stuck there. I just can't justifying buying a new wardrobe of maternity pants to only wear for three months and then possibly never again...especially when I can make do with what I currently have. I am going to cave and buy one pair of maternity jeans (due to the rippage in the other pair). I thought about going and buying a new pair of jeans in my same size, but then realized that the next time I go to put them on next fall, I have no idea what size I am going to be...hopefully smaller than when I began!
As for weight gain so far, I am still down 5.5 pounds from when I started. My goal is to not be heavier than I was at my most with Brady. At this rate, if I gain 2 pounds in December, I can still gain one pound every week in the last trimester and be at the same point at delivery. The crazy thing is that I'm not really doing anything differently. The only thing I have really given up is soda and the only other thing that is really different is that I really have no cravings for meat (which makes dining out much healthier for me).
We'll see what the next four months bring!
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Monday, November 29, 2010
More Pictures!
Here are new pictures from our most recent ultrasound on November 18th at 20 weeks. All the measurements came back good except they couldn't get good measurements of the face. You can even see in the pictures that the baby's face was smushed up against the uterine wall. I think that they need better measurements of the face structures. Which means...I get to go back and do it all over again in a few weeks...so I'll have even more pictures to share then!
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
The BIG Ultrasound
Brad and I went for the BIG 20 week ultrasound last week. My tech was a little hard to read (not overly friendly). We let her know that we didn't want to know the gender of the baby and she let me know that I needed to keep reminding her or she might forget...really!?!?! So I, obnoxiously, reminded her every three minutes not to tell us. She did slip up on three different occasions, whether her pronoun choice was purposeful or accidental, I do not know. In the beginning of the ultrasound she refered to the baby as "he", but towards the end she used "she" and "her" once as well. The quote that sticks out in my mind is, "We aren't getting good enough pictures of the face so you'll probably have to come back in three weeks when the baby is in a better position, hopefully she'll be more cooperative then."
Based on our clues, we are thinking that it might actually be a girl, but my gut really can't comprehend that. I still feel, and can't imagine it being anything other than a boy. Only 20 more weeks until we know for sure!
Based on our clues, we are thinking that it might actually be a girl, but my gut really can't comprehend that. I still feel, and can't imagine it being anything other than a boy. Only 20 more weeks until we know for sure!
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Halfway!
To quote Brady's favorite band, Big Time Rush...
"We're halfway there...lookin' good now...nothin's gonna get in our way..."
I can't believe that I am already 20 weeks along. I just started feeling tons of kicks and movement this week and the big ultrasound is scheduled for today. I still fit into all of my regular clothes, though I do like to wear maternity clothes becuase it shows off my bump a little bit better, but as far as comfort, I'm fine in everything. I have had NO cravings and I'm still 6 pounds lighter than when I found out that I was pregnant. I also don't have any real aversions...nothing that makes me sick to my stomach. I am definitely more into eating fruits and veggies and meat is not my thing this pregnancy. I can go to a restaurant and get a salad and a potato (my new fav meal at Outback) and be perfectly satisfied. I also have not had any real cravings for sweets. Desert just doesn't float my boat these days either (could explain the drop in weight).
This could be a pretty perfect pregnancy! Might make having a third even more appealing ;)
"We're halfway there...lookin' good now...nothin's gonna get in our way..."
I can't believe that I am already 20 weeks along. I just started feeling tons of kicks and movement this week and the big ultrasound is scheduled for today. I still fit into all of my regular clothes, though I do like to wear maternity clothes becuase it shows off my bump a little bit better, but as far as comfort, I'm fine in everything. I have had NO cravings and I'm still 6 pounds lighter than when I found out that I was pregnant. I also don't have any real aversions...nothing that makes me sick to my stomach. I am definitely more into eating fruits and veggies and meat is not my thing this pregnancy. I can go to a restaurant and get a salad and a potato (my new fav meal at Outback) and be perfectly satisfied. I also have not had any real cravings for sweets. Desert just doesn't float my boat these days either (could explain the drop in weight).
This could be a pretty perfect pregnancy! Might make having a third even more appealing ;)
Friday, November 12, 2010
Holy Twins, Batman!
No, I am not having twins. But in the past week I have found out that two of my close friends are! I am so thankful that I am pregnant at this point in my life, because I am able to feel such a sense of joy for them during this time. It was so hard being jealous when I was struggling to get pregnant, and it was a feeling that I didn't want, but my natural instinct wouldn't let me not feel it. Probably God's way of letting me know that I really did want another.
It is strange as you look at families that are older and you can only imagine them the way they are: married with twins, or three, or four...it is so hard to make the decision of when to start and when to stop. But when all is said and done, every family appears complete. As strongly as I would like to have three children, I would be happy with two. It's strange that just a few months ago I was trying to come to grips with the idea that I need to be happy with just one, which I think I would have been able to easily accept.
The idea of your love doubling, tripling, quadrupling for your children is something that I have not yet experienced yet. I can understand it, however. When my nephew, Carter, was born I loved him just as much as I loved Brady, and with Sophia, love grew even more. Having only Brady for six years is a time that we will both cherish, and a time that is really has made a huge impact on our relationship with him. We really have gotten to know him as a person on his own before throwing siblings into the mix. He will always be special, and he will always be (literally) a head and shoulders above his siblings. The greatest joy for me is seeing how excited he is to have "our baby". He has definitely taken ownership over the baby and thinks of it as his own. He prays for the baby, draws pictures for the baby, and even reads to my belly so the baby can hear him. He is going to be an amazing big brother!
It is strange as you look at families that are older and you can only imagine them the way they are: married with twins, or three, or four...it is so hard to make the decision of when to start and when to stop. But when all is said and done, every family appears complete. As strongly as I would like to have three children, I would be happy with two. It's strange that just a few months ago I was trying to come to grips with the idea that I need to be happy with just one, which I think I would have been able to easily accept.
The idea of your love doubling, tripling, quadrupling for your children is something that I have not yet experienced yet. I can understand it, however. When my nephew, Carter, was born I loved him just as much as I loved Brady, and with Sophia, love grew even more. Having only Brady for six years is a time that we will both cherish, and a time that is really has made a huge impact on our relationship with him. We really have gotten to know him as a person on his own before throwing siblings into the mix. He will always be special, and he will always be (literally) a head and shoulders above his siblings. The greatest joy for me is seeing how excited he is to have "our baby". He has definitely taken ownership over the baby and thinks of it as his own. He prays for the baby, draws pictures for the baby, and even reads to my belly so the baby can hear him. He is going to be an amazing big brother!
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Pregnant at Disney
I have felt great in the first four to five month of this pregnancy. I still have not experienced nausea, exhaustion, or weight gain...then came Disney. I was so exhausted after walking around the parks for 10 hours a day for five days that I just fell apart! Thank goodness no nausea, but the exhaustion was ridiculous. By the end of the day I was waddling around like I was 9 months pregnant and ready to give birth on a Micky park bench. My muscles were so tired of holding my belly in that it must have given the baby some room to grow. I came back with tired feet, and a belly that doesn't fit comfortably into my pants anymore. Now, I know that most of this was inevitable, but I can't help but think that the physical exertion on this trip sped up the process a bit.
You can see me sitting on the Safari ride at Animal Kingdom with a 17 week belly and ready to brace myself for any bumps in the road. Thankfully, everything that I read on most of the websites was correct, and this ride was fine for expectant mothers. I'm sure Disney doesn't want to take a chance by not putting up the warning. This was the only "off-limits" ride that I attempted while there. It was really like riding a jeep through the zoo. Heather put it best when she said, "I can see a rhino's butt at the Baltimore Zoo if I wanted to!"
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