Pregnancy-wise this week the baby is the size of a grapefruit/large mango/papaya depending where you look. He/she weights roughly a pound and is about 11 inches long. The belly is steadily expanding and I am faithfully rubbing oil/cocoa butter all over it to try and make sure those stretch marks stay away. I think I'm stating to have some braxton-hicks "contractions" although I'm not sure. What I'm feeling I can only describe as my uterus being possessed. It'll randomly get tight and move, usually to the right side and then it looks like I have a bowling ball on the right side of my belly which is really strange. It's not painful at all, I just feel like I have no control over whatever is happening. I hope this is normal...
I'm still not pleased with the darkening of hair which is pretty much the first real negative pregnancy symptom I'm experiencing. If that's my biggest complaint then I guess I shouldn't complain, I'm just being vain. I still don't like it. Also, I've started noticing the "linea negra" which is a dark line that appears from the belly button down to the naughty bits. I thought I had escaped this fate since most books mention it happening much earlier but no, it's coming.
We've received a few cards in the mail as responses to our announcements and they have been so sweet. I'm keeping them. I guess this will be the start to a memory box or something like that. I also finished reading the natural childbirth book and Hov has it now so he has to do his homework and read it and then we can practice the exercises together. Going down to visit him this past weekend was soooooooooooo different from the one before- I flew this time so obviously that changed things. It was so much nicer. Good lord. If we could do that every time that would be greeeeat. I'm actually going to see if we can't get a flight for Thanksgiving because I just don't feel like driving. The problem is Tallahassee is such a small airport that it's all so expensive.
This weekend was awful without seeing Hov. I took Archie to the dog park both days which he loved, he had such a good time. I pretty much just tried to stay busy. I went to my friend's house on Saturday to watch the FSU game and of course was almost falling asleep by the second half but that was a lot of fun and I also went to brunch with some girlfriends on Sunday which was fun. For the game, I had made some cupcakes by request and they turned out quite good if I say so myself. I ate six. Six cupcakes between Saturday and Sunday. SIX. Anyway, there are no more thank goodness. I'll try to wait a long while more before I make any again.
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| Vanilla cupcakes with strawberry filling and vanilla buttercream |
Today was my check-up appointment with the Ob. She said everything looks great, she listened to the heartbeat which was strong and fast as always. She also measured my belly for the first time. I'm at 23 weeks and measuring at 22 which she said was good. I guess in general you should measure at what week mark you are so at 23 weeks you should measure 23 (cm I'm assuming). She says as long as we're within 1-2 of the week mark we're fine and she prefers that I'm on the smaller side so that delivery won't be as challenging.
On the downside, I think my right eye is preparing to fall out. It's been red and irritated (but not itchy) for the last few days. I have an appointment tomorrow at the wellness center on campus to get it looked at. It's very uncomfortable but more than anything it's worrying. We'll see what happens. The only thing I have in my mind is the marathon of "Monsters Inside Me" that I watched with my sister, I'm half convinced I have some rare parasite hijacking my system. Hopefully not.
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