Prenatal Appointment #4 - Week 22

I should clarify this is our fourth regularly scheduled prenatal appointment at our standard 4 week interval as we did have an unexpected visit pop up a few weeks ago.

Our appointment was at 22 weeks and 1 day.  Which means my next prenatal appointment is when I have to do the one hour glucose test.  It's scheduled for week 26.  I can't believe we're that far along already!

 The doctor today said I'm measuring right where I should be, which is good news!

We listened to the heartbeat again, which started at 167, but as we listened, it calmed back down to 156.  So far it's always been in the 150s, so we were surprised at the 160s, but the doctor said all sounded well!

Week 22

Weight: 146

Total Weight Gain: 6 pounds

The nursery is all taped off for painting.  We're slowly getting there!

I miss working out.  I'm still walking and doing yoga weekly, but I miss going to kickboxing and running and serious sweaty workouts.  I'm looking forward to starting back to kickboxing and running after baby. 

I'm continuing to feel baby movement, which is exciting. 

Our schedule continues to busy itself with appointments.  We learned after an ultrasound of my kidneys that they are swollen, and I have what is likely kidney stones in my left kidney.  I have an appointment with the urologist later this week.  Fortunately, it hasn't been painful, but it is most likely the cause of the blood in my urine. 

Week 21 Day 4

Caden asked me this week how they will get the baby out of my belly.  Keith was in the room too and after a long awkward look, I replied I would go to the hospital for that to happen.  We were lucky enough that the pause had got him distracted, he accepted the answer and off he went.  

I've been feeling the baby move the last week-ish.  I think it's been happening longer, but I wasn't sure that was it until the last few days/week.  It brings a smile to my face a few times a day. 

Week 21

My sweater doesn't show a lot, but it's growing more noticeable every week.

Weight: 144.5

I can't believe we're this far!

Although the last week has caused for an extra unexpected appointment, and a scheduling of an appointment with a urologist later this week.  Hopefully everything will be just fine.  The issue I had last week with my urine has not gone away, nor has a cause been found.  So hopefully this week's appointment will provide us some answers.  

We bought the paint for the nursery this weekend, now it just needs applied to the walls!  I'm quite anxious to get this done, but midterms are next week, and that is a priority right now.  Mid-way through the semester and just over mid-way through pregnancy!  So much to celebrate right now!

 My next few weeks are busy busy, especially with work.  I have a trip coming up for work and lots to get prepared for.  

We're hoping to start out baby registry this weekend, or very soon at least.  Our goal is to keep it fairly simple and practical, and one of the ways we plan to do this is to prepare ahead of time with a list so we don't get too caught up with stuff!  We'll see how it goes soon!

Week 20 Day 4

I'm much happier with this 20 week photo, excluding the bare feet, but the time we were home last night to take the photo, I couldn't stand the boots anymore!

The Nursery Step 1

We're getting ready to paint the nursery.

This bedroom has been used for a variety of things since we moved in, let's see if I can remember what we've done with it.  First it was just an extra bedroom with a twin bed in it.  That didn't last long as shortly after we moved in the boys moved into twin beds and we no longer had a bed for the room.  Then it became Keith's office/man room.  He had our desktop in there and a couch, but it wasn't used too much.  Once we finished the room in the basement the computer went downstairs and it became a storage room for awhile.  I spruced it back up over time and it became a sitting room that no one used for awhile.  It was so infrequently used that we shut off the heating vents to the room and kept the door closed to save costs.

And now, it's ready to become a nursery!  We hid some furniture in the closet we intend to use in the room to make painting easier, moved the rest to the middle of the room and have selected a paint color. 

Let the painting begin!

Week 20 Day 2 - Halfway!

We've struggled at getting the photo taken this week, so it's a few days late.  I hate to say it, but I hate the photo also.  It's terrible.  I need to start looking at these before I let Keith move on to something else!  It's so bad I hardly want to post it, and the sad thing is, it's the better of the two he did take. 

Weight: 143.5

I gained 3 pounds this week; I think it has something to do with all the birthday goodies!  My total weight gain so far is 3.5 pounds. 

Things have been going really well, as long as you exclude an unusual occurrence I had last week.  A week ago I went to use the restroom like I do many times a day, but this time my pee was pink.  I immediately called my doctors office who had me go in for a urine sample where they confirmed that there was blood in my pee.  It is commonly associated with a bladder infection UTI, but they didn't seem to see that in my sample.  I started antibiotics the next day, but by then my pee was back to normal and things have been ever since.  It was quite the nerve wracking experience a the time.

Things have been busier lately with school and things.

We're finally making some progress on the nursery.  It is ready to be painted, and we've selected a color!

I can't believe we're almost at mid-term time for school already.  It seems like classes just started. 

I bought my first maternity dress over the weekend at target on the clearance rack for $9.  I can still fit into a lot of my clothes, and the thought of buying clothes for a growing me has be confused and hating shopping.  So we decided not to bother until I actually out grow my clothes.  That is a relief for the time being, but I fear I will one day have nothing to wear to work and be rushed to shop for clothes on a busy day.

I think may have felt baby move a time or two, but I'm not really sure.  It's about that time everything says I should, but how do I know?  Time well tell I suppose.

I'm not nearly as tired as I was early in the pregnancy.  However, I also get to a point in the evening when I'm tired, and just need sleep.  I get very grumpy, and I'm sure Keith would agree.  And once I fall asleep, don't wake me, I'm even grumpier them.  Don't mess with me and my sleep!