Baby Growth: Baby Mullican is a little over 5 inches from crown to rump and weighs about 5 oz. The baby is about as long as a pencil and as plump as an avocado. This week, the baby isn't doing any tremendous growing, but is instead learning how to utilize the brain to move the body. Slowly, the baby's movements are becoming more and more purposeful. This is also the week that baby starts to put some fat on that little body - meaning that I'll probably start putting on the pounds, also!
Can somebody tell me why in the world this poor baby has a gigantic nose? That's terrible!
My Symptoms: My nausea is
still present in the early morning. And
I’ve mentioned before that I have to get up at 5:30 when school is in, so this
isn’t the best of combinations. I didn’t
get sick this week, thank goodness. I
felt like I was going to on Saturday morning, but never actually did.
I’ve started
having more headaches than before, but I’ve found that if I take some Tylenol
and drink a little caffeine, they go away immediately. I don’t mind them as much if I have an easy
trick to get rid of them! I’ve also had
some moodiness this week. Nothing too
terrible, but still some moments where I feel like I don’t have control over my
emotions.
I’ve still
got a good bit of energy this week. I’ve
been getting TONS done around the house.
Some nights I’m pure exhausted by about 9:00, but others I feel
perfectly fine and have to make myself go to bed! My belly still feels terribly heavy and I
think this isn’t going to go away. My
back also hurts pretty much all of the time.
If I stand for longer than about 5 minutes, it hurts like crazy.
Weight: Alrighty, so
the scale says I’m back to my pre-pregnancy weight. So that means that I’m sitting right at 0 lbs
gained/lost. Honestly, I think that the
majority of this has to do with the fact that I’ve been mega constipated the
past few days. I think if I was
“regular” right now, I would still be down about ½ a pound. I guess we’ll see next week! The good thing is, even if I gain 1 lb per
week from here on out, I’ll only gain 23 lbs.
Not too shabby! I gained 25 lbs
with LL, and I don’t want to go over that with this baby.
Belly Pictures: Here the first pic of me in maternity clothes!
Gender: I'm 100% team girl now - no changing my mind! We should know in a few weeks! Have you picked a team
yet? Go to my gender baby pool (and
giveaway!) HERE.
Maternity Clothes: Thanks to several AWESOME friends, I now have a plethora of maternity clothes. I had two really sweet friends bring me a huge bag of clothes each and another friend who should be bringing me some soon. Isn't that amazing? I'm blessed to be surrounded with some awesome girls! Most of the clothes are more wintery (which is good for now), but I'm going to be lacking more in the summer department when it gets here. A portion of what I have will translate into summer, but I'm sure I'll need to pick up a few things myself. But at least for now, I'm good! I did start wearing some maternity dresses this week simply for the fact that they are SO much more comfortable! I'm still fitting into my regular clothes fine, they're just not as comfy. I'll probably start alternating between regular and maternity from now on. I'm holding off on maternity pants for as long as possible because I HATE them. I'd prefer to just use a bella band and my regular pants instead. I'll tell you something though, there's no denying that I have a belly, but it is MUCH more pronounced when I put on something maternity! It's crazy!
I’m still in
regular clothes about 80% - 90% of the time, but I have started wearing some
maternity dresses. This is simply for
the fact that they are so darn comfortable.
I probably could get away with not wearing anything for the next week or
two, but it’s just so much more comfortable.
I would imagine that I’ll keep wearing a mix of regular/maternity for
awhile.
Movement: I’ve been
feeling the baby a TON lately. The
movements still aren’t that much stronger, but I’m feeling them more
often. All of my pregnancy stuff says
that the first movements that you feel are usually described as feeling like
you have a butterfly in your stomach.
Not me. Usually, I only feel
thumps and rolls. Monday at school, I
was sitting at my desk during my planning time, and it LEGIT felt like a
butterfly against the wall of my stomach.
It was so cool! It’s still not
nearly strong enough to feel on the outside yet.
Sleep:I seem to
alternate between sleeping very well and sleeping terribly. I’ll have a few nights of GREAT sleep
followed by a few nights of TERRIBLE sleep.
I’ve been wanting to sleep on my stomach SO BAD lately, but I definitely
can’t do that at all anymore. I always
go to sleep on my side, but I often still wake up on my back. I’ve been having really vivid, crazy weird
dreams lately also. I’m sure that that
contributes to my sleeping poorly.
What I Miss:Probably the
biggest thing that I miss is not having my back hurt. It pretty much hurts all of the time. While I’ll gladly deal with it (SO worth
it!), it does wear me down after a while.
I try not to say anything to coworkers, friends, family, or even Matt
about it, but it’s pretty much a constant pain for me. I better just get used to it, I guess!
What I'm Looking Forward To:We have LL’s
3 year pictures coming up this weekend and her birthday party the weekend after
that. I’m getting SUPER excited about
both!
Cravings: Orange juice
– STILL! I tend to go through an entire
container in a week. I only drink one
glass a day because I don’t want heartburn and it has a ton of sugar, but that
glass tends to be pretty big. J
I also craved Chinese food this week and when I finally got some, it was
SO GOOD. I loved it. One thing that has really surprised me this
pregnancy is that I’ve been craving something that I’ve never had: sushi. I’ve had the cooked kind, but never the raw,
but I’ve been craving it ALL! Obviously,
I would never eat raw fish while pregnant, so I really just try to ignore the
craving. The other night, Matt got
himself some sushi for dinner, and it was a sampler platter that had a little
bit of everything. It had a few shrimp
rolls in there that looked SOOO good. It
was a crab/avocado/cucumber roll with a little bit of shrimp on the outside. I
totally couldn’t resist and ate ONE piece (don’t worry – it was all COOKED!)
and I almost died. I was in HEAVEN. It was SO GOOD. I’ve been thinking about it a TON since then
and totally want a lot more. Obviously,
I probably won’t eat any more any time soon, but it is for sure on my mind!
Best Moment of the Week: I really
don’t know? We got a call from the
preschool we picked and LL is definitely enrolled for next year! That was pretty exciting! I also got my plane ticket booked for my
spring break trip with my sister – California here we come!
My Concerns or Questions:I need to
talk to Marie about several things: 1- I’m thinking about going natural. I *almost* did with LL (I made it to 8 cm!)
and my goal was to do it completely with the next one. When I got pregnant, I thought maybe I would
just do an epidural and not worry about it, but now I’m starting to change my
mind about it. I want to talk to Marie
and get her opinions. 2- I was induced
last time because I wanted to be guaranteed that Marie would deliver the baby. I REALLY want to go into labor on my own, so
I need to talk to her about if she’ll come in, etc. 3-My back pain. I need to see if there’s
anything I can be doing to help it out.
My Goals for the Week: Get all the
last minute stuff for LL’s party planned!
I did my huge pile of laundry from last week, but there are still some
things around the house that I need to get done. I need to finish cleaning my closet out – I
started, but haven’t finished. I also
need to start going through her clothes from this past summer for the kid’s sale!