My Twenty-Sixth Week of Pregnancy Update
Baby is the size of a: This week baby is the size of a "Hothouse Cucumber." I swear they probably pay people to come up with this stuff...However, that is approximately 14 inches long and 1.75 pounds. Personally, I think our little bean is larger than this. Especially because one day I woke up and it felt like the baby had tripled inside my tummy and was stuck in my ribs all day. I think we may have a large child on our hands.
Total weight gain: About 17 pounds.
Maternity clothes: Today I am wearing a maxi skirt simply because I don't have enough maternity clothes and I felt like this would be the only thing I could possibly fit into this morning. I realize that is dramatic, but you try reasoning with my pregnancy when I'm half asleep!
Stretch marks: I have yet to find one. Although I am constantly on the lookout.
Sleep: Sleep and I are like on-again-off-again lovers. Lately, unfortunately, I have not been able to sleep very well. The consequence being that I am exceptionally tired at work every day. So tired and basically aching all over - as if I were about to get sick - but I don't, because exhaustion isn't the equivalent of a cold. Although sometimes it is much more irritating.
Exercise: Still walking and cycling. Still doing my stretches/exercises. I am really into the cat-cow yoga pose: these seem to really lessen any discomfort I may have after sleeping, and also help with my sciatic nerve that sometimes acts up. Also, I have noticed that the more active I am the less likely I am to get leg cramps in the morning or at night when I am in bed (No one tells you about this, but it happens. And it sucks.) which is a welcome relief.
Miss anything: I miss my body feeling a semblance of normal. Lately I have been all over the place. Tired, achey, uncomfortable. Did I mention tired?
Movement: Yes, constantly. And baby seems to be really fond of my right side. Yesterday it felt as though bean were laying vertically on my right side, tucked up under my ribs and kicking my lower tummy. It was so awkward and I felt like I couldn't breathe ALL DAY. It was not exciting. I did not like it. But I'm hoping the little one was comfortable and cozy! If I cant be then at least they should!
Food cravings: Ice cubes. Not just-out-of-the-freezer ice cubes, though. I want sitting-in-water-for-a-while-so-they-are-much-softer ice cubes. I don't know, it's a temperature/texture thing. And it always gets the baby moving, which is fun.
Anything making you queasy or sick: THANK GOD - NO. At least I am getting a break somewhere!
Gender: Baby.
Labor signs: None! Woo hoo!
Happy or moody most of the time: Happy or apathetic - but I have a feeling the apathy is more a reaction to my exhaustion than anything else.
Looking forward to: The baby moving over to my left side at some point. That would be nice.