Due date: Still August 2, 2014. My due date with both girls was moved back over a week, so I keep expecting to hear the due date is actually later in August, but at the ultrasound Baby #3 was still measuring within a day of the August 2 due date, so we'll see.
What I'm loving: Feeling baby's kicks. Seeing Baby #3 during our ultrasound. This week, Miss A and Little J both told me about their babies. Miss A said, "I have a baby in my tummy. I'm not sure if it's a girl or a boy." (I think it's a little frustrating to her that she doesn't know if the baby is a brother or a sister.) Little J likes to point to her belly button and say, "Baby!" while she sticks out her belly. It's super cute.
What I'm looking forward to: Real spring weather! I haven't been very motivated to exercise lately, but I think being able to get outside would really help. I'm also excited for E to be able to feel baby's kicks. So far baby's kicks haven't been quite strong enough.
Cravings/Aversions: I'm loving ice cream. So much. I've also gotten my sweet tooth back big time. Give me sugary cereal, cookies, bars... yum, yum, yum! I came home from one grocery store trip with a giant bag of Fruit Loops, 3 kinds of cookies and 2 kinds of ice cream. The girls thought it was great (except I don't share very much). For awhile drinking water was making me feel sick, but that is finally gone, so I'm back to drinking a lot of water, and I think that has helped out a lot. The only things I've really been avoiding are leafy greens (keep salads far away, please) and red meat (similar to my other two pregnancies).
How I'm feeling: Still tired, but overall MUCH better than my previous update. I have far fewer days where I feel sick now, though I still have occasional days where nothing sounds good to eat. Except ice cream. I'm always up for ice cream.
What I miss: Having energy and eating normally. I'm hoping for a little second trimester reprieve in the next few weeks.
Exercise: Exercise has been really hit or miss lately. I'll have a really good week followed by a week when I barely do anything. I got a nasty head cold that knocked me out for almost a week, which really hurt my work outs. Still trying to run at least once a week. I'm limiting myself to indoor running until sidewalks are clear, and it can be tough to get the track's schedule worked out with our schedules. Come on warm weather!
Diet: Improving. I'm not limiting myself on any junk food, but I'm trying to increase the number of freggies I eat during the day. For breakfast I've been big on Fruit Loops, but I at least try to have an apple with the cereal to balance it out a bit. I tried a salad with dinner recently, but it made me feel really sick, but I have been eating broccoli (a favorite of the girls), asparagus and (oh so many) carrots.
Differences between pregnancies: I feel like my belly has taken longer to pop with this pregnancy than when I was pregnant with Little J, but I'm not seeing a big difference in the picture (20 weeks with Little J here). With both girls I was still throwing up at this point in the pregnancy, but with Miss A, but that never really went away.
Ha! I could NOT get enough fruit loops when I was pregnant with my 3rd. They totally gross me out in real life, but I think I ate them daily when pregnant with him. Do you have any guesses as to if you are having a boy or girl? The only one I guessed correctly with was the one we waited to find out at birth with - I just knew she was a girl! That being said, I was also kind of hoping for another girl, so maybe it was just wishful thinking.
ReplyDeleteI don't know what it is about the sugary cereal, but it is amazing right now!
ReplyDeleteI think of the baby as a girl, but maybe because I already have 2 :)