Welcome to the third trimester! I believe in my last blog, I might've accidentally said it would start next week. I didn't realize my mistake until a few days ago, and I apologize. I reached 28 weeks of pregnancy this past Tuesday!
And that's not all that's happened these past few weeks. They've been pretty full of exciting things. The least exciting of these? I scored two nursing bras on clearance for only three bucks.
Side tangent: WHY DO THEY NOT MAKE NURSING BRAS FOR SMALL WOMEN WITH BIG BOOBS?!?!?!?!?!?!?! (Sorry if this makes anyone uncomfortable). But seriously, most of them are either for just generally large women or generally small women. How is a woman supposed to find one that supports them properly if no one makes them?! As Andrew said, maybe they do make them, but they're more on the custom order side....which means ridiculously expensive. Sigh. I hate bras.
Okay, tangent done.
So, with the welcome of the third trimester appears to be a continuance, and possibly worsening, of fatigue and the inability to sleep well.
What's the difference between fatigue and pregnancy fatigue? Well, with pregnancy fatigue, you feel the need to get more sleep at night....and then wish you could just be sleeping all day as well. Of course, starting to feel like I need a crane to help me turn over at night, and having to get up and pee constantly, doesn't help.
Today, for example. I suspected I'd sleep great last night. We went for an after-dinner walk for about an hour, which doesn't sound like much until you remember that I haven't been walking up and down hills all that often since it's been too cold or gross to be outside so I'm super out of shape...and carrying an extra load... I slept GREAT for about 5 hours, got up to go to the bathroom, and then couldn't get comfortable and felt like I couldn't breathe properly. So I tossed and turned for an hour before getting back up and getting on the couch. I dozed there until Andrew got up, got back in bed, and slept great for about twenty minutes. Add on top of that the fact that it's raining.
Long story short? I could sleep all day, waking up to eat only, and probably sleep tonight. Yawn.
The welcoming of the third trimester also means I got to take the lovely glucose test this past Monday. Somehow, I managed not to puke it up (seriously, even though this one tasted better than the one I had to drink with Rin, it's still super disgustingly sweet). But! I passed it! And my iron levels look really good! And Amelia moves a lot. And her heart rate is good.
In other news, Rin's two year checkup was yesterday and she did great. She's 34.5 inches tall (4.5 inches taller than half my height....she takes after her daddy) and 27.6 pounds. Her head is still huge, as is on par for the course for her.
Potty training is still happening, though with mixed success. It just depends on the day and how well she slept/how grumpy she is.
And in the most exciting news, Monday was Appalachian's education career fair. Andrew was offered an early contract. For those who don't know what that is:
Schools are not legally allowed to offer, and students not legally allowed to sign, a binding contract until the student has finished with student teaching and graduated, thus getting their legal license to teach. What they CAN do is offer an early, non-binding contract, that is a written agreement stating the school system's intent to hire the student as long as they graduate, and the student's intent to accept a position at that time.
Basically, it's the closest thing we can possibly have to having a guaranteed job! We know the school system (Gaston County), but don't know the school yet. There is plenty that is still up in the air and can change on us, but our plans are starting to move forward!
Well, Rin is currently watching Pooh bear and coloring on the couch, and it's snack time (even if she's not hungry, I am!), so this looks like the end of my update. I hope you're all doing well! Until next time! (And I apologize for not having any pictures this time around...I'll try to do better next time!)
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Thursday, March 16, 2017
A Semi-Simple Update
Wait.....it's already been almost a MONTH sine I last posted anything?!
(Head's up: Rin is WAY more active than these pictures would have you believe....most of the time, I can't get good pictures because she's moving too much!)
Not a lot has happened in that time, but a lot has been on my mind. So I'm sitting here, after finally having a toddler meltdown calmed down, lunch eaten, another meltdown calmed, the toddler down for a nap, and a slice of chocolate banana bread eaten, trying to decide what to write.
I think I'll do some updates for now.
Rin
As you probably know, Rin turned two last month. And it's obvious.
Today's aforementioned meltdown came about right after I put part of lunch on the table. I wouldn't be "nice" and let her play in the cabinets, so she laid in my lap while I sat on the floor and wailed and begged me to hold her (um, hey kid, I'm already holding you because you're IN MY LAP). For at least five minutes. I finally got her to realize she was indeed hungry, and we started on lunch. There was another momentary meltdown during lunch. And then nap time came. I held her for maybe five minutes and she kept indicating she wanted in her crib. I put her down and walk out the door. She starts crying. I ask what's wrong. "Mama hold?" Um. No. You kept trying to kick me and get down when I was holding you. And I'm sore. AH!
Oh, and did I tell you all she has THREE molars pushing through at the same time?!
Add on top of this the fact that she can now open doors, and wants to explore everything.
And we've renewed the attempts of potty training, using stickers as bribery. The first few days weren't great, but she's (mostly) getting better! I just hope it keeps getting better.
Andrew
Andrew now has less than two months left of student teaching (Just over 6 weeks, actually). Woohoo!
He has an interview next week, and two career fairs coming up. We still need to iron out what exactly we're looking for in a potential job and living area, other than preferring to be closer to home, but we keep procrastinating because, well, life.
Other than that, he's doing pretty well. And he finally got to feel Amelia moving!
Me
As for me, well, I'm doing alright. I haven't had any super intense crazy lady moments anymore. Only slightly crazy.
As of next week, I'll officially be in the third trimester.
I feel like a whale most days. I'm starting to have some insomnia kick in, though thankfully it isn't every night.
I'm sore a lot, but at least Amelia isn't just hunkering down in my lower pelvis QUITE as much as she was. When I say hunker, I mean that there for a few weeks, I felt like I has pulled a groin muscle. Not. Fun.
I'm also super prone to crying. Last night, I cried because I messed up cooking dinner. I had forgotten to pull the fish out to thaw (on top of forgetting to get juice and some spice we were out of that's essential to a meal we were supposed to do Monday, but got postponed to today), so it didn't sear properly and stuck to the pan worse than I've ever seen. Fortunately, Andrew reminded me that he forgot these things too and that it was okay. It didn't hurt that he also told me the fish still tasted good.
I went through a nesting phase last week where I deep cleaned and organized the bathroom and kitchen. Now, I have no energy to do such things, but my brain has decided to take over and think of all the things I'd like to organize and decorate when we move. Which is a little annoying because I can't do ANYTHING about that yet. Except maybe Pinterest.
And I'm thinking of all the packing that we have to start doing. It's really not THAT much, but with another baby on the way, it certainly feels like it.
By the way, does anyone have any recommendations for things to make packing more efficient? I got to thinking about things like winter and baby clothes....how well do those storage bags that you use a vacuum to suck out the air work?
And now that I've gone on a tangent, I suppose I should say that's the end of the updates!
As for any other thoughts, they may just need to wait until next time.
(Head's up: Rin is WAY more active than these pictures would have you believe....most of the time, I can't get good pictures because she's moving too much!)
Not a lot has happened in that time, but a lot has been on my mind. So I'm sitting here, after finally having a toddler meltdown calmed down, lunch eaten, another meltdown calmed, the toddler down for a nap, and a slice of chocolate banana bread eaten, trying to decide what to write.
I think I'll do some updates for now.
Rin
As you probably know, Rin turned two last month. And it's obvious.
Today's aforementioned meltdown came about right after I put part of lunch on the table. I wouldn't be "nice" and let her play in the cabinets, so she laid in my lap while I sat on the floor and wailed and begged me to hold her (um, hey kid, I'm already holding you because you're IN MY LAP). For at least five minutes. I finally got her to realize she was indeed hungry, and we started on lunch. There was another momentary meltdown during lunch. And then nap time came. I held her for maybe five minutes and she kept indicating she wanted in her crib. I put her down and walk out the door. She starts crying. I ask what's wrong. "Mama hold?" Um. No. You kept trying to kick me and get down when I was holding you. And I'm sore. AH!
Oh, and did I tell you all she has THREE molars pushing through at the same time?!
Add on top of this the fact that she can now open doors, and wants to explore everything.
And we've renewed the attempts of potty training, using stickers as bribery. The first few days weren't great, but she's (mostly) getting better! I just hope it keeps getting better.
Andrew now has less than two months left of student teaching (Just over 6 weeks, actually). Woohoo!
He has an interview next week, and two career fairs coming up. We still need to iron out what exactly we're looking for in a potential job and living area, other than preferring to be closer to home, but we keep procrastinating because, well, life.
Other than that, he's doing pretty well. And he finally got to feel Amelia moving!
Me
As for me, well, I'm doing alright. I haven't had any super intense crazy lady moments anymore. Only slightly crazy.
As of next week, I'll officially be in the third trimester.
I feel like a whale most days. I'm starting to have some insomnia kick in, though thankfully it isn't every night.
I'm sore a lot, but at least Amelia isn't just hunkering down in my lower pelvis QUITE as much as she was. When I say hunker, I mean that there for a few weeks, I felt like I has pulled a groin muscle. Not. Fun.
I'm also super prone to crying. Last night, I cried because I messed up cooking dinner. I had forgotten to pull the fish out to thaw (on top of forgetting to get juice and some spice we were out of that's essential to a meal we were supposed to do Monday, but got postponed to today), so it didn't sear properly and stuck to the pan worse than I've ever seen. Fortunately, Andrew reminded me that he forgot these things too and that it was okay. It didn't hurt that he also told me the fish still tasted good.
I went through a nesting phase last week where I deep cleaned and organized the bathroom and kitchen. Now, I have no energy to do such things, but my brain has decided to take over and think of all the things I'd like to organize and decorate when we move. Which is a little annoying because I can't do ANYTHING about that yet. Except maybe Pinterest.
And I'm thinking of all the packing that we have to start doing. It's really not THAT much, but with another baby on the way, it certainly feels like it.
By the way, does anyone have any recommendations for things to make packing more efficient? I got to thinking about things like winter and baby clothes....how well do those storage bags that you use a vacuum to suck out the air work?
And now that I've gone on a tangent, I suppose I should say that's the end of the updates!
As for any other thoughts, they may just need to wait until next time.
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