Week 26, Six and a Half Months!

How Far Along?
26 weeks!

 

Weight Gain?

I don't even want know, I'm super glad I stuck with the whole idea of not owning a scale for the house.  We'll find out at my next doctors appointment on September 5th

 

Stretch Marks?:

Not that I've seen.

 

How big is Little Ninja S?

A head of lettuce??!! For real? I was just a Walmart looking at heads of lettuce, oh dear!

 

Maternity Clothes?

I have given in! Honestly, I'm not really sure why I was so off-put by them, it really makes me feel a little better to pull pants on that don't take jumping and extra effort to get buttoned around this big ole belly. Plus the smaller shirts are working out lovely.

  

Best moment this week?

Well, Ninja was moving around quite a bit today so that was nice.  He typically doesn't like to get movin' and groovin' until bed time.  OH and having my first stranger ask me if I knew what I was having yet made me smile because I feel like I finally look pregnant and not that I just ate a lot of McDonalds. OHHHH and getting to eat a chickfila sandwich was pretty much the most amazing thing ever, see previous post for what I'm talking about! :)

Miss Anything?

I miss not being pasty white. A little color would be great.

Food cravings? 

I got myself a piece of cookie cake last night so I was good to go.  Oh and I had an ICE cold water bottle the other day and I pretty much sucked the whole thing down in like ten seconds flat!

Movement?

Like I said up there, he was moving around a lot more today than he usually is.  I'm just suspecting he's practicing his super secretive ninja skills and that's why he doesn't move around a whole lot during the day!

 

Belly Button in or out?

Gross, just gross. I really hope it goes back to looking normal.

Anything make you queasy or sick? 

Doing good on this front!

 

Looking forward to?

Getting to see my family and friends in TEXAS in about a month!!!

 

Sleep?

Ugh, I must have jinxed myself because this whole time I haven't had an issue with this.  This past week has been awful. My back kills me as soon as I lay down, I wake up constantly throughout the night with my head throbbing, then it will take me about half an hour to fall back asleep.  I'm going to need this to get better or I'm going to die.  I consume entirely too much coffee at work to deal with this nonsense.

 

Gender Prediction:

No more predicting we have a BOY!!!! 

 

Symptoms:

So my feet swelled for the first time the other day, joy. My toes literally looked like little sausages, it was disgusting.  After I elevated them for a little while the swelling went away but I don't enjoy it.  My back has been KILLING me.  And my belly is just grrrrroowing I finally feel what its like to have your skin stretching!!!

 

Happy/Moody:

I've had a lot of moody issues this week, I literally feel like this stomach just popped out of no where and its really been messing with my self-esteem. Everyone keeps telling me "I'm not fat I'm pregnant" but its still really upsetting me that none of my clothes look normal anymore and that bending over with ease is practically impossible.