Pregnancy Week 22: Baby Registry

I wasn't originally going to make a registry since this is my second baby. However, I've had a few people ask me where I'm registered so I figured I might as well. We are registered on Amazon. I will add other things over time, but the things that are on there now are what I thought of off the top of my head that we do not have.

The baby bump is here to stay. I was having the magical disappearing/reappearing bump for the last week or so. I'd go to bed with a bump and wake up with not much of anything. Now it's bump central all day! This week's pictures were taken a few days late, so it's more like 22 weeks compared to 22.5 weeks.

I am 98% of the way done with my knitting and sewing projects for Christmas gifts. I just need to weave in stray threads and everything will be complete. I think this is the first year I'm not working down to the last minute to finish my crafty gifts.

For fun, here is a pregnancy survey.

Due date: 4/21/2017

Baby is the size of a: spaghetti squash. She is about 11 inches long. At 21+4, she weighed 1 pound based on my ultrasound.

Total weight gain/loss: I am up 7 pounds from my pre-pregnancy weight. However, I lost 3 pounds during the first trimester due to morning sickness so I've technically gained 10.

Exercise: After we got rear ended I was put on modified rest for a little while. My midwife gave me the green light at my last appointment to ease my way back into exercise. I worked out three days last week and I plan on working out four days this week. Hopefully the week after that I'll be back to my usual five days a week.

Stretch marks: None (yet). I didn't get any with E, but every pregnancy is different. Hopefully, I can avoid them with this pregnancy as well :)

Swelling: None.

Maternity clothes: I am in a mix of maternity and regular clothes. Maternity pants don't fit yet (not enough belly to hold them up), but the shirts mostly do. I live in fleece leggings most days, though.

Bellybutton: Still an innie! I never got an outie with E, but it went kind of flat instead.

Sleep: Sleep is the best. My sciatica bothers me most days and I'm starting to get the annoying nerve pinch in my middle back that I got while pregnant with E. Going to bed at the end of the day feels phenomenal.

Food cravings: Baked zitiiiiiiiii. It's the best.

Movement: I felt flutters around 12 weeks. I wasn't sure the first time I felt it since it was so fast, but it's a pretty distinct feeling. I felt my first big movements around 17 weeks. At 19ish weeks, hubs could feel the kicks as well.

Labor signs: Nope! Way too soon for that. I do get Braxton hicks randomly.

What I miss: Wine and dark beer.

What I’m loving: My little baby bump.

Best moment this week: I have a maternity shirt that says "Here comes trouble" and has little handprints on it. E saw it and said "Baby's hands!" She is so cute.

What I’m looking forward to: When E gets to feel the baby kick. I'm not sure she will understand, but we will see :)

Pregnancy Week 21: Over Half Way!

This pregnancy is flying by compared to E's. My pregnancy with E didn't crawl by or anything, but having a toddler certainly makes the days go by quickly. The comparison pictures for this week are a little deceiving. At 21 weeks with E, my belly started to poke out a tiny bit. Then the next day at 21+1, it vanished. It was very odd.

It's been an eventful couple of weeks. My mom flew out to help us after the accident since I wasn't allowed to pick up E. Then we did our Christmas before we start visiting family for the holidays. We got E a few things, but her favorite gift by far was her new light up shoes.

My mother in law got her a pink kid's coupe. It was a bear to put together, but she loves it. She does not, however, understand how to get into it. She constantly tries to get in through the back window or side window. There is a perfectly accessible swinging door on the one side, but why do things the easy way? This is what the car looks like.

Hubs got me a Roomba! I am super excited about it. The floors in this house show every little spec of dust. We can both sweep multiple times per day, but it will still look dirty. It's going to be so nice to not have to sweep all the time.

I had another ultrasound today since the first one was incomplete. The tech was able to see everything she needed to and baby girl is looking great :) She weighs one pound and is measuring almost spot on. According to my LMP, I am 21+4 today. Based on charting, I am 21+2. The ultrasound puts baby girl at 21+3. Right on the money!