23 weeks

Nothing has really change pregnancy wise, but I'm trying to be consistent with these updates so I'll fill it out.

Pregnancy: 23 weeks

Weight Gain: -20 lbs

Sleep: I've kind of given up on sleeping a regular night. I had a panic attack last night (related to Noah, not the pregnancy) and took some benadryl to calm down. probably best 5 hrs of sleep i've had in the past few months. my belly is starting to get heavier so it's harder to turn over and I just can't get comfortable at night.

Gender: Girl!

Name: Darcy Noelle

Feeling: I feel fine. I mean, I'm pregnant. I have anxiety and I'm hormonal...which means, I'm fine.

Health: health is awesome. no swelling this time around yet (knock on wood) and the only complaints i have are normal pregnancy ones (heartburn).

Movement: she moves a lot. still not a ton of movement from the outside, but if i sit reallllly still you can see her sometimes.

Next Appointment: December 3rd, at 24w3d

22 weeks

Pregnancy: 22 weeks

Weight Gain: -19 lbs

Sleep: it comes and goes. good days, bad days. I'm still exhausted and generally in bed by 9...then up again around 1 or so :-/

Gender: Girl!

Name: Darcy Noelle

Feeling: about the same. tired, achy, grumpy.

Health: i'm in great health. had an itchy weekend but as long as i keep up with my allergy meds it seems to be gone.

Movement: she moves a lot. still not a ton of movement from the outside, but if i sit reallllly still you can see her sometimes.

Next Appointment: December 3rd, at 24w3d

21 weeks

Pregnancy: 21 weeks

Weight Gain: -20 lbs (which means i gained a lb this week!)

Sleep: still spotty. some nights I get awesome sleep, but the past two mornings Sprout has woken me up at 3-4 am with dance parties.

Gender: it's a girl!

Name: Darcy Noelle

Feeling: right now, i'm feeling great. still on an excitement high from the ultrasound. Baby was yawning, rolling, playing peek-a-boo and just very active in general.

Health: i'm healthy, but i still feel like crud a lot. still random nausea. i try to deny it, but it's just not going away.

Movement: She's very active. Only really felt her from the outside a few times, but she moves constantly.

Next Appointment: December 3rd (I moved it so it's easier for Joe to attend).

20 weeks

Pregnancy: 20 weeks

Weight Gain: -21 lbs Doctor isn't concerned, so I'm okay with this.

Sleep: I get some, occasionally...when i'm not waking up to pee every hour.

Gender: still TBD. baby was uncooperative, but the u/s lady said she'd 'lean towards girl' based on a shot she got while the baby was flipping around.

Name: waiting for the follow up u/s to announce

Feeling: hormonal, tired, and fat. grumpy a lot too. (about the same. really sick of getting sick)

Health: aside from the morning sickness (still), round ligament pain, swollen feet, and backaches...i'm in great health.

Movement: baby has dance parties now. Joe even felt him/her from the outside for the first time!

Next Appointment: November 9th for follow up ultrasound, December 6th for next checkup. They mentioned I can talk about scheduling my c-section then. holy crap, how did it get to be that close already?

19 weeks

Pregnancy: 19 weeks Weight Gain: -20 lbs *sigh* i know i have weight to spare, but it makes me anxious to lose while pregnant. Sleep: about the same. waking up more to pee, and joe has a cold so the snoring has gotten worse. Gender: still TBD. baby was uncooperative, but the u/s lady said she'd 'lean towards girl' based on a shot she got while the baby was flipping around. Name: waiting for the follow up u/s to announce Feeling: hormonal, tired, and fat. grumpy a lot too. Health: okay...allergies and headaches. i can't wear my night guard b/c it makes me gag, so i'm having jaw pains too. Movement: mostly still flutters, a few harder bumps last week. Next Appointment: November 1st for checkup. November 9th for follow up ultrasound- they couldn't get views of the heart, and we'll get to try again for sex confirmation.

Pregnancy updates

Stealing from several blogs I've read.

Pregnancy: 18 weeks 1 day
Weight Gain: -18
Sleep: off and on, some nights are great but i'm usually waking up 3-4 times a night. and did I mention Joe snores? he does- a lot...like, i consider smothering him with a pillow some nights b/c even sleeping with ear plugs doesn't block the sound!
Gender: TBD- TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Name: I have one picked out for boy and girl, but i'm waiting til tomorrow since I totally changed my mind on names after I found out gender with Noah.
Feeling: anxious, terrified, scared...excited.
Health: good
Movement: flutters
Next Appointment: ultrasound tomorrow, next checkup- November 1st.

updates

I've been super quiet on here lately. In May, I had a miscarriage. I guess it was technically a chemical pregnancy, b/c it was over before I even really found out about it, but that didn't make it any less painful. My period was a day late, super heavy, and shorter then normal...I figured I was just lucky by having it be shorter. Then 2 weeks later I started puking, so I took a test b/c I just felt off. and it was positive. But none of the numbers/charts added up. So we went for bloodwork. I had been pregnant but the numbers were dropping, so the doctors said I didn't need to wait any cycles to try again and to just keep taking my vitamins and hoping for the best.

Then in July, we found out we were pregnant again. I didn't want to tell anyone until we heard the heartbeat. Then we heard it, and one of my online friends had a missed miscarriage, so I didn't want to get my hopes up and I was still hesitant about spreading any news. Well, now I'm 17 weeks pregnant and we have our 'big' ultrasound on Tuesday. You'd think that I'd be feeling more confident- I'm feeling baby flutters and there are no signs of any problems- but...I'm still terrified.

I've been carrying the fear around and haven't been able to let it go, so I'm hoping by writing it down I can let it go. I'm optimistic for a healthy baby...I'm even more optimistic that it might be a girl (gut feeling). I won't really voice either of those outloud for fear of jinxing myself, but the thoughts are there...Along with the thoughts that there's going to be something wrong with the baby. Again, no real reason for the thoughts, I think I'm just afraid to be too optimistic this time around.

So, if you have any extra room on your prayer list, I'd appreciate some good thoughts sent our way for an uneventful ultrasound on Thursday morning.