Week 18

And week 18. Wow, it's been like four weeks in one. I feel like I've been run over by a train.. That's OK. It's Friday and I can face the weekend. So before I really get into it, I saw a format on someone else's blog that I really liked so I am going to copy. :) It made the reading much easier. 

What I love: Starting to feel the baby move much more frequently. And to be honest, I don't love that much more about being pregnant. 

What I hate: Growing out of my clothes, being in pain, having my back and neck go out ALL the time, feeling hungry and bloated and generally bitchy. Oh and so much more.  Like not being able to pic up my huge toddler because it makes me hurt so badly. Yuck. 

What I miss: I miss my body and my energy and my even keel. I have been so much more emotional. 

What I’m looking forward to the most: Gin & tonics! Oh and the baby of course.. :) Probably should be first but let's be honest, the G&T will let me rest a lot more then the baby...:) 

Worries: I am worried about the birth. Not specifically having to push out another baby, because let's face it, I did it once and though horrifically painful and all that, I did it and am confident I can do it again. But I am worried about the details of who is going to deliver the baby and where I am going to deliver and if things are going to work out the way I would like them too. The only thing that I can do about this is to give it to the Lord and really actually hear what He has to say about it.  

Symptoms: Other then being fat? Uhm gaining weight, feeling baby move and stretch my poor uterus and all the ligaments in my body. 

Mood:  This week, not to good. Dan was working crazy long hours and I was by myself a lot and taking care of Jackson and getting to and from work, meals, all that good stuff nearly did me in. Plus it's forty below and that ALWAYS SUCKS!

Sleep: Like a baby. No wait, like a teenager. I feel like I could sleep forever. It's probably the Dark. 

Movement: More frequent but not completely regular yet. 

The belly (and the button!): HA! The belly button has been weird since the last time. So it's still in but stretched out and funky looking. My belly on the other hand looks very nice. No stretch marks yet. I will keep crossing my fingers that I won't get any this time either. 

Wedding rings on or off: On!

Weight gain: Don't know. I will get on the scale tomorrow.  Probably around 12 Lbs. 

Measurements: Hmm... I've been putting this off. OK.  I am going for the tape right now. 

Hips: 40"     Waist: 32"   Midsection: 35"  Chest: 36.75"  Thigh: 21"  Bicep: 11"

Exercise: This week was OK so far, but I have been in a lot of pain, like I said. My Pelvic Girdle situation and flared up again. It hurts like FIRE every once in a while when I am walking and when I am standing and pretty much moving around.. It sometimes doesn't hurt when I am running. Small blessings. All that to say, I did still run 26 miles last week and ran pretty fast on Sunday, though right now I can't remember how fast. I was taking it more easy as I have been hurting. I lifted weights on Tuesday, which still felt good, and I am probably going to have to drop a running day and do another weight day. We'll see. 

Eating: Doing good with the tracking. I have been on "track" since the beginning of November, which feels really good. I have gone over my daily calorie allowance a couple of times, but not frequently and so I am going to keep on with the tracking. 

The weekly pics: 

This week the baby is the length of a bell pepper, or a sweet potato. But guessing from the stretching it feels a bit longer then that. Next Friday we have the anatomy scan so we shall see where this babe is measuring, 

And finally, the belly shot from this week. I took this at night and am definitely bloated, so I probably am not that big quite yet. 

Week 17

I actually started this post on Monday, but didn't get with it enough to finish it.. Oh well. 

23 weeks left and counting. :) Or 25.... either way, we are in the mid twenties instead of thirties! This last week the little bean has been moving all around. Unfortunately, my sciatica has been acting up in a major way. It is quite painful at times to walk and to stand. Last night I was trying to make pumpkin pull apart bread, but kept having to sit down because I was so uncomfortable. I need to dig out my maternity belt/halter thing that helps with the lower back issue. 

Interestingly enough, I also ran a 10K in 46:05 on Sunday, which is only 1:20 minutes short of my PR. So, yes, I am totally jazzed that  I am still able to run fast, though if the sciatic issues keep hampering me, I'll be slowing down very soon.. UHG! I hate running slow on the treadmill. Makes it SO laborious.  The eating is still doing well, despite thanksgiving. I have decided to keep on tracking calories for the rest of this trimester and maybe the rest of the pregnancy. I just feel so much more in control of my body and not pigging out all the time. I still eat things I probably shouldn't but I know how much is going in. 

I weighed myself on Sunday and I was somewhere between 146 and 147 which means that I am still only up 10 lbs. HURRAH! Last pregnancy I was up 20 LBS by 20 weeks. So unless I totally go bonkers over the next two weeks, I should still be below last time. 

This week the baby is the size of a turnip. Yuck. 

And this is the belly shot for this week. My son was watching with great interest and kept looking for the camera... It was really cute. 

Oh and I forgot, my exercise totals for last week were 26.5 miles run and worked out with weights once oh and I was able to squat 130 lbs still, which was encouraging. 

I will add measurements next week. 

Week 16

And now, week 16. Hurrah! 24 or 26 to go. That's only half a year... :) Things are jogging along. Though my appointment last Friday was a big waste of time. GRRR.. Oh well. The doctor just listened to the heart beat (which was great) and that was it. This was after waiting for twenty minutes. I was expecting her to do a U/S because I came up because at my previous visit, my normal caregiver saw that I had a cyst on my ovary and wanted to make sure it was OK. It was just a bit of a let down as I could have stayed home and had my midwife do all of what the Dr. did without hauling myself & my son up to Fairbanks, 90 miles away. 

Oh well. Last week was a bit of a challenge, though more so on the weekend. Sunday was a  very, very, very, L

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                                W!!!! Day. I spent most of it depressed and laying on the couch or crying in my sons room. Kind of silly really. I am normally never like that, so it took me a while just to shake it off. I did this by listening to worship music and praying and then I went and ran. That was enough to get me out of my hormonal dive. 

As far as exercise, I didn't get to do as much as I wanted on Sunday, as all the treadmills were in use when I wanted to use them and by the time I got on one, I only had about 30 minutes left to exercise. So my total for the week was only 20 miles. But Saturday I ran a seven minute mile, which is especially awesome since it was my last of five. YES! I am still fast! I also bought new shoes on Friday which has really helped the pain in my legs. 

Eating. Eating is going really well. I love feeling more in control of myself. I have faithfully tracked my calories for the last two weeks and I think I will even continue past the November month challenge. I'm up 11 pounds at this point. Well, at least I was when I checked last. I think I weighed myself on Thursday???? I don't remember. I will make myself get on the scale tomorrow. Yuck. 

I am still not wearing maternity clothes, which I like. I try them on and they all look kind of stupid without the belly. So I am just wearing my fat clothes and the skirts & pants with super low waists. It works. 

And here is the avocado sized munchkin in my belly. 

And the 16 week belly shot. I am actually going to do a comparison of my this week last pregnancy and this picture, but I am not at my home computer, so I won't do it now. 

I'm definitely growing. That's for sure! :)

Week 15

Well, this week I get to go see the little bean. In fact Friday. I am sort of excited and a bit worried. I haven't had a check up in seven weeks... (slap hand, I know..) so I am hoping everything is still fine. I am pretty sure they are since I have had no spotting and only minimal pain/cramping, which is not that unusual. 

This week I gave myself a challenge to track my calories on myplate for the whole month of November. It's been going very well and I haven't missed a day even on the weekend, which is usually when I fail. I am hoping that I will be able to slow the weight gain down a bit. I haven't actually climbed on the scale, but I will today as I want to be able to compare to the doctors scale which ALWAYS reads more. YUCK! 

So the eating is on the right track, but the exercise did not go so well last week as I was SOOOO exhausted that I couldn't bring myself to get off my A** to work out like I normally do. I did still finish the week with 21 miles and I also did five miles in 37:40 which ROCKS on Sunday. 

The totals were four days of running and one day of weights. 

So far this week, I am back on track and things are looking pretty good though, I won't count my chickens before they hatch as the saying goes. 

Part of the problem last week, was that my legs hurt SO badly. I MUST get new shoes, but as cash is tighter then usual, I am trying to find a good deal on the shoes I always get, and it's just not happening. GRRR... I am going into town tomorrow, like I said and I  WILL get shoes then. 

And here is the little pumpkin. Actually the little apple according to babycenter.com. I have felt the baby move more, though still not consistently. It is such a relief when I do feel the baby all the time and don't have to wonder it everything is still fine. 

Belly shot of the week. I couldn't decide if I should use this one or another one that makes me look bigger. But since if you look back through the weeks and see that I look bigger at 13 weeks then I do now, I guess it doesn't really matter.. :) 

I am going to clean the house and do the laundry now, so have a good week, if there actually are any readers out there.. :)

Week 14

And once again it's Thursday before I post. Oh well. That's life. Lots happens and usually by the end of the day I just don't feel like yanking my shirt up and taking pictures.:) Or of getting on the god awful scale to see how much I've gained. Yuck. Not looking forward to climbing on the doctors scale next Friday for my appointment. It's enough to cause my blood pressure to go up and I normally have VERY good blood pressure.
As far as pregnancy goes, it is going well. I still am tired all the time, but I'm getting used to that. Last week I did REALLY good with exercising and even finished off the week at 27 miles and kicked butt on my six mile run on Sunday. I finished in 45:52, which is 7:39's. Hurrah! I am going to have to get new shoes as my shins are hurting more and more. So far, not too much agony in the groin, but I expect that to come around twenty weeks.
As far as eating goes, I have issued myself a challenge and am going to do myplate for the whole month of November, come rain or more likely snow or shine. I want to see if it will help my slow down on the weight gain. I'm up 10 lbs which I HATE, but I am getting used to the fact that my body will go ahead and do what it wants when I am pregnant.

As far as the little lemon, it's growing away and I felt it move this week.

Here is the belly shot, though I would rather not take anymore.. :) The butt is growing.. growingggg.... growwwwinnnngggggg!

And here are my measurements, though I would rather not know. 

Chest 36.75 “

Hips         40.25"

Waist 31.5"

L Waist 34.5"

Thighs 21"

Biceps 11.25"

Calves 14"

And there we have it. And in closing I will add a really cute picture of my son. He's the best! :)