This week marks the halfway point of my second pregnancy! I
can’t believe I’m actually writing those words. The fact that we are in this
place is so unbelievable to us and we are so incredibly excited!
The last few weeks have been kind of tough bc M has been on
his 6 week outage- 7 days a week 13 hrs a day! So I have been playing single
mom- maybe because I haven’t been doing it that long yet but it’s not as bad as
I imagined. Don’t get me wrong, we need
two parents to raise these kids! But….I am enjoying my alone time and play time
with Luke in the evenings. He is such a
special little person and I love spending time with him!
Today I ordered the new baby’s furniture. I got the exact same Baby’s Dream Legendary
furniture as we got Luke, except in the Cinnamon color instead of
Espresso. Everything else is from Luke’s
nursery (sorry new baby!) including the rug, recliner and wall art. I have to get another diaper genie and
double stroller/car seat but otherwise I think we are set! My cousin gave me all of her new baby’s
newborn and 3 month clothes, and combined with the existing set I had this baby
is going to get to wear a new outfit every day of the first 3 months he is
born!
I am now going to my new/old OBGYN that admits to Chester
County Hospital. I went to them for the
5 month appointment last week and met with the doctor the doula Nikki wanted me
to go to because she was doula and VBAC friendly, and also willing to let me go
until 42 weeks. All seems to be going well; I met the sweetest nurse that I
hope to keep seeing during my upcoming visits to their KSQ office. She was also an infertility patient with my
doctor but has not had success yet. What
a job to have! Around babies and
pregnant women all day when you are having trouble yourself! She seemed to be a
very sweet person and I completely feel her pain! We spent most of my hour appointment talking
about her situation because I just wanted to listen to her and have her feel
like someone understood. I almost sent
her this blog ;) Maybe she’ll find it on
her own.
Yesterday I had the normal 20 week level 2
ultrasound/anatomy scan at Maternal/fetal medicine of Chester County
Hospital. I was there for about an hour
and a half and the little guy is just making a huge ruckus in there! I don’t feel him that often, but judging by
the movement on the screen he will not be the laid back one! He was moving
around so much and stretching, putting his arms up, etc. Everything is wonderfully NORMAL and
uneventful. Just how I like it, I’ve had
enough excitement in my life, normal is good-
This week we are getting a new ceiling fan installed in our
room to replace the 10 yr old one that is now gray instead of white. Also, in
Luke’s big boy room we are getting one installed because there was not an
existing one and his room has no light and also will probably get hot in the
summer. I think that should do it for
house projects before the baby comes- I need to relax with spending all of M’s
outage money! Well…maybe after the outage and into the new year M can start the
basement- we are going to need that play room before we know it! Our upstairs
is starting to be over taken with toys and it’s only going to get worse…
As far as my own physical and emotional (ha) health right
now, I would say things are pretty status quo. I am still seeing my
chiropractor on a monthly basis and that seems to have helped relieve some/all
of my previous back pain and my sciatica is at a minimum. I have gained approx 12 lbs so far and I
swear 5 of it is boob weight J I have cravings still for cheese, but I can
keep my meat cravings at bay if I have veggie cheese pizza every night. I’ve
been eating risotto, veggie chili, pizza, greek and cesear salads, and candy. Candy is my vice- not even desserts. I could
care less about cake, brownies and dare I say in this fall season…pumpkin. I usually am a pumpkin freak but honestly I
don’t even really care if I have pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving. I’m trying to
think if there is any one thing I could eat every day, and I would have to say
it is PIZZA. I don’t care what kind
either- veggie, tomato pie, regular plain cheese- just pizza pizza pizza. Maybe it’s the carbs- but I love bread. I’ve
been eating bagels with cream cheese too like it’s going out of style, and
apples, peaches and plums. Anything
that’s easy to prepare- given that I was thinking about outsourcing my food
prep a few short weeks ago. I think I’m
off that topic for now- but when the second baby comes perhaps we’ll revisit
that to help with weight loss, too..
All in all I would say this is going quite well and I’m
looking forward to a very low profile pregnancy for the next half J
