It has also come to my attention (via these pictures) that I seem to have acquired quite the bum since last week! I've been excited thus far that my bigger belly has made my bum look smaller which is usually the opposite when I'm not pregnant. I weighed myself for the first time since my last doctor's appointment and was fully expecting to see my next dreaded number...and then didn't!! Was rather excited about that, and if we're going by my scale (which seems to be more forgiving than the doctor's...go figure), then I've gained right around 22lbs. Fine by me!!
I suppose I should post Baby's stats this week (which are quite impressive, I might add):Weight: almost 2lbs!!
Length: 14.5" long (might be longer if she has the Seefeldt genes here)
Brain: is getting very active now...
Other: Hiccups are completely common by now...I'd have to pay pretty close attention, I think, to know whether or not she's got them, but I'm sure she's had them a time or two by this point...
Some people in my birth month group online have mentioned that they are worried that their babies aren't turned head-down yet. I don't think this is a problem at this point since she's got 13 weeks to go and can really turn at any point - some babies in the middle of birth! Just something I found interesting...and not something to worry about for me just yet. We have our next ultrasound next week at my 28 week/7 month appointment, so we'll see where she's at then. Who knows...she'll probably start the u/s upside down and then turn right-side up by the end. That's my little stinker! :)
Other than the baby and belly growing like weeds, not much else is going on here in Iowa. Adam is currently en route to the Ozarks with 5 other guys for a weekend of fishing, hiking, and poker. Sounds perfect since he's not had an opportunity like this in recent memory and with the past year he's (and the guys he's with) had with work, he really deserves it.
I've had to work the past two days at least 7 hrs each day, with some paperwork things being done in a few hours on Tuesday. Next week I'm only scheduled to work Wednesday, but I have several reports due so I will probably go in for a few hours on Monday to get that taken care of. I'm positively petrified of all the paperwork and things I have to get in order outside of the normal beginning of the year things to prep for my subs. I believe I will just have 3...one for my preschool evaluations/0-3 program, one for the high school (half day), and one for my elementary school in Davenport. I just hope they don't all think I'm crazy or find major errors that I made and didn't know about...
One more pregnancy symptom besides the fatigue I talked about earlier...a tight back. It doesn't hurt but I can feel knots forming especially when I had Adam rub it out a bit the other night. I'm thankful that it's the muscular portions of my back and not my spine area...which is usually where my back hurts if it's going to. It's not bad yet...but will likely get worse as I go. I've come to terms with it. As long as I continue to have a great husband who will help me out there once in a while, it's all good. :)
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