All in all I'm doing pretty well although I feel like I've had a pretty hard time lately.
I'll start with the good stuff: The baby moves a lot. Seems like every time I sit still I can feel him move around. Sometimes I can feel his foot poking out which I love. I felt hiccups for the first time a few days ago and have pretty much felt them at least once a day since. I looked at my pregnancy log that I kept with Violet and at this point no one had really felt her move on the outside and I don't think I felt hiccups until much later so this little guy either moves a lot more than she did or I just know what to look/feel for. My weight gain is pretty good, I'm up 25 lbs and I think the range listed in the books is 16-24 lbs at this stage, but I believe this is about where I was with Violet. Unfortunately, I feel like only a small part of that weight gain is in my belly and the rest resides in my butt and thighs. Oh well.
Here's some of the not-so-good stuff: I've been quite emotional during the past couple of weeks. I honestly think that I've been a little overwhelmed with Dominic being in a cast and feeling like I have to do everything. Violet is going through a severe Mommy phase right now. We're not sure if its because of her age or because her normal routine with Dad hasn't been the same since he got hurt. I love that she always wants to be with me but it takes its toll on me emotionally if she throws a fit everytime I walk out of the room. I either caught a stomach bug or food poisoning from a VERY BAD dinner that I shouldn't have eaten (patty melt, fries, malt) and I think I had the worst night of my life. Sparing the horrid details, I lost over 2 lbs that night and was drained of energy for a couple days afterward. With the exception of not totally having my appetite back, I'm fine. On top of that I recently jammed a mechanical pencil about 1/4" up my finger as well as slicing a pretty good chunk into a different finger with a very sharp serrated edge knife which led me to a 3hr visit to the ER just to get the flap glued back on. I'm hoping I just had a rough couple of weeks and things will only get better. As far as pregnancies go, I know I'm incredibly lucky to have everything go so well.
My back and hips are starting to hurt more and sleeping has been a bit difficult but I just bought a pregnancy body pillow and have had 2 of the 6 pregnancy massages that I have scheduled which helps tremendously. Hopefully Dominic will get his cast off on Monday and things will get better after that. I think I need to go to pregnancy water aerobics as well because I didn't seem to have any back issues with Violet and I was really good about regularly going.
I have two sets of bedding for the baby and am trying to decide which to return. I think instead of going with a whole coordinating set, I'll just stick with a color scheme (sage green/chocolate brown). I'm looking into buying a double stroller although I'd hate to sell my BOB because I love it so much. We still haven't bottomed out on a name. I have a few in mind but I can't get Dominic to commit to any of them.
I guess that's the latest...
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