23 weeks

23 weeks

December 13, 2011

Size of baby: a large mango. He weighs over a pound is approximately 11 inches long

Total Weight Gain/Loss:  +4.5 pounds

Maternity Clothes: this past week I went and bought another pair of jeans and had to buy some tops. (Plus they were having a buy one get one 50% off). All my shirts are getting shorter and don’t lay right.  They pop out at the bottom. Plus once you start wearing maternity tops- they look so much cuter along with feel more comfortable. I think I’ll stick with all maternity for outings. However, at home- I’m in either stretchy pj’s or sweatpants and t-shirts. That is the good thing about being preggers in winter. I am super comfy at home because you can’t go wrong with sweat pants and sweat shirts.
Gender: “A brand new baby boy to fill our lives and hearts with joy”
Movement: all the time. I think he moves a lot. Granted- I don’t have anything to compare too but I think he squirms all the time. I love watching my stomach move and laying there and feeling him kick super hard. Still so crazy when you actually think about it.
Sleep:  better than last week. still stuffy and my back has been hurting but sleeping better. However, it does make me sad to think I won’t be sleeping through the night for a long long time. Every night I try to tell myself come on…sleep till the alarm….hasn’t happened yet but I’m working on it.

What I miss: sleeping without a giant pillow, sleeping on my back & stomach
Cravings: crushed ice
Symptoms: Had a pretty good week. I feel like this past week I have been more moody than the past. I will just wake up in a bad mood and try to talk myself out of them but then something at work will happen that will just piss me off more. So I have been pretty moody and have cried a lot this week- sometimes with good reason and sometimes no reason other than tears are coming and I can’t explain it. Also, my back is killing me. I have been eating a lot more. We went to the doctor as well. I am pretty sure I passed my kidney stone. They said the ultrasound showed my kindeys were "some fancy doctor word" which basically means inflamed and irritated (which could be because I passed the stone) along with filled with a large amount of fluid- all accredited to being pregnant. 
Here is Week 23