My current dilemma...maternity pants! I've been wearing maternity shirts for the past couple weeks on and off - hopping back and forth on both sides. I don't quite need them yet but they are more comfortable. And I LOVE maternity shirts. I have a long torso so any shirt that gives me more length is A-OK in my book! :) Maternity pants though...sigh. My mom got me two pairs of ultra-comfy Old Navy stretch maternity pants at the thrift store. They were just a couple dollars each and so worth every penny and more! I started wearing them a few weeks ago when it felt my regular pants (mostly jeans) were making my heartburn worse because they were digging in some (even when I'm not pregnant that can be an issue). I can't wear those pants to work though because they're just too casual. They look like sweat pants honestly. But I wear them every chance I get. Friday was my first day wearing maternity pants other than the stretch ones. These were from Motherhood and they were like a khaki-colored capris (that you can roll down to full-length or roll up which is how I had them). They were my first ones with the belly panel and they were actually super comfy. I decided to wear the jeans yesterday for the first time - same brand, same store, same size, same type of belly panel. OMG. All day long I was tugging them up. I swear they are just going to slide right down and take my drawers with them! I had on a maternity shirt that was just not quite long enough to cover the droopiness and I could see the bottom of the belly panel every time I looked in the mirror! Aarrgghh! And I bought two pairs of their jeans and one pair of jean capris. I wonder if they'll all be this uncomfortable! I wonder if it's because I don't really have a true bump yet, just a general rounding, and there is nothing to hold it up? I don't know but it's driving me nuts!
In other news we had our level 2 anatomy scan last Tuesday. It went well. Even though I didn't really want to know the gender, I wanted to try to get a clue. I wouldn't trust my own guess but I just wanted something to even try to guess on. Well, I saw no boy parts or anything that I thought might be boy parts. And once the tech said "she." When I told my hubby that later he said at one other point she said "he" as well. Ha ha. I totally missed that one. I convinced myself this baby is a boy and sort of want a boy now but there is still a part of me that really really wants a girl. I guess the good news is I'll be happy either way! We got some cute pictures of the baby (albeit blurry) and we have to go back next week (two weeks later)! They couldn't quite get all the pictures of the chambers of the heart they needed. I also found out if they do 3D/4D ultrasounds there and they do. They recommended I come back between 26-30 weeks (the tech) or 26-32 weeks (the receptionist) so I'll probably make my appointment for sometime around 29-30 weeks.
I'm now down 4 pounds from January and 2 pounds from March (forgot to weigh myself in February, the month in which I actually got pregnant). It doesn't make much sense but I'm not going to question it! I definitely eat less for dinner and less after-dining munching than I used to. I'm simply not that hungry.
My hubby is so cute. I will be 20 weeks tomorrow and I just showed him a picture of what a 20-week baby looks like (on my Pregnology ticker) and he said, "Aww, I want to hug the baby." I can't wait to hug the baby either!
I did not do much for Father's Day. I just got him a cute card. I figure next year will be the first official one so I can do more then. I mean really, he hasn't had to father yet. :)
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
June Update
It's been awhile since I've written. In that time my hubby started his new job. He's on his second week now and really likes it so far. Thank God! Also we took a camping trip over the weekend as well and I did OK. It was really hot but under the trees it was gorgeous. I kept panicking because we slept on an air mattress and the most comfortable way to sleep was on my back (I guess the weight was more evenly distributed that way rather than with side sleeping) and I literally had just read the day before we left that back sleeping was bad during pregnancy. I'd fall asleep on my side but wake up on my back. Probably every time my hubby moved I got bounced around. Ha ha. It was really rough in there. As we packed up the stuff I was thinking it might be two years before we use it again. I don't see myself going any bigger than I am now (not that I'm big yet) and I don't really know if I'd be up to taking a 6-month-old. (I don't really like to camp in the summer so May would be the latest I'd want to go before fall, and our bambino is due in November.)
I had my midwife appointment today. All went well! I got to hear baby's heartbeat and some noises that indicated movement. What a great sound! I still have moments where I have a hard time believing this is real. I guess I don't feel much different, I don't like much different, and I spent so much time wondering if I'd ever be pregnant that it's hard to realize that it DID happen. I have to start drinking 80 ounces of water per day (so about 5 bottles) and taking a calcium magnesium supplement at night (which my massage therapist recommended awhile back as well). My midwife also wants me to stay away from all processed foods and fast food. It's going to be tough. But my desire is to have a homebirth so I have to keep my blood pressure in check. Today it was 130/80. She said that was fine but was more interested in what it has been in the past. I thought it was 118/84 5 weeks ago but I really couldn't remember. I booked my anatomy scan for June 14th (Flag Day). I'm sad because my hubby can't make it. He has been to every appointment except for one until today. So his unemployment definitely had a silver lining but I know he's much happier to be working.
In other news I am the same exact weight as I was in January before I got pregnant. I lost a few pounds (and at one point seemed to even gain a few but then came back down) and now I'm holding steady at my January weight. Crazy! I know I don't have as much of an appetite as I used to. So much for eating for two!
I had my midwife appointment today. All went well! I got to hear baby's heartbeat and some noises that indicated movement. What a great sound! I still have moments where I have a hard time believing this is real. I guess I don't feel much different, I don't like much different, and I spent so much time wondering if I'd ever be pregnant that it's hard to realize that it DID happen. I have to start drinking 80 ounces of water per day (so about 5 bottles) and taking a calcium magnesium supplement at night (which my massage therapist recommended awhile back as well). My midwife also wants me to stay away from all processed foods and fast food. It's going to be tough. But my desire is to have a homebirth so I have to keep my blood pressure in check. Today it was 130/80. She said that was fine but was more interested in what it has been in the past. I thought it was 118/84 5 weeks ago but I really couldn't remember. I booked my anatomy scan for June 14th (Flag Day). I'm sad because my hubby can't make it. He has been to every appointment except for one until today. So his unemployment definitely had a silver lining but I know he's much happier to be working.
In other news I am the same exact weight as I was in January before I got pregnant. I lost a few pounds (and at one point seemed to even gain a few but then came back down) and now I'm holding steady at my January weight. Crazy! I know I don't have as much of an appetite as I used to. So much for eating for two!
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