26 Weeks

 

This is what a vacation does to you, right? come back a bit heavier?

I have grown leaps and bounds now and loving that I actually feel and look pregnant. 

Brinley is constantly moving. I notice it a lot more after I eat meals. She tries to punch out of both ends. 

It's funny to think I just sit and stare at my belly when she dances around....gosh, it will be 10 times worst when I actually see her face. I wont get a single thing done anymore!

I can not wait!

One thing I have notice this week is the pregnancy brain. I will forget things or words so quickly. I try to think really hard and not blame it on the pregnancy but I don't know what else to do. 

I felt my first contraction while we were in Hawaii. My stomach got so hard and I felt like I didn't want to walk because it was tight. Haven't felt it since. I did have a tiny bit of bleeding this week so I'm taking it extra easy because my Dr. said if it happens again before my next appt. in a week in a half to call the hospital and head in for evaluation. To me that just means Bed Rest...boo. 

Other then that I'm doing great! 

Here I am in Maui during our Babymoon!!! We did not want to leave!

100 days to go...

 

Well, I hate counting down because we all know and have heard that babies will come when they  want to come. Some come really really early and some test their mom's patient  way before they arrive and show up late. So with this post saying I have 100 days left...It's more like I have 100 days left until she is full term and then I will be ready for her arrival. 

Being in a swim suit for the past week and not showing off my bare belly people give me these looks....like I'm hope she pregnant because she has a big gut.

Why isn't she going all the way in the spa? maybe she isn't fat but pregnant.

(The best was Joe was showing me the right way to make a basket in the pool basketball...and anytime I jumped I felt like a whale coming back down...hahah) I think I created a lot more waves then he did.

25 Weeks!

Here I am 25 weeks into this pregnancy and enjoying our "Babymoon" in Hawaii. 

I feel like I'm hiding a basketball under there. She moves a lot still and enjoys carbs!

I take Tums with me where ever I go and try to drink water more and more. Somehow that was so easy in the beginning but I do love having a slip of soda here and there. I feel bigger,  but I see pictures and don't feel as big as my stomach looks. I love walks and glad I can enjoy that again for now. I try not to put stress on us and keep us health. 

I have to say when we flew over here I swear she moved up higher like she knew we were going up in the air. It's an amazing feeling. We just love our little bun in the oven. We are so glad we were able to take this time to run away together and have a good vacation. I can't imagine what vacation will look like bring a baby! whoa!

Here's some 25 weeks facts:

They say my uterus is the size of a soccer ball (I just laugh)

She weighs more then a 1lb and a half. 

From head to heel she measures about 13 1/2 inches. 

She will now start gaining some baby fat!

24 Weeks

The bump bump is here and I love it. I've been good this week and staying off my feet when possible. I never made it back to a pilates class last week because I was so sore, but I'm going tomorrow morning. It's great to feel good while pregnant. 

This week I'm getting my pregnancy dream!

Just a few days ago my husband decided we should just do it and go on a babymoon. He looked into a cruise, because we both just love eating, but all cruises have said no one after their 24th week and well with my condition it can be life threating out on the open seas if I start to bleed. We were so excited to decided on Hawaii. 1st-It has a kaiser so I can drop by any hospital if needs be (my dr. liked that). 2nd- Joe has never been!!! yes, I went 3 times in one year and feel like I know the place (Oahu) pretty well. 3rd- Joe's best friend is studying at BYU-H right now and we would love to see him and others that are there. 4th- Its the same week my cousin is going to be filming in Hawaii Five-O as an extra so we get to spend some time with her and her parents. 5th- My uncle is still a pilot for American Airlines and pretty much last min. trips are great when you have those perks. We are actually going and staying in hotels for pennies. So I've been doing a lot of laundry and packing and can not wait to live in a bathing suit. by the way my friend gave me good advice and I bought the cutest tankini at target a size up and it works great with the bump!!

We are so very excited to go...

Mahalo

ohhh my abs hurt, wait...do I even have abs?

So I went to my pilates classes last nigh and felt great! My teacher showed me all my new pregnancy moves to make it easy on the baby. I felt so great I took the dogs on a walk this morning and well...tonight I'm feeling it in my abs.
I was a little concern with working my abs, but I trust my teach, so I continue (please if any pilate instructor knows any better please tell me).
So tonight I was moving around a lot more (thanks to my ribs placed in the right place) and noticed my abs...well whatever is right below my boobs hurt, like sore hurt. It feels good to feel human. Although I am so shocked that I'm not doing water aerobics because I'm such a water baby.
To be 24+ weeks and feeling great is good.

Jamie- I had to go back to find your posts when you were pregnant with B and read about your placenta experience and bed rest. Man, you are amazing and so uplifting. Thanks for you thoughts and prayers!
Brittany- I don't know where I have this urge to workout..and believe me that I say I just started this whole lets workout thing about a year ago. We will see how long I last now..haha. I hope everything works out with the producer( that would be awesome!) either way I hope you get to come out. still thinking of you and little Declan!!! sending much love and prayers your way!

P.S.
I'm huge! well I'm bigger and gaining some weight :) picture won't come till my week 24 post.

Dr. check up

I dragged Joe to my appointment this morning in hope for all my good thoughts to come true. Well, only one did..I can start slowly doing some exercise again as long as my body can handle it. So I'm starting off with my favorite butt kicker, Pilates tonight.
We will see how I feel about this tomorrow since it's been almost 6 months since I've been back!

Unfortunately, my Dr. showed me their was no change in the location of the placenta. :( not bad, but not good. Still on pelvic rest and hope that I don't have any cramping or bleeding. Nothing I can do about this but take it easy some more. I'll have another ultrasound the beginning of next month but he said the following month, April's appointment will be able to determine if we are planning for a vaginal delivery or schedule C-section (that is to say if I haven't bleed or had any cramping, which then their is no choice including bed rest).  I'm in favor of whatever the Dr. tells me to do. I just want my baby Brynn to be here already. So here's to another month taking it easy.  I'm so grateful Joe and I are in the position in our life to deal with this minor hiccup in our pregnancy. Once again, I'm not worried...just so happy I can look down and see and feel her move all over the place. I'm so lucky and this time last year I would have given anything to be where I'm at now so to that I'm grateful. I another reminder that we plan, but the Lord as a plan for us.

23 Weeks

See post below on my unhappy week of 23..and why I'm smiling so much today!

Things that have been new this past week are: Heartburn (had it twice), moving/dancing girl in my belly, been lifting and doing to much with makes me so happy/nervous to see my dr tomorrow to see if the Placenta Previa has cleared!!!
So tomorrow I'll have another Ultrasound to see where the placenta is at these days. I'm dying to get back to exercising and doing more so lets hope its all good news. Recently I haven't felt the pressure down there I felt earlier last month so my guess is it's moved, plus I'm not running to the bathroom as much, another good sign.
As of this morning I'm feeling GREAT!! love this pregnancy, can't believe how far we have come now.

A little out of place

Oh this week has been a interesting one. I'm sure glad for my husband's sake that it's over. I've been such a Queen Bee the past week (for what I still think is good reason).
The previous Saturday I went into work for what I saw on the books was 1 client. no biggie, right? I slipped on my high heel toms (that are semi comfy, and great height to work in) After I finished my first I saw another client on the books...well this happened the rest of the day and 8 hours later I was completely done. Now, to understand my unusual salon you have to know if I don't have anyone on the books I don't get paid, therefore I don't have to sit there and wait...I always go 7 mins away home and they call me when they book someone. As for someone just starting up a clientele I'm not always in, plus, I work 3 days a week!! The next day I went to a work hair show and walked all around. once again, I'm trying to stay off my feet when needed but this week I think I forgot and didn't listen to dr. orders.
After a few days I realized my back was hurting and I just tried to shrug it off as normal pregnancy back ache. Because, lets face it people...my belly is growing.
I found myself sitting in a massage chair for over an hour (ya not a good thing, it was nice during that time).
The next few days I kept getting pain down my legs and in my upper back. I had shortness of breath as well.  I kind of just thought my pregnancy just took a turn for not so easy anymore.
Finally after another Saturday working with just a few clients I was in so much pain. If I lay still I was okay. The weirdest part was laying on my left side hurt the worst and that side is suppose to be the best for pregnancy so I couldn't understand why I was in pain.
Sunday morning came around I just was wasn't going to get up and go to church. Just laying there still felt so good. I wondered if I should go to the Dr? but then I read online about getting adjusted can really help throughout your pregnancy.
We have a close family friend that is the best Chiropractor ever! With normal patients like you and I to world class sports athletes like Kelly Slater, P.J Benn. Here's a link to their website Natural Health Sports Therapy. So I called him up and he said I could come over.
I was telling Joe on the way I have never see a Chiropractor and was curious what he could even do and how hard would it be because I'm pregnant.
He had me lay on my right side so he could work out the spot on my left. It just felt like a nice massage. Then he cracked my back and I heard all of the cracking I knew I wasn't going crazy and something had been wrong. He said I had some ribs, yes my ribs, out of place that were causing the pain and shortness of breath.
I felt 100 times better!!! After a good night sleep I am just happy as a clam!!
Joe even said this morning if this is how happy I am after getting adjusted I can get adjusted everyday!!!! So glad he understands I'll be wanting more of these :)

So moral of the story is: go get adjusted during pregnancy it will feel amazing on that growing stretching body of yours!