... So I am a little late posting this week. Normally, I try to post on day 2 of the week (Sunday) but between the Holiday weekend, a broken air conditioner, and a busy toddler's social calendar, I have become delayed. So to be technical, this is week 17 and 1/2.
This week, someone asked me my due date. This means I am on the verge of just being pregnant instead of "maybe just fat?". Anyone who has ever been pregnant before knows what a fantastic milestone this is!
I also thought I was going to get away with having no symptoms, pains, or real ailments with this pregnancy but I have been mistaken. Though it's not unbearable, lower back pain has begun to settle in, likely influenced by picking up a 23 lb child throughout the day. I am certainly on my feet and more active with this pregnancy (not always by choice!) than I was with the first. Difficulty sleeping has also recently started, which could be due to pregnancy or due to lack of air conditioning in 90 degree temperatures... or a combination thereof. Either way, I have been waking throughout the night and wanting to doze all throughout the day. (Luckily the air conditioner was fixed today so I cross my fingers for a better night tonight)
I have not yet started to feel the baby kick, though I expect that to happen soon. When I was pregnant with Deviney it was not until week 19 that the "flutters" started for me. And, as with Deviney, I am being terribly impatient and wishing it every day. Feeling a baby kick and move - no matter what your pregnancy has been like - has to be one of the most amazing, rewarding, and exciting things to experience. It's really indescribable and surreal. In a lot of ways, it makes me sad to think this will be the last time I will get to experience it.
This week, someone asked me my due date. This means I am on the verge of just being pregnant instead of "maybe just fat?". Anyone who has ever been pregnant before knows what a fantastic milestone this is!
I also thought I was going to get away with having no symptoms, pains, or real ailments with this pregnancy but I have been mistaken. Though it's not unbearable, lower back pain has begun to settle in, likely influenced by picking up a 23 lb child throughout the day. I am certainly on my feet and more active with this pregnancy (not always by choice!) than I was with the first. Difficulty sleeping has also recently started, which could be due to pregnancy or due to lack of air conditioning in 90 degree temperatures... or a combination thereof. Either way, I have been waking throughout the night and wanting to doze all throughout the day. (Luckily the air conditioner was fixed today so I cross my fingers for a better night tonight)I have not yet started to feel the baby kick, though I expect that to happen soon. When I was pregnant with Deviney it was not until week 19 that the "flutters" started for me. And, as with Deviney, I am being terribly impatient and wishing it every day. Feeling a baby kick and move - no matter what your pregnancy has been like - has to be one of the most amazing, rewarding, and exciting things to experience. It's really indescribable and surreal. In a lot of ways, it makes me sad to think this will be the last time I will get to experience it.
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