I'm 25 weeks (and 1 day)! 14ish weeks left!!!!!!
Pregnancy Highlights:
How Far Along: 25 Weeks
Size of baby: Lawson is the size of an eggplant (Baby Center says rutabaga)
Total Weight Gain/Loss: Gained 8 pounds
Maternity Clothes: All maternity pants, shirts are a mixture, I LIVE in dresses!
Gender: It's a BOY! Lawson Ryan Payne :)
Movement: Seriously, this kid either NEVER sleeps or sleeps like a crazy person! I get kicked 24/7...and I absolutely LOVE IT! Dakota felt him for the first time this weekend! He kicked her in the face, ha! She also likes to occasionally punch him (not hard). Brotherly/sisterly love...
Sleep: It's hit or miss. If I can get all my pillows situated the right way and I stay on my side, I sleep ok until 2 or 3 whenever I have to go to the bathroom. If the pillows move and I roll onto my back, I do not sleep well AT ALL!
What I miss: Being able to bend over, ha! Being tan and being skinny too!
Cravings: Strawberries!
Symptoms: Back pain/being unable to lay on my back, growing belly, fatigueCravings: Strawberries!
Best Moment this week: Not really a "best" moment, but we did all our pre-registration paperwork for the hospital and took a tour of the L&D Unit. This really solidified our choice of hospital as it did not have a hospital feel at all (which makes Chris and I both queasy).
Something I want to look back and remember, so I'm adding it here...
This week's doctor appointment (on Wednesday) was tough. I had my 1 hour glucose tolerance test, and drinking the drink was not the hard part. The hard part was about 5 minutes after I drank it and ALL the sugar goes straight to the pit of your stomach and it literally feels like you could vomit any second. I do not eat a lot of sugary things normally, so I don't know if that magnified my reaction or something, but that was terrible! It wasn't the taste like everyone else complains about, it was the reaction my stomach had!
Then, when the Dr. was measuring me, she made a comment that Lawson was measuring large. I have seriously watched my eating and weight gain for 25 weeks now...I mean, I am actually extremely proud of myself for only an 8 pound gain at 25 weeks, and I have told my doctor over and over that my fear is that Lawson is a huge baby. My mom had two huge babies and it was very rough on her body and recovery was HARD. I just do not want to go through that. I started crying when the doctor told me he was measuring big (pregnancy hormones are crazy!), so the doctor ordered another sonogram for July 6th to check his size. I have talked with several people about this, and I think I have come to the decision that if Lawson is a large baby when we do the sonogram (and I'll have another one at 37 weeks for peace of mind), then I will deliver him via c-section. This is what my doctor, Chris, and I are most comfortable with especially given my family history of labor issues and my own anxiety about him being too big. I also know that if Lawson is big, my doctor will let me deliver early, and I do not want to be induced only to labor for 24 hours and end up with a c-section anyway. If I am not already dilated in any way, we will go ahead with the c-section. I NEVER thought I would be saying this, really I didn't, but I think it's what will be best for us to keep me and Lawson safe (my blood pressure SPIKES very easily when stressed).
And...for reading all of that (or skimming, ha!), here are two belly pictures from this week!
24 weeks, 5 days
25 weeks, 1 day. Ignore the sleepy look. I had just woken up from a nap. :)
Something I want to look back and remember, so I'm adding it here...
This week's doctor appointment (on Wednesday) was tough. I had my 1 hour glucose tolerance test, and drinking the drink was not the hard part. The hard part was about 5 minutes after I drank it and ALL the sugar goes straight to the pit of your stomach and it literally feels like you could vomit any second. I do not eat a lot of sugary things normally, so I don't know if that magnified my reaction or something, but that was terrible! It wasn't the taste like everyone else complains about, it was the reaction my stomach had!
Then, when the Dr. was measuring me, she made a comment that Lawson was measuring large. I have seriously watched my eating and weight gain for 25 weeks now...I mean, I am actually extremely proud of myself for only an 8 pound gain at 25 weeks, and I have told my doctor over and over that my fear is that Lawson is a huge baby. My mom had two huge babies and it was very rough on her body and recovery was HARD. I just do not want to go through that. I started crying when the doctor told me he was measuring big (pregnancy hormones are crazy!), so the doctor ordered another sonogram for July 6th to check his size. I have talked with several people about this, and I think I have come to the decision that if Lawson is a large baby when we do the sonogram (and I'll have another one at 37 weeks for peace of mind), then I will deliver him via c-section. This is what my doctor, Chris, and I are most comfortable with especially given my family history of labor issues and my own anxiety about him being too big. I also know that if Lawson is big, my doctor will let me deliver early, and I do not want to be induced only to labor for 24 hours and end up with a c-section anyway. If I am not already dilated in any way, we will go ahead with the c-section. I NEVER thought I would be saying this, really I didn't, but I think it's what will be best for us to keep me and Lawson safe (my blood pressure SPIKES very easily when stressed).
And...for reading all of that (or skimming, ha!), here are two belly pictures from this week!
24 weeks, 5 days
25 weeks, 1 day. Ignore the sleepy look. I had just woken up from a nap. :)
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