Well, hello ladies. It's been awhile, again, since I last posted. Again, it's been crazy busy. Who would have thought life would get busy after getting pregnant. LOL. I am now 16 weeks and 1 day pregnant as of today. I'm waiting on my midwife to call me back. I have to get her to change her orders put into Radiology to be able to get my ultrasound done earlier than 20 weeks. My husband is leaving Oct 3rd and wont be back until Thanksgiving week and I turn 20 weeks Oct 7th. SOOO, I'm trying to get it done earlier so he can be there with me to find out if we're going to have a Mr. Tristan James, or a Miss. Makayla Carolee.
I'm just gonna vent for a quick second. I'm a little fed up with the Army's awful timing. He didn't know he was going to be gone all next month until last week. He is told that he may have to deploy in January. His Chaplan know's we are expecting in February, so he did us a GREAT favor and talked the big boss into letting CJ stay until the baby is born. He doesn't have his orders yet, and because of the lack of communication and lack of timely decision making in his unit, he probably wont get those orders until a month or so before. Right now, we are trying to figure out how or if, we are going to be able to move me to NC to be with family while he's deployed. Otherwise, I'm by myself.
Okay, I'm done venting. lol. Just had to get that out. Back to the pregnancy. I'm feeling much better than I did in the first trimester, but I had a few bad days last week. By bad days I mean I was throwing up a lot, again. I thought I was suppose to be done with that part, but I guess this pregnancy has a few surprises for me.
In other news, the boob fairy keeps coming to me in my sleep. I swear, my boobs feel HUGE!! LOL! My husband loves it, needless to say really. But he agrees and keeps commenting, "They're getting BIG!" He cracks me up. They feel super heavy, and if I slouch in the tub, they actually touch my abdomen! I mean, I'm not complaining either. I've always liked my boobs the way they were, but sometimes wished they were a tad bigger. Well, they're more than a tad bigger now, and from the looks of it, they will continue to get bigger. WHOA!
Thanks boob fairy! I may be cursing you later in life though. lol
Though I am only in my second trimester, I'm already having symptoms of sciatica. It basically feels like sharp pains behind my right hip when I move certain ways. My round ligament pain has been getting a little worse as well. A warm bath seems to help a lot with both of those symptoms. In other words, I'm been taking baths like crazy. lol. Add some bubbles and some celtic music, and sometimes I just about fall asleep. SO soothing!!
I've been told that I can't take hot bath. Only warm baths.
Nothing that'll raise your temp above 102, or something like that.
I just like watching my belly peak above the water. lol ;-P
I'm STILL having a hard time sleeping on my side. I want to lay on my belly SO bad. Pre-pregnancy, I'd fall asleep on my stomach and roll to my bad and back to my stomach again. My midwife told me, along with other moms, that I should sleep on my left side because that offers the best blood flow to the baby. If you lay on your back, your uterus cuts off an important artery, and if you lay on your right side, your minimizing the blood flow to your baby. Needless to say I sleep in a nest of pillows to keep me in place, but I keep waking up because I want to roll everywhere.
Oh my! I NEED this pillow like, yesterday! This looks WONDERFUL!!!
Aside for the aches and pains, this really is an amazing experience. Watching my belly grow every day is a blessing. Every morning I wake up I can tell my belly is a little bigger. Others may not notice a daily difference, but I can. I can't keep my hands off my belly. When I wake up, my uterus is the highes part, aside from my boobs, on my body. I mean, when I touch it, my hand cups around it and it drops off right at my belly button. Then it looks like I have a huge crater between my belly button and my ribs. LOL. Plus, it feels so hard. Not like rock hard, but harder than the abdomen I'm used to. lol. Now, it feels like it's the size of a melon. Like a small cantaloupe. So cool!
My 15w belly after waking up,
hence the sheet lines my my side. LOL
See, I could grab it. So weird, but
amazing at the same time. That's my baby in there. :-D
On another note, I still haven't gained any weight back. Well, one pound, because I got down to 145 and now, every morning, I'm 146 even though my belly is still growing. I'm eating as much as I can, but I guess it's still not enough. I'm working on it.
I'll let that be the end of my blog. My hubby is home from work now, and I'd like to spend as much time with him as I can. If y'all have any questions, or need any prayers, let me know in the comment box below. Thank you for reading. :-)
Stay safe and God Bless,
Ashley
