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!