I apologize to those of you who really couldn't care less about all of the details of my pregnancy, but I think starting a "baby blog" is just too darn hard. If one thing has changed me in this pregnancy, it's that I am so much more lazy. I usually go the extra mile and make things from scratch, try a new recipe each week, etc. We now eat chicken nuggets and if it comes in a box form, made-from-scratch goodies are out of the question. There's nothing wrong with this, but it's so not me! Hopefully I can go back to my old self someday :)
This little girl swimming inside me is getting bigger and stronger by the day! Every appointment we go to they struggle to find her heartbeat because she's moving so much in there. I even purposely scheduled my last appointment for right before lunch hoping that she'd be calm since it wouldn't be right after a meal. Nope! At this last one they couldn't even record a heart rate. After about 15 minutes of work with the doppler they had to just say "we think it's 160." I asked the nurse if I should cut back on sugar or something and she informed me that a moving baby is a happy, healthy baby and to keep doing what I'm doing. So that's good. She's definitely Tony's daughter! :)
There are so many joyful things about being pregnant, but as many of you know it doesn't come without non-joyful things. I am one week away from entering my third trimester, and I am already experiencing the "uncomfortable-ness" that is often associated with the third. I can't remember the last night I slept well. My old pal body pillow is doing nothing now for my comfort. I get SO hot then suddenly I'm freezing. I just cannot get comfortable in bed. I lie in bed so completely dead tired but I stay up for hours! Because my little girl is getting bigger (and MUCH stronger) by the day, I think feeling her more is making it difficult for me to find a good position to sleep in. Anytime I move, she moves and puts herself in the least convenient places. Her favorite time to play is midnight to 2am. I know this because I'm awake to feel her playing in there. I know it's good practice for when she comes, but you'd think nature would let pregnant ladies sleep as much as they could prior to baby's arrival!
I've been so tempted to get one of those nifty 3D ultrasounds. Tony was even interested until we saw the price tag. $140 to get a 30 minute ultrasound. We were so interested in seeing our baby's features and figuring out what she looks like, but we'd rather spend the money buying clothes or diapers. If it were cheaper we might consider doing it. Darn!
This baby stuff is all starting to become really real to me. Of course I always knew it was real. My ever-growing belly fails to let me believe otherwise. But the fact that I'm only 3 months away from holding our little girl is just unreal to me. I'm so nervous, anxious, excited for her arrival. I just hope I can be the best for her :)
Yea! This all just feeds into my baby hunger. Can't wait for her to come! Hope you don't mind me living through you vicariously! ;)
ReplyDeleteBoy oh boy does this all sound familiar! Yes, it is incredibly unfortunate that you can't sleep well when you're pregnant, because sure enough, you'll rarely get any once she comes! I always tell David I wish I could slip in a coma for a few days just so I could get some sleep! However, somehow you just learn how to deal with an hour here and there. I'm impressed with your cooking talent! David's done most of the cooking since we've bee married, and we rotate the same 10 meals! Don't feel guilty, I'm sure when you're up to it you'll be back to those made-from-scratch meals! Would love to see more pregnant pics! :)
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