Bumpdate

This Friday I will be 23 weeks pregnant, give or take 17 weeks left! So far I have had 3 ultrasounds and probably won’t be having another this pregnancy it's hard to say. My most recent Doctor’s appointment was this past Tuesday and my next one is in a month. After that I will start going to the doctor every two weeks instead of once a month. I decided Tuesday to get the gender of the baby put into an envelope and I do now know what the baby is. However, I will not be sharing the gender with everyone at this time, but I probably will before he or she makes their grand entrance.

How I’ve been feeling:

Lately I have been feeling super irritable and anxious. I have been trying not to stress out or get too overwhelmed. Other then that I have been having lots of regular pregnancy symptoms, I feel like I am so much farther along than I actually am. Below are the main symptoms that I have been feeling.

Symptoms:

-Headaches

-Braxton Hicks

-Insomnia

-Heartburn

-Extreme Fatigue

-Mild Back Ache

-Round Ligament Pains

In other pregnancy news, my placenta is anterior and low lying. It isn’t a concern at the moment and hopefully will move up over the next few months. I have my glucose test soon, I never had gestational diabetes with my last two pregnancies so I am not too worried about it this time either.

Concerns:

As of now I only have a couple concerns, first is preterm labor. With my last two pregnancies I had threatened preterm labor, worse with Logan. This past weekend I got myself a little worked up over some bad Braxton Hicks I was having but since then I haven’t had any to speak of. Mainly just trying to stay calm and have as little stress in my life as possible. My second concern, well, it is more just something I am anxious about is labor and delivery. Although it is months away, I have so many questions about it. My experience last time with Logan was quick but there were certain things that happened/were done I was not pleased with. I am hoping this time I can enjoy the experience and have it go as close to how I plan as possible.

Cravings:

-Sunflower Seeds

-Loaded Nachos

-Popsicles

-Pizza

-Watermelon/Fruit in general

Those are my usual cravings so far, there have been a few other random ones though that I can’t even think of right off. Since the beginning I have gone back and forth between having absolutely no appetite to eating everything in sight.

A few more random pregnancy related things:

-Chloe officially knows that she is getting a new sibling, for the last few weeks she has been talking about it and asking me. I didn’t actually tell her until just recently. She actually asked me if there was a baby in my belly out of nowhere, I hadn’t said anything about my pregnancy infront of her up until that point.

-I have gained about 10-14 lbs so far, I was not 100% sure on my pre-pregnancy weight so that is going by my best guess. So far my weight gain has been pretty much right on with my past two pregnancies.

-Baby’s heartrate was 155 bpm at the last two appointments.

-I haven’t bought too much for the baby as of yet, I still have most of Chloe and Logan’s newborn clothes but other than that I sold almost everything else. Everything that I have picked up is neutral.

-The baby is super active, the last week I have been super uncomfortable it feels like I am getting kicked in the cervix and my ribs at the same time. At my last ultrasound the baby’s head was up so he/she may or may not still be in that position.


I hope I have covered pretty much everything there is to update on. I will be doing another update soon so if I am forgetting something let me know in the comments!