25 weeks, 3 days

Things are changing so quickly!

 

bye bye, toes

 I've now gained about 15 pounds so far (that's terrifying to me, but is right on track so I guess I just should accept that I'm gonna gain weight while pregnant...) and look REALLY pregnant. 

23w, 4d

Two days ago, right at 25 weeks, we saw Aaron kick from the outside for the first time! Of course, as soon as I tried to take a video of it, he stopped. He must be camera shy. That's ok...I'll sneak attack him one of these days. 

And about 3 days ago, according to my husband, I "sprung a leak". Yep, that's right, my milk-makers have started leaking. Wonderful husband that he is, he decided to post that on Facebook.  Fantastic. No one knew for sure what was leaking, but it led several to believe I was going into labor. Had to put a stop to that rumor REAL quick.  I know that this is a normal part of pregnancy, but it totally threw me off. I wasn't expecting that until the very end or even until after I started breastfeeding. Hmm...guess not!

25 weeks

For the past week or so, I've been feeling not so great. Nausea, back aches, pain in my lower abdomen and complete exhaustion are my main complaints. At my doctor's appointment this past Friday (25 week check), I of course told her everything that was going on and she was a bit concerned. She check everything and ran some tests and all came back normal. So my plan is to drink even more water (is that possible?) than before and a friend suggested some prenatal yoga. Starting tomorrow, I'll be trying the yoga. Really praying that helps! 

25 weeks, 2 days!

And finally, this weekend I head down home to Georgia for a full 8 days. I can hardly wait! I'm a bit nervous for a few reasons though. Since I've not been feeling well, I'm not sure that all the traveling and being extra busy is going to help at all. I'm getting really freaked out about everyone touching my belly, too. I'm going to try to just breathe through it though, and not smack anyone or yell at anyone. Wish me luck! And I really, really don't want to be away from my hubby and pups for such a long time. I've been really anxious about leaving them...this is the longest I'll have ever been away. Not liking that part! But, I'm way too excited to let this stuff get me down about it. I get to see all my family and the few friends that still live nearby. Two baby showers, a graduation, a graduation party, a bunch of dinners, and lots of just seeing everyone - it's gonna be a busy week!

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My overview:

25w: April 27th - saw Aaron kick from the outside; Dr. appt - ran tests, normal results

25w1d: April 28th -  I "sprung a leak"
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22 weeks, 1 day

Time is literally flying! At the same time, it's crawling. 

My belly is growing really fast and I'm starting to get uncomfortable. 

I had an ultrasound about a week ago (March 29th) up at the hospital at Ft. Belvoir. Wow. It was not a very pleasant experience. J absolutely couldn't get off work so I had to go all by myself. I got there a good 45 minutes early, hoping they would take me back at least a little early. No such luck. They waited til 2:30 on the dot to take me back - this was extra irritating because I know for a fact they weren't busy! But that's ok. The whole thing was supposed to take about 45 minutes (this was the anatomy scan where they measure each part of the baby and make sure everything's growing right on track). So after 45 minutes, the tech said she was done and left to go do the paperwork. About 5 minutes later, she comes back and says she needs to take more pictures. Well, this happens 4 TIMES. The last time, she comes back in with a doctor and they're both staring and pointing at the ultrasound machine. I was so stressed out, I was almost in tears. After 5 or 10 minutes (which seemed more like an hour or 2), they finish and the doctor is about to leave and almost as an afterthought, turns around and tell me that baby looks great and there were no abnormalities. Uhhh....maybe you could have told me that BEFORE I almost had a panic attack?! 

Needless to say, I have learned my lessons: 

1. I will never go to an ultrasound alone again

2. I will ask questions and demand answers if I'm not being kept informed 

3. Pregnancy is stressful

Aaron 3D

lil baby arms

my lil alien!

I had a follow-up appointment the next day at my regular doctor's office. She confirmed that Aaron's doing great and had a strong lil heartbeat of 150 but he's measuring a few days small (at the ultrasound, I was 20w 6d but he was measuring 20w 1d) so I have to schedule another ultrasound in 4-6 weeks to make sure he's growing like he's supposed to be. Naturally, this completely freaked me out at first but after talking to a few of my mommy friends, they said it's completely normal and a 5 day difference is nothing to worry about. So, I refuse to stress over this and instead, I'll just be delighted to see our baby again!

22 weeks <3

my baby belly! 22 weeks
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Recap for me:
20w6d: March 29th- anatomy ultrasound at Belvoir
21w: March 30th - follow-up at Woodbridge; HB 150, measuring 5 days small
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And here's some non-baby related stuff:

staring down daddy til he shares his food

playing dress-up in daddy's shirt

my first fish of the year! go me :)

our mailman is amaaazing. he leaves treats for the pups!

tiny fire on base across from our house - there's a line of flames at the bottom of the smoke line, but they didn't show up in the picture.

sleepy pups

OBSESSED. next mani, I'm definitely getting this

working on the letters to hang on Aaron's wall - this one isn't quite done, but it's a start!