How far along: 22
weeks 3 days
Size of baby: A
papaya (who even knows what a papaya looks like? Not me. At our 20 weeks 4 days
ultrasound, she weighed roughly 12oz.
And the week 23 fruit comparison is a grapefruit. Maybe that provides some clarification)
Total weight gain: 9
lbs. Sigh. I actually started out by losing weight
during the first couple months of pregnancy.
It wasn’t until about week 18 or 19 that I started to gain weight, and
then it came very quickly. I know that a
pregnant body is a beautiful body, growing and nurturing a tiny human
being. But that doesn’t make gaining
weight any easier, and seeing the numbers rise on the scale is never easy. Our doctor told me I should gain anywhere
between 25-40 lbs. (40lbs!? You’re kidding, doc.)
Symptoms: Knock on
wood, this pregnancy has been nearly symptom free so far. I only had morning sickness once, right before work in the morning
during week 14. I was having a lot of
back pain at the end of the 1st trimester, but truthfully that might
have been caused by my awful uncomfortable chair at work. That didn’t stop me from taking warm baths
every night, utilizing a heat pad in “Tom’s” recliner, and insisting that I
needed a giant pregnancy pillow for my birthday. But that’s a whole ‘nother
story.
Cravings: Nothing too
bizarre. The only cravings run Tom has
made for me was cheese and crackers one night (pasteurized – don’t worry!). I’m doing the stereotypical pregnancy pickles
and ice cream thing (but not together).
Cotton Candy ice cream from Maggie Moos was my go-to for a while, but it
turns your mouth bright blue for days. I
can’t even take myself seriously looking like that. I’ve always been a lover of chocolate and
sweets, and pregnancy has been a great excuse to indulge a little. Cookies, brownies, candy, bring it on!
Sleep: Decent. I usually wake up at least once during the
night for a potty break, but other than that I’m sleeping through the
night. I’ve struggled to find a
comfortable position to sleep in. I
always thought I was a side-sleeper, but now that I know I’m not supposed to
sleep on my back, I always wake up on
my back during the early morning hours and toss and turn to get comfortable on
my side. The giant pregnancy pillow is
really too big for our bed, so I’ve transitioned to just having an extra pillow
supporting my back. I’ve also put a
folded blanket under my pillow to prop my head up a little to aid in digestion
and breathing. Ta-da, there you have it,
my magical fixes for a good night of mid-pregnancy sleep!
Movement: Yes! Oh my goodness, yes. This girl is very active. Her most active times are: early morning, lunch time, late afternoon,
and 9pm. Feeling her movements gives me
really mixed emotions and feelings. All
at once it is amazing, special, weird, alien, sweet, uncomfortable, and sometimes
annoying. But feeling her movements
always makes me feel reassured. I’m so
happy that she is comfy cozy and growing like a weed. And whenever I nervously think wait, have I felt her in the past few hours? She always seems to give me a nice big kick
to the bladder. Oh good, you’re still in there.
Gender: GIRL!
Name: We have decided
on a name! And I’ve ordered the wooden
letters to hang on the wall, so no going back now ;) Our sweet little thing’s name will be: (drumroll please) … Madelyn Grace. We will call her Maddie for short. And I’ll probably lovingly call her Maddie
Grace, Miss Maddie, Baby MC, Maddie G, etc.
What can I say, I like nicknames :)
Style: I have
transitioned into maternity clothes.
Well truthfully, I started wearing some maternity pants back in like,
week 13. They are just SO comfortable, I
really might never go back. I can still
wear a lot of my regular shirts, but it’s getting to the point where I might
stretch them out, so I’ve ordered a few basic tees. My usual maternity-uniform tends to be these pants from Old Navy, a tank top, and a cardigan sweater unbuttoned. Rinse and repeat, every day. Sometimes I toss on a scarf, or a cute
necklace. My favorite place to shop for
maternity wear is by far Old Navy – reasonably priced, super cute and
simple. I also happened upon a few cute
things at Target. I dislike Target’s
website design for ordering online, so I’ve only picked up a couple things from
the limited selection in store.
Nursery: Love love
love her cute nursery. Although
truthfully, I was really more excited about designing the vintage airplane
nursery for a boy. Instead, I’m buying
pink and green and loving it just as much!
We themed the nursery around this quilt from Pottery Barn Kids. It’s pastel pink and green, with touches of
blue, yellow, brown, tan, purple etc.
(no really, the description says it has 16 colors. Which sounds outrageous and obnoxious, but
they’re so subtle that it’s perfect). It
also has a combination of polka dots, stripes, gingham etc. If you’re thinking it sounds hideous, check
the link, I promise it’s not! We have
already purchased and assembled (I say “we” very loosely, Tom did all of the
assembly) the crib and changing table. They
are basic white and were ordered off of amazon.
We are using Tom’s childhood dresser, which is dark brown wood, and we
have plans to purchase a glider in a similar shade of brown stain. Yeah, we’re mixing and matching, and I don’t
really care anymore. I initially had
GRAND plans to paint Tom’s dresser white, paint the walls pink, add chair rail,
paint the bottom part of the wall gray…. and then I just got lazy. Nah, I didn’t get lazy, I got realistic. I just don’t have the time or
the energy for that, and I’m actually really loving the tan walls and the
mismatched furniture. Now that the
furniture has been assembled and arranged (then rearranged 100 times at 10pm
one Saturday night, and finally put back exactly the way it was before), I am
starting on the decorations and organization.
I’ll save those for a post devoted to the nursery.
Best moment of the week:
Strangers have started commenting on my bump! Which, granted, I realize means I’m getting
large. But it also means we’re getting
closer to meeting our girl, and now everyone can notice and share in our
excitement. I love getting questions
about our baby (gender, due date, names etc), and I don’t even mind when people
want to touch! Although so far no
strangers have touched, so that’s good.
That might be weird.
Worst moment of the week:
Getting dressed for my work Christmas party. Last week, I had tried on two separate
dresses (one borrowed from my mom, and one purchased from ASOS) and I thought, oh perfect, these look great! Either one will work! Fast-forward to Saturday night when it’s time
to get dressed… somewhere between Tuesday and Saturday, these dresses
shrank. Ok maybe it wasn’t the
dresses. But really, they just looked
all wrong, in all places. I must have
spent an hour in the closet trying to decide what to wear. So then we were an hour late to the party,
and there may or may not have been some tears shed in the kitchen when I came
downstairs and Tom told me I looked beautiful, but all I wanted to do was put
my sweatpants back on and crawl under a blanket. I blame the hormones.
So there you have it, 22 weeks of pregnancy summed up in one
weekly post! What a fun adventure it has
been so far. In other exciting news, I’m
an AUNT! Tom’s older brother and his wife
just had their first baby boy on Monday.
I am so excited to visit and hold baby Connor tomorrow! From the pictures I’ve seen, he is just the
cutest little thing. Chubby cheeks and a
head full of hair. Love him already!! What fun it will be to have our two babies so
close in age. And lucky for Tom’s
younger sister, she is totally set for a ring bearer and flower girl at her
future wedding.
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