Cravings/Aversions: I am craving bologna sandwiches! I Saturday morning I ate one for breakfast. I really shouldn't even be eating bologna but I can't help it! I wouldn't call pizza an aversion but strangely, I normally love pizza and I have no desire to eat it right now. I have slowed down on sweets too. I normally love candy and I still feel like I want candy but when I try to figure out what kind, nothing sounds good. I was also craving fried chicken and orange juice recently but I've had both and now I feel better. The only craving that's hung around is the bologna.
Symptoms: Heartburn got to the point of misery so I've started on a daily zantac and feel much better. I still keep my tums in my purse just in case but I only use them rarely now. The crazy exhaustion from the first trimester seems to be coming back. I am worn out a lot because I don't sleep well. I wake up around 3 or 4 most mornings and then toss and turn. Unfortunately, I think I also wake Carl up. I guess we are practicing for when she arrives. My leg cramps have gotten worse. I have been getting Charlie horses since the beginning but they have been mild until now. Now they make me jump out of the bed. Imagine waking up to extreme pain in your calf, trying to untangle from the blankets, roll over with a beach ball for a belly, and get out of bed to massage your leg and try break the cramp. No easy task. Probably funny to watch though. Summer time in Houston is not kind to a pregnant lady. I feel like once I get hot, I have a very hard time cooling down.
News this week: I saw my doctor last week and expressed some concern because I wasn't feeling Avery move much. I had been seeing my stomach jump and move and then it seemed to dwindle to the point I was only feeling her maybe once a day. The doctor ordered an ultrasound because with my hypertension I'm at risk for low amniotic fluid levels. Low levels would cause decreased movement. Either that or it could be a lazy baby. I was concerned and not excited to have to wait until today to see how Avery was doing. Well ever since the doctor called her lazy my little girl has been working to prove her wrong. She's been moving and grooving several times a day. We had our childbirth class on Saturday and she kept bumping and kicking Carl's hand while it was on my belly. The ultrasound was today and according to the sonographer, she has plenty of fluid. She is also still a girl. And she's a big girl! She is 3.3 lbs. I guess at her size she is measuring at 30 weeks rather than 28. I don't think they change due dates at this stage of pregnancy because babies grow at different rates at this point but I guess she is about the size of a baby due October 27, rather than November 8. So who knows, maybe she will surprise us and get here before Halloween!
I haven't posted any pictures lately so here are a few:
Here is Avery today. Can you see her face? Her eyes and her little button nose?!
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