Best moment of the week: Finally starting the biggest pre-baby project - starting renovations on Noelle's big girl room! Ripped up the old carpeting in preparation for new carpet and sanded down all of the orange-toned woodwork to get it ready to be painted beautiful, crisp white!
Cravings/Aversions: Wants=milk, peanut butter, fruit, pickles. Don't wants=eggs, string cheese (oh, the insanity!) - pretty much the same this week.
What I love: This belly :)
What I'm looking forward to: Continuing the big girl room renovations this weekend.
Worries: My anxiety has definitely taken a backseat this trimester and I am so grateful!
What is different this time around: More tired, more irritable, more achy - yep, I'm a joy to be around!
Symptoms: Meh, the usual - aches, pains, heartburn, crabbiness.
Sleep: I found that if I stay well-hydrated throughout the day I am much less sore at the end if the day and overnight. Of course this means I'm up once or twice to use the bathroom, but I can normally fall asleep fairly quickly.
Boy or Girl: Leaning towards girl these days, but I'm sure that will change. I honestly don't think about it very much. I'm sure some people who don't find out the sex before birth have a hard time thinking about anything else, but we're able to the focus off of it most of the time. Although, I did look up the Chinese gender chart (which was right for Noelle and is right for my friend who just found out she's having a girl) and it says boy!
The belly: Getting bigger every week! I'm definitely carrying the same as I did with Noelle - just a big basketball! At a work conference last week I stood up from my seat and the people around me (who don't usually see me in our building and didn't see me before I sat down) said they had absolutely no idea I was pregnant. Even though my shape is the same, I'm still definitely carrying lower. There are times I feel this baby is just going to fall right out (gross, sorry). I can only imagine what it's going to feel like in the last few weeks. Also, this week's picture makes me look huge! Although really, it's not the picture making me look huge ;) My doc did say I was measuring ahead at my last appointment, but not by much.
Movement: Getting stronger and more frequent. Baby is definitely starting to have more of a "schedule". I love knowing when I can expect baby to be active, but I definitely don't freak out if it's not exactly the same from day to day.
Milestones: The eyes will soon start to open and the eyelashes are grown in also. Baby is practicing breathing by taking breaths of amniotic fluid.The network of nerves in baby's ears is better developed and more sensitive than before. He or she may now be able to hear voices around me.
Weight gain/loss: Plus 3 for now. Next appointment is April 4 so I'll have a new number then.
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