Third Trimester Here I come!

It is hard to believe that the time is passing so quickly now. It may slow down again after the holidays but right now things seem to be on hyperspeed. The baby is moving all the time now. Really doing a lot of gymnastics. I get mixed impressions, some people say I am bigger than last time, some say smaller. My guess is that I am about the same :-) Ma Beam gave me a belly reading last night and said that her guess is 'girl'. So we will see. It is fun to speculate. The hormones and Josh seem to be driving me bonkers right now. I find that I have a very short fuse these days. I don't want to :-(

Signs

I am starting to show signs that I am pregnant. My belly is noticeable if I wear maternity clothes. The fashionable empire waist tops of late make it really stick out. I am trying to pick Joshua up less because at the end of the day my back has been hurting. Also, busy days, like yesterday with Jason and Joshie's birthday party, wear my body out. Thank goodness Josh took a 3 hour nap today because I did, too!! I needed it! I can feel my belly when I am sitting down and looking at my pregnancy book I only have a couple more weeks of my 2nd trimester left! How odd! It doesn't seem possible. The end of Februrary still seems so far off but then we are getting close to November. I guess I have about 4 months to go.

21.5 week check up

I had a dr. appointment on Thursday afternoon. Joshua went in with me this time. He did well. The baby's heartrate was 144 and was measuring right on for his/her age. Dr. says that everything looks great! All the ultrasound tests came back normal so that is good, too. Next appt we schedule the gestational diabetes test, oooh my favorite!

Another highlight is that I gained 9 lbs.... THIS MONTH! I am so happy since last month I hadn't gained anything. So, I am up to 11 lbs total weight gain and exactly the same weight I was with Joshua at this time. Isn't that funny? I fell great almost all the time, I have been snacking and eating well. Milk intake seems to be critical and on days that I don't get enough, I know it. My body just aches. So I watch to make sure I have 3-4 servings a day now, plus bananas :-) Life is good.

Just chuggin' along

more than half way through now! Yippee! Baby has been moving a lot these days. He/she kicks my bladder regularly. That is lots of fun :-) I have been feeling great and have to remember sometimes that I am pregnant. So much focus is on everything else that it is easy to forget!