26 Weeks!

I am Huge! I look in the mirror and am shocked to see strange and unusual body parts attached to me! I cannot imagine getting any bigger! I can hear you, "Just Wait" you say.

Two more weeks to trimester number 3!

Christina is on the move! She still prefers very early mornings and late nights but I feel her quite a bit throughout the day as well. So far, John is the only one besides me who has felt her kicks but he has felt some good ones! It feels like somersaults and cartwheels are her specialty :0) According to the week by week book she is now almost 2 pounds! Her head to bum length is 9 and a half inches. Grow baby grow! The book also says Christina's 5 senses are now fully developed.

Overall, I'm holding up well physically. Even before I was pregnant my feet would swell in the heat so they've kept that trend up. I don't do well standing for long periods of time but walking is still good. Most of the time I sleep well at night, and I still get tired really early. My bladder has not grown with the pregnancy and it seems when I'm well hydrated I can only take 10 steps from the bathroom before I go back in (it's not quite that bad, it just feels like it). I've had some lower back pain at times and sometimes my stomach feels like it is stretching but nothing has been severe. I now weigh 15 pounds more than I did before I was pregnant. I often feel rather klutzy and am horrified to now drop food on my clothes (something I never did before).

I've added some pages to this blog: one has milestones and the other has prego pics. Nothing new but I'm glad to have it all in once place. I hope to also add a list of needed items.

ttfn ~