Week 24

So, I think I stopped growing? Or maybe I am just transitioning shapes. I feel like I look the same as my 20wk pictures. I look more pregnant in clothes, but smaller in my belly pics. I guess I should enjoy not being huge and unwieldy while I still can. Not a lot happening this week, but it has FLOWN by! I can't believe how quickly time has been going lately and once we get into the holidays it's just going to go faster. We scheduled a 3D ultrasound for November 13th and can't wait to see what this little girl looks like! Hopefully we'll get some good shots. That's really about it...I'm still feeling great, have lots of energy, and forget I'm pregnant sometimes until a kick or flip or stabby pain reminds me she is in there.

P.S. For those concerned, no - I am not tanning! I give myself a tan with the picture editor so I don't look so pasty :)

"Someone" Is NOT Going to Like Sharing the Attention with the New "Little Baby Girl"

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Week 23

HAPPY V-DAY AVERY!!! Today I'm 24 weeks and it is what they call "Viability Day," which means IF Avery were to be born she has a 50% better chance of surviving a preterm birth. Doesn't really sound like much to celebrate since this would NOT be a good situation, but it does mean she is growing and becoming more of a little human being in there. It is just another pregnancy milestone and there aren't too many after you hit 20 weeks and find out the gender.

Well, this week was awful, but it wasn't her fault! After two night classes and a stressful and negative 50 hour work week I am burnt out and need some time to recharge my positive energy...lol. Derek is busy all weekend so I will have plenty of time to read a book, watch a movie, and just think about nothing. Not a lot new going on in there as far as I can tell...she was 1lb 5oz at our ultrasound last week, so she's getting big! I feel her kicking all the time, but it seems like every time I try to let Derek feel she stops. She is a stealth baby. Other than finally looking obviously pregnant to strangers and, more importantly, the people I work with, not a lot has changed this week!

Week 22

Well I completely forgot to post last week apparently. Sorry! I guess nothing exciting really happened. Here's a picture of the growing belly as a replacement post! This was taken last Saturday at 23wk1d.

Diaper Bag Dilemma

It seems I am a diaper bag snob :(

I generally hate diaper bags because I have never liked bags/purses that are made of that nylon-ish or slick material and it seems like the majority of diaper bags are not only boxy and square, but made of this very same material. Well wouldn't you know it, they have solutions to this problem but they cost a fortune! I've fallen IN LOVE with a diaper bag that is ridiculously expensive and now there's no turning my head. It's like trying on a $9,000 wedding dress when you can only really afford a $1,000 wedding dress. You just don't do it! I did locate an outlet where I could get the diaper bag on sale in last season's colors, but it's still pretty expensive. *Sigh*

Derek likes to say we like fancy things because we're fancy people...now I just need a fancy income to go with all that! LOL In the meantime I am accepting all suggestions for cute reasonably priced diaper bags! Send me an email if you see one that might turn my head.

Week 21

I'm now less than half way through being pregnant - woohoo! This was a pretty uneventful week. I look about the same and nothing much new has been going on. I got my first, "When are you...uh, are you..." at work yesterday so that was kind of cool to know I am showing enough for people to realize I'm not just packing on the pounds. Then she said, "Well I'm glad because I've had a lot of meetings with you lately and when you started gaining weight I was thinking, 'What is going on with this girl,' but then I saw you the other day and said to myself, 'Oh, she's pregnant.'" Thanks...I think? LOL Here's a new progression of the bump...not much change this week, but definitely some progress overall!

Week 20

Not much happened this week other than my enormous growth spurt! We (as in Derek) put together Avery's crib and as soon as I get the old dresser cleaned out we'll move her new dresser in and start rearranging the room. Derek is building an awesome wall unit for her that I can not WAIT to see finished, but I think it's going to take a few weeks. It's a combination of drawers,cabinets, and shelves. Very cool and I'm really impressed I can just go online and find $2,000 furniture and say "I want this," and he can build it for $200. Very conveinent!

This week Avery is the length of a large banana and she can taste the food I'm eating when she swallows the amniotic fluid (eww). I read in a few places that studies have shown that babies are more likely to respond favorably to foods they tasted most often through the amniotic fluid, so I have been eating a lot healthier. My new favorite lunch is so yummy and good for you! I put chive and onion cream cheese on both sides of a bagel with turkey, cucumbers, and sprouts. YUM! I also have been eating apple slices like they're about to go out of season (are they?) and chocolate pudding cups or chocolate covered raisins for my dessert. It's nice to have more than just carbs and protein for a change. I can't believe that actually got old after awhile...SO glad to not feel sick anymore. I feel fantastic actually!