How far along: 21 weeks
Weight gain/loss: Had my doctor's appointment today (8/24). My scale says 10.5lbs, the doctor's scale says 9lbs.
Maternity clothes: Continuing to wear my black Gap maternity dress pants. Dug out the maternity jeans but haven't worn them yet. The high panels are bothering me more than I remember.
Stretch marks: Using the cocoa butter and pregnancy oil
Symptoms: Some lower stomach pressure/pain/cramping at times. I'm going to talk to the midwife about this next Friday. I think it's just my body telling me to slow down.
Sleep: Pretty good especially now that it's cooler at night
Sleep: Pretty good especially now that it's cooler at night
Best moment this week: Spending time at the Dream Cruise last Saturday. We had such a great time!
Gender: Not sure this week....starting to kind of wish we knew!Belly button in or out: Too early
Food cravings: Nothing special. Love fruit and oatmeal for sure, but that's my normal regardless of being pregnant.
Movement: Usually mid morning and early afternoon. I don't feel this baby moves as much as Joey did. Wondering if all of the moving around I do is comforting baby to sleep.
What I miss: Sleeping more and sleeping in! But waking up to Joey's little face is the best.
What I'm looking forward to: Continuing to get the house organized and we got our new leather sectional last Friday. It is soooooo nice!
Update: Had my doctor's appointment today and everything is good. I was scheduled to see a midwife but apparently she was either out or something got mixed up because I met with one of the doctors. Which just happened to be the same gynecologist I was seeing before I switched to this practice because I didn't really care for her. Go figure! I made sure my next appointment was with a midwife.
I talked to the doctor briefly about my more noticeable pain and pressure in my lower stomach. She said it's completely normal and that 2nd pregnancies are harder on your body. And not being able to sit and relax whenever I want since I am chasing after and caring for a toddler is another reason. I figured that's all it was but it was reassuring.
The baby's heartbeat was 152bpm. And apparently moving all around in there which I couldn't feel. I don't think this baby likes having the doctor poke and prod at my stomach lol.
I scheduled my next appointment for 9/21 (4 weeks away) and then my glucose screening test on 9/28. Apparently the 1 hour glucose test I took when I was pregnant with Joey was resulting in a lot of false positives and not as accurate. So now they require all pregnant woman to take a 2 hour test. Bummer!! I have to go fast the night before (nothing after midnight) and then go in at 8:30am. They will give me the sugary drink and then take my blood after one hour and then again an hour later. I'll have to sit in the office for 2 hours and I won't be able to eat or drink. Definitely not happy about this and hoping it goes okay.
Update: Had my doctor's appointment today and everything is good. I was scheduled to see a midwife but apparently she was either out or something got mixed up because I met with one of the doctors. Which just happened to be the same gynecologist I was seeing before I switched to this practice because I didn't really care for her. Go figure! I made sure my next appointment was with a midwife.
I talked to the doctor briefly about my more noticeable pain and pressure in my lower stomach. She said it's completely normal and that 2nd pregnancies are harder on your body. And not being able to sit and relax whenever I want since I am chasing after and caring for a toddler is another reason. I figured that's all it was but it was reassuring.
The baby's heartbeat was 152bpm. And apparently moving all around in there which I couldn't feel. I don't think this baby likes having the doctor poke and prod at my stomach lol.
I scheduled my next appointment for 9/21 (4 weeks away) and then my glucose screening test on 9/28. Apparently the 1 hour glucose test I took when I was pregnant with Joey was resulting in a lot of false positives and not as accurate. So now they require all pregnant woman to take a 2 hour test. Bummer!! I have to go fast the night before (nothing after midnight) and then go in at 8:30am. They will give me the sugary drink and then take my blood after one hour and then again an hour later. I'll have to sit in the office for 2 hours and I won't be able to eat or drink. Definitely not happy about this and hoping it goes okay.
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