Week 20

Well, truth to tell, this hasn't been the best of weeks. I'm definitely fighting cranky, but it's not at all helped by Emma. She is teething... (last two year molars are on their way) and Holy LORD! The child is emotional, volatile and cranky beyond belief. It's enough to make a body despair. (not really)   Anyway, fall is in full swing and the leaves are about 50/50 at the moment. Pretty soon they will all be yellow and then get blown off the trees. I hate to be cynical but it happens every year.... 

Week : 20 

What I love: Feeling the baby move more regularly. I can definitely feel my uterus right under my belly button and it is getting more prominent for sure. 

What I hate: Pimples. Ligament pain. Not having anything to wear. Feeling chubby. Being tired. 

What I miss: Normal. Energy. You know, life not being pregnant. Though I don't have much to complain about really. No throwing up, no problems with the baby, no drastic changes all at once. 

What I’m looking forward to the most: I am looking forward to being finished with this portion on my life. It will be a bit sad not to have another baby, but then again, babies aren't my favorite. I enjoy them when they are here and am happy when they get bigger. 

Sleep: Good. But I wake up and then it takes a while to fall back asleep. 

Bra Size: B. I think the growth has stopped for a bit. 

Wedding rings on or off: Off. I gave up. 

Weight: 157 Weight Gain: 14 lbs. Not great. And I'm not convinced that is correct because I've had a hard time going to the bathroom recently. Hormones. 

Worries: Birth. How much nursing is going to hurt this time. Mostly it's worries about pain. Apparently I don't like it much... 

Symptoms: I've had some more ligament pain this week, but not bad and then there is the major one of a baby rolling around inside me. 

Mood: Cranky. Really. I need to get over it. Part of it is the time of year. I love/hate fall. It's beautiful for five minutes or a day or two and then all the leaves fall off the trees and we are in a cold/ugly limbo for a month waiting for the snow. 

Movement: Yep. Lots

The belly (and the button!): The baby is a little above my belly button now and so my belly grows. 

Measurements: Chest: 37 Waist: 32 Midsection: 34.5  Hips: 40 Thighs: didn't take. 

Exercise: 5 days. Just a little bit of running. I've found the running to be getting more and more painful, so I just don't do it. I feel I get better exercise from Crossfit at this stage anyway, so I've been doing that, and a lot shorter WODs too. 

Eating: OK. I feel fine about it. Obviously or I would change it.

The weekly pics: 

Bowel: Meconium is accumulating in your baby's bowel. This sticky black substance made up of sloughed cells, digestive secretions, and swallowed amniotic fluid will show up in her first dirty diaper.

Skin: Your baby's body is now coated with a greasy white substance, the vernix caseosa, that protects her skin during its long submersion in amniotic fluid.

Uterus: The top of your uterus (fundus) is now at the level of your belly button.

A comparison of my three pregnancies.