25+ Week Update

Well, she is moving around a lot more than before...much more like how I remember Canon feeling.  I have gotten Canon to feel her move once or twice, but now every time I ask if he wants to feel the baby move he is not the least bit interested.  Why is it that fetuses always seem to want to have a dance party as you're laying down to go to sleep at night?  It's like they just woke up from a nap and are all ready to play when you can't seem to hold your eyes open another minute.  (Which, of course, makes it hard for you to fall asleep when you really want to sleep!)  I love feeling her move around, especially the feeling of her pushing against both sides at once.  The other thing is that I still feel like I've only gained about 10 lbs max so far.  If I gain 1lb/week from here on out, will still have gained about 10 lbs less than I did with Canon.  Crazy, huh?  That's fine by me...I seriously don't want a new record weight.

As for the health of the pregnancy, my last doctor's appointment went really well...except that waiting an entire hour after I drank the "orange drink" for my blood tests...that was difficult.  (I was already really hungry when I drank it, and I had to wait for an hour.  Canon was starting to get hungry by that time too, and I forgot to replenish the snacks in the diaper bag from the previous Sunday.  Grrr!  Thank goodness the medical center had a cafeteria!)  We heard a healthy heartbeat, and she seems to be just the right size.  They took my blood and said all the measurements seemed to be right on track, including testing the thyroid because I brought it up since my chiropractor suggested it might be causing some of my symptoms of fatigue.  However, they mentioned that my iron count was a little on the low side.  They didn't say it was dangerous or even worth being alarmed about, but they did recommend that I take an iron supplement in addition to my prenatal pill.  She said that was totally normal in this stage of pregnancy, and they wanted my to boost up my iron count in preparation for childbirth, since you often lose blood during delivery.  So, I now take 4 pills each day for my pregnancy: 1 iron supplement and 1 heartburn pill in the morning, and 1 heartburn pill and 1 prenatal pill at night.  Other than my lack of total agility and flexibility...and that pesky pain in my lower back that keeps coming back...I'd say that I feel really good with this pregnancy.  There are times when I just have aches and pains, but overall I'm still super excited to be pregnant...getting ready for our little girl.

My belly is still growing.  See!

week 25 this time

side view of week 25

good look at week 25

 Compare it to the last pregnancy:

week 25 with Canon

week 27 with Canon