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17 weeks 2 days
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We are over halfway there with pregnancy #3! This pregnancy has been unique. With Samuel and Henry it was first trimester = death, second trimester = forgot I was pregnant because I felt so good, and third trimester = big, a little achy, a little heartburn, not much to complain about.
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| The five of us on vacation! |
This go around my first trimester was okay. It was not fun. It was not easy. But I didn't feel like death all day every day can barely get off the couch, can't function. I was able to make supper! Some nights it was peanut butter oatmeal or eggs. Some nights I didn't eat. But at least I was functional enough to cook (that was not the case with Samuel or Henry's pregnancies). This was the first first trimester that I did not throw up. It was the second second trimester that I have thrown up (I think it was food poisoning.)
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18 weeks 4 days
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I did take unisom and vitamin B6 during the first trimester this go around. I felt like I had to be functional enough to get off the couch. When I was pregnant with Henry, Samuel was so good about just reading books on the couch with me (for hours every day). Sweet Henry was not that way and Samuel was equally good about understanding that I didn't feel good and equally a three year old about finding ways to occupy himself that were not the best ideas (and Henry would follow right along). The unisom helped with the nausea and vomiting but it messed with my sleep and gave me weird dreams. I finally stopped taking it because I would rather be nauseated than feel dependent on medicine to be able to sleep (within 2 weeks of stopping unisom, I was back to normal).
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17 weeks
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So far this second trimester has been harder than the others as I am still getting bouts of nausea and already have heartburn. I think some of the nausea is diet induced, so I am trying to be a bit more thoughtful about what I eat. I have just started to workout in the last week. I have been horrible about napping when the boys nap. It messes with my night sleep and throws everything off track. But I also like to relax while the boys nap so I have enough energy to make it through the rest of the day. If I relax too much, I fall asleep. And then I am not tired at night, so I don't sleep well, so I take a nap the next day, so then I don't get great night sleep (I know my life is sounding really hard right now ha!) I recenlty listened to a focus on the family podcast about marriage and they brought up two questions: What gives you life? What gives you rest? I thought these were insightful questions as I have usually lumped the two into the same category. I would guess reading fiction gives me rest, but I usually end up falling asleep so I don't read that much. My pre mom self would say that running brings life to me but I keep getting injured when I try to get back into running shape so I am not sure what that looks like right now.
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19 weeks 3 days (feeling nausated, haven't showered in a few days, but still livin' the dream)
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I feel pretty confident that I have an anterior placenta this time. I had one with Samuel and I rarely felt him move. I have felt a few wiggles and kicks here and there but not too much. We will find out next week for sure, but I am sad as feeling the baby move is one of my favorite parts of pregnancy.
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12 weeks 5 days
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I also feel pretty confident that we are having a girl since this pregnancy is so different. Samuel wants a girl. Ian and I want a boy. Ian said he would guess that we are having a boy since I am team girl, but we shall see. Just a few more days!
