Belly:
20 weeks
22 weeks
Pregnancy so far has been hard. Not that hard from other perspectives, but from my experience, definitely harder and different than Madison. Of course, pregnancy with Madison was easy peasy. For this one, I was pretty nauseous every day for most of the day up until about 15 weeks. Oddly enough, the only time I was not nauseous was when I woke up in the morning. It started getting harder to sleep well right around 15 weeks. I'm pretty exhausted, but that's fine and expected since I'm still working and chasing a toddler around every day. With Madison, I was not nauseous AT ALL. I basically stopped running on a regular basis at about 10 weeks. This was/is pretty difficult for me, since I ran 3-4 miles a day up until about 21 weeks with Madison, plus student teaching, finishing my masters, and working. I'm learning to give myself grace in this area, which is tough because I see others pregnant and able to run so well (and others feeling so well, too!). I'm already trying to figure out when I can sign up for a half marathon post-baby.
On top of those things, I am extremely emotional. You need to know, I am not exaggerating. I have spent many minutes trying different strategies to not burst into tears. At church, singing (I mean, sometimes it's the first worship song we sing!), in the car listening to the radio, at Bible study getting to know other women, letting myself think too much about how fast Madison is growing up, missing things from "home" whether it be North Carolina, family, friends, or Blacksburg. I have prayed multiple times that I would pull myself together and not be emotional. Having a "moment" is fine, but having moments almost every day? Not that fun or necessary. There has been multiple moments Bryce has has to ask me, "Why are you crying?", to which I respond, "I don't know!" I usually do have a reason for crying, but it's not something that I probably would've burst into tears about pre-pregnancy. It could be worse. Much worse. In fact, I have it pretty easy compared to many.
Lately, I have been really struggling with acid reflux/heart burn. So much that I avoid eating as often as I can because I know how uncomfortable I will be. Prilosec, Tums, and Zantac are not helping at all. Any tips or tricks would be greatly appreciated!
Number one, please understand, I am SO so so thankful to be pregnant. I am also so thankful that I am not bed-ridden or so nauseous that I have to be hospitalized like Kate Middleton. If you plan to see me, just bring tissues and Tums.
Movement:
Every day now! I started feeling little kicks around 17 weeks. Just in the last couple weeks the kicks have become much stronger and more regular. I can actually see my stomach move now and Bryce can feel the little guy. So fun!
When I'm not chasing my busy bee toddler, I've been having fun getting ideas for the nursery. Can't wait to get it ready for our little boy!
I'm so excited for everything boy and thankful for a healthy little one!
I love this!!! And I so need to do a post like this. Love that you're consciously trying to give yourself grace in the areas that are harder this time around.
ReplyDeleteHow exciting! Boys are super fun :)
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