How big is baby? around 2 and a half pounds
Total weight gain: +25lbs yikes! its so weird to be carrying this much weight around
Maternity Clothes? I have one pair of maternity pants that I wear, theyre velour (haha yeah its a track suit, i laughed that im actually wearing that) but I really cant stand the belly elastic, especially now that its all warmer
Stretch marks? still NONE!!! ahhh! (knock on wood) My OB says that I may escape this pregnancy mark-free!
This is me. Taken yesterday :)
Sleep: What is sleep? I wake up hourly, and can no longer take comfortable naps, prob has something to do with this basketball-sized uterus
Movement: Baby Mason has discovered a new form of movement in the past week...yoga-like stretching! we can feel his foot-ankle-elbow-hand...not sure... slide from one side of my belly to the other! it is SO CRAZY! but presh. He also gets frustrated when he hiccups for long periods of time and starts kicking and punching
Food cravings: Im really not craving much of anything these days, besides my usual: cereal, baked goods, and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches
What I miss: sauntering around - its more of a waddle now, being able to go out and walk around (for example: St. Pats KILLED me. 3 hours of walking and my back and ankles and knees were excruciating) for long periods of time without pain, feeling sexy
What I am looking forward to: BABY SHOWERS!!! oh and Easter is coming up, i love spending holidays with our families
Worries: sometimes Baby Mason doesnt kick as often as usual, and it FREAKS ME OUT. So much in fact, that we went to the hospital last week to make sure he was okay. He was perfectly fine, just positioned in a way that the kicks were harder to feel
What did you just say to me?!?:
"how far along are you?" - this question doesnt bother me. the fact that ANYONE and EVERYONE feels like they need to ask this, at the grocery store, mall, walking down the street...ugh
"you know how that (jabbing finger at my belly) happens, dont you?" said by a guy on the street at St. Pats after he jabbed my belly with his dirty old-man finger. GAG
"you are SO lucky! youre so petite and in shape!" -well thank you, ill just bask in the glow of compliments like these!! :)
Oh, and THIS: not sure what has changed...maybe its because Im a LOT bigger now...but Ryan cant seem to keep his hands off me! I was so sure that he was just one of those guys that are turned off by pregnancy, but nowadays hes always rubbing my belly and feeling Mason kick and kissing me and telling me how much he loves me. ahhhhh life is SO sweet.
The Nursery is finished! After the baby shower we will be complete! ahhh!
-Mrs. Rodgers
