We are in week 22! Baby Girl is now about the size of a spaghetti squash...
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| Spaghetti Squash image from Ram-Man's wiki post http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Spaghetti_Squash_700.jpg |
What's new in week 2-2?
Foods:
Not much has changed since last week...
Still loving the idea of strawberries. I even found some on sale this week and have been eating them with lunch. They're fantastic.
Fish sandwiches. Yeah...can't think of a good reason why these sound so good. But they do. Or maybe they just sound more appealing than fast-food hamburgers when I look at the menu.
Chocolate. Not all the time, but every once in a while a little bit of plain chocolate sounds really good.
Zucchini and Yellow Squash with a little onion and garlic. Yum.
Peanut Butter?!?! I have never been a fan of PB. It's not for lack of trying! However, this week I ate an apple with peanut butter one day for lunch. It sounded good, and even though I've re-tried this classic food every 5 years or so, this is the very first time I've been able to eat more than a small taste off the edge of a spoon. This could be because I ate it with an apple, or maybe because it was natural PB with honey...I don't know. All I know is, it was good. Which definitely means this baby is influencing my taste buds.
Sleep:
A person might summarize the sleep experience with a quick quip, say, something like, "You try sleeping on a spaghetti squash and see how that goes." I don't think I can sum it up quite that way, for a couple of reasons. First, it seems too cynical or snarky or something to befit how easy this stage of pregnancy really is going. Second, I know that my current situation pales in comparison with the sleepless feeling of new moms, so... I don't feel like complaining is justified. :) Check back on that in a couple of weeks.
Style:
My wardrobe has definitely changed in the last week and a half. For the majority of the first trimester I made it through with my normal jeans...then my jeans with a rubber band through the button hole and around the button. I eventually (after Christmas) progressed to maternity jeans with what is called a "demi" band-- it's just a thick piece of elastic in the upper part of the waistband of maternity jeans-- maybe about 3 inches wide? It's meant to fit under the belly, and up until last week it worked great. Starting last week, though, the comfort level dropped off significantly. At first, I was thinking that I needed bigger jeans. Turns out, it was just the band that wasn't liking the expanding belly. Same size jeans, this time with the elastic panel that comes all the way up over the belly, and Baby Girl and I are back in comfortable business.
Also this week I discovered t-shirt dresses at Target. Total style saver. These dresses are essentially really long, cotton-stretch t-shirts. Super simple, and they fit great over the belly without making me look like I'm wearing a tent (or the similarly-styled maternity wear of the '90s as seen in Father of the Bride Part II). I just bought a size up from what I might have worn pre-pregnancy, put a belt around my waist (above the belly), and threw a long cardigan over top. Add a pair of tights and some boots, and I have weathered the seemingly endless rain and kept myself feeling reasonably stylish for work. (I'll post a pic when I wear one later this week so you can see.)
I finally succumbed to my desire to cut my hair, too. I knew it didn't want it too short, but it was getting too long to do anything with before work every day. So I stopped on my way home from work on Friday and found a great place not far from home where I got a wash and cut for $25. Sweet! Plus, this guy was knowledgeable and friendly-- and spent the time cutting my hair talking about keeping my hair healthy and about when his son was born and they brought him home from the hospital and how much he had to learn. This is very unlike the guy at the last place I went for a trim, who spent his time crowing about being child-free and selfish. (I do think it's good that people know they don't want to be a parent, but it was a little disconcerting to hear someone talk for so long about disliking children and wanting to do their own thing... while holding scissors near your face. That's all.)
Activity:
Not much has changed for me. I try to walk for at least 30 minutes a day or jump on the eliptical for a while. People keep recommending pregancy yoga for stretching and relaxing, so that might be worth a try.
I don't know what exercise plan Baby Girl is on at the moment, but after dinner tonight, for the very first time, Husband was able to feel her kick! I've been feeling the flutters internally for a while, but this was so noticeably strong that he was able to feel it from outside the layers of clothes! Totally sweet moment.
That's pretty much it! Hopefully I'll be able to get some pics up for you later this week so you can see how much she's grown!
Also-- I know from a desktop computer it can be tricky to find the place to post a comment (if you have one). My best suggestion is that if you want to comment on a post, click on the title of the post and that will take you to a new page where only one post appears, with a box a the bottom for adding your comments. Husband and I tested it to see if it would work, and we think it does!
Love to all, K
