How Far Along: 22 weeks
Total weight gain: 7.9 lbs, down .3 since last Fri
Maternity clothes: Wearing a regular shirt right now, but those are few and far between (other than t shirts . def all maternity pants other than PJs.
Sleep: It's been pretty good this week! Have to get up two times per night to pee most nights but have gotten lucky with one time a few nights.
What do you miss: Being able to climb the stairs at work without being embarrassingly winded!
Movement: Tons tons tons!! He is super active. Andy got to feel him move on Monday night for the very first time, and got to feel him again last night! I am feeling him a whole lot during the day and also in the evening. Luckily he is not waking me up with any kicks yet.
Food cravings: Hmmm nothing in particular.
Anything making you queasy or sick: Nope!
Symptoms: I am often feeling some pain in the upper right rear portion of my hip (really more on my back) and last night it was really bad and going down my leg. Sciatica I'm guessing. Heartburn *was* bad but has lessened a lot in the last few days. Also got a Braxton Hicks on Weds night - I wouldn't have noticed it if my hand wasn't on my belly at the time, but I definitely firmed up for 30-45 seconds then my uterus relaxed again. Weird feeling!
Belly button in or out? In but I think it's starting to get stretchier. My uterus is definitely up past my belly button now.
Wedding rings on or off? On and still fitting fine, I have minimal swelling (which I have now jinxed I am sure)
Happy or moody most of the time: Happy! Unless I'm being neurotic about straight lines in a sewing project. Then I'm not so pleasant. Sorry :(
Best part of the week: Having Andy be able to feel Oliver this week. It's such a cool feeling, I can't wait until outside movements are felt a lot more often.
Looking forward to: The weekend!!! And getting back to the gym, starting today. I was not in good shape after teaching/running at class last night - I really need to get my body back into feeling more OK w/physical activity!
Overall I am having a great time being pregnant. Sure I don't feel great sometimes, but what a cool experience to know there's a new life growing inside of you and that your body is capable of doing that!! I've read a lot of women really miss being pregnant (although of course are thrilled to have their little ones on the "outside"), and I can kind of understand that already!
We got his room all painted (Andy did most of it, thank you so much, it looks great!!). We ended up going with a color that is nearly identical to our bedroom actually, a light-ish gray. It really looks nice and goes well with all of our colors. Andy calls it dolphin-gray to go with the Hawaii theme :) I got one curtain panel done and will do the other one this weekend, and maybe do the crib skirts too depending on how ambitious I feel. We are able to sort of tell what the room is going to pull together like, and I love it :)
At 22 weeks, Oliver is likely between 12.7-20.8oz. Since he measured around 15oz last Thursday, I think we can assume he's the upper end of that range! He should be about 11" head to toe, or about the size of a papaya or spaghetti squash. His facial features are becoming more distinct, and he's looking very wrinkly since he's got all of his skin but it's yet to be filled out with fat! He is sleeping in cycles and sleeping a total of 12-14 hrs a day. Luckily for me it seems like he sleeps a lot at night, which is abnormal for babies, but I feel him TONS during the day and as I said I haven't been woken up by any kicks yet. I'm sure it's coming though.
I personally am feeling HUGE this week, my belly is really growing. Pic to come tomorrow or sometime this weekend :)
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