I don’t go back to the OB until next week.. but I thought I’d give a quick update as to how things are going on a non medical related side.
Today I am 22 weeks and 1 day pregnant. Over halfway there!
How I’m feeling: Pretty darn good if you ask me. A lot of people complain that they’re just miserable in pregnancy and I have to say, I’m rather enjoying it for the most part. I haven’t had any real “morning sickness”. Yes, I’ve had a bit of queasiness here and there (in the beginning mostly) and some days I have heartburn so bad I don’t know how I’ll make it through another meal. But no puking and nothing that I can’t handle in the heartburn department. I can actually eat some foods more so now than I could before being pregnant, mostly dairy is a lot easier to handle, which I am not complaining about! I haven’t gained any weight either, which is pretty nice. And no, the doctor is not concerned as I had some weight to spare! However, I’ve had a pretty nasty head cold this week and not being able to take anything other than Tylenol and Sudafed, kind of sucks. But I’m feeling better and better each day!
The baby: The baby squirms, moves and kicks quite a bit these days. Sometimes when I’m laying on my back (which I can still mostly do with comfort) I can see the kicks as it makes a bump on my stomach. It’s super cute! Mike feels the squirms and kicks on occasion too! Its slowly becoming more and more uncomfortable to sleep on my stomach though, so I think I need to start sleeping with the body pillow. I’ve tried to sleep with it here and there, but it makes my hips hurt. Hopefully that will stop soon.
I went out last weekend and registered at Babies R Us. They seem to have the best selection of baby stuff, given that they’re ya know, a baby store! I also registered for a few items (that I forgot at BRU) at Target, since I could do that quick and easily online. Michelle has my baby shower scheduled for January 9th and I’ve also scheduled a couple of classes at the local hospital. Mike and I will be taking a 4 hour long “newborn care” class and I’ll be taking a 3 1/2 hour breastfeeding class. Hopefully they’re helpful and not a waste of time and money. I’ll be scheduling our birthing classes next week when I’m at the OB, hopefully we can get those done in December.
My next appointment is the 15th, and I’ll be 23 weeks then. Should be a pretty quick appointment, but at that appointment we’ll schedule some other tests that I’ll be needing in the coming months, and I’ll have the doctor write a note saying that I’m OK to fly at 28 weeks, since we’re heading out to Kentucky to see Mike’s family for Thanksgiving.
More update next week!
