Pregnancy Update

I have not blogged much about this current pregnancy because I am sure everyone would get tired of me saying the same things over and over; I LOVE being pregnant and this is a BIG baby! But I thought I would give an update.

Everything is still going great. I still love being pregnant and the baby is still REALLY big. In new things, this baby is MUCH more active and strong than Julia ever was at this age. Julia was an active baby in the womb, but this boy has got her beat. He moves a lot. And his kicks and movements are really strong. I don't think I felt strong kicks like this from Julia until much later into the pregnancy. I just love all the movement. My midwife told me this the the annoying stage of pregnancy because of all the movement, but I told her that movement is NEVER annoying! I savor every bit of it. My belly is HUGE! Much bigger this time around. Some of my maternity tops are already starting to get tight/small. I am only 25 weeks!

I have been having more pain, much earlier this time. I am having painful round ligament pain, that I think is from all the extra walking I have been doing now that I am not working (Julia and I walk all around town. Well, I walk, she rides in the stroller.). Then this week I started having very painful pubic/pelvic pain. It is the actual bones of my pelvis that is hurting. I remember having some of this late in Julia's pregnancy. I am really hoping it lightens up or goes away soon.

We have been talking about the baby with Julia all along, but I think she is finally starting to figure it out a little. She loves to pull up my shirt and rub my big belly. I will tell her that her baby brother is in there and she seems to at least understand part of it. The funniest thing is that she will look into my belly button and try to see the baby that is in mommy's belly.

Oh, it seems I am doing really well weight-wise too. I gained back the weight I lost in the first tri do to morning sickness. I think I am up only 2 or 3 pounds from my pre-pregnancy weight. With Julia I only gained 18-19 pounds and lost it all pretty much right away (especially since she was 9.6 lbs and all the fluid and stuff). I am hoping the same thing happens again. It looks like I am on track for that to happen.

My food preferences are also much different this time. With Julia I really wanted ice cream and Mexican a lot. (Which are now Julia's favorites) Not this time, actually Mexican turns my stomach most days. The only food I am really wanting this time around is Seafood.

I actually bought some stuff for the baby last week. Carter's was having a huge sale and Julia needs some new pj's. I got Julia her pj's and picked up some oneies, sleepers and a few other things for this little guy.