It’s hard to believe that I am past the hald-way point of this pregnancy! Here are the lows and highs: I am having a hard time sleeping. I am SO not a side sleeper. I am a stomach sleeper through and through. I have a body pillow that I try to curl around, which helps a lot, but I still inevitably wake up with a sore hip (either left or right, whichever side I ended up sleeping on the most). Plus, it’s hard for me to STAY on my side. I will end up on my back sometimes, which might not sound like a big deal, but one time I woke up, on my back, with the bottom half of my right leg all tingly. Now I know what they mean when they say the baby will end up pressing down on certain arteries if the mom sleeps on her back. Yikes! Another negative: my nose and tastebuds have become super sensitive as of late. All of a sudden, smells are stronger and things that are salty/sweet are saltier/sweeter. Luckily, the positives definitely outweigh the negatives. I LOVE feeling my little boy move around! Sometimes I’ll just lounge on the couch or the bed, feeling him move around. Another positive: I’m finally looking pregnant, not just pudgy. Now other women can ask me how far along I am without holding their breath for my response 😉 Lastly (though definitely not least on my list): People are SO helpful. Not in-my-face, condescending, annoying helpful, but truly helpful. People at church (I already have some cute homemade bibs from a sweet sister in my ward), people at work (when I drop something on the ground and am looking at it, contemplating just HOW I am going to get it, someone will come jetting over to help), family (we already have a port-a-crib, thanks to my mom, who had an extra one left over from when my brother and sister-in-law’s triplets were babies), and friends (One offered to come over after Joseph is born, just to hold him so that I can sleep…I seriously almost cried). I love the fact that I have made some lasting friendships that will help me during this crazy, stressful, awesome stage of my life!
Cute Stuff
A couple of days ago one of the kids at school said the cutest thing. There was a class in the library, and a couple of students noticed that the wallpaper on Paul’s computer was one of the sonogram pictures (the one where the baby is sucking his thumb). One student asked the other, “How come the baby already knows how to suck his thumb?” Before the teacher could interject (explaining that it’s a reflex-type of thing), the second student answered, “He can do that because he’s smart, like Mr. Darr!” The teacher told me this story at lunch, and it just made me laugh. The way kids’ brains work just boggles my mind. I had to write it down before I forgot.
19 Weeks
The farther this pregnancy progresses, the better I feel. I am grateful for this fact. i was so afraid that I was going to be sick the whole time! Here’s the lowlights and highlights lately: I have figured out that it is really hard for me to sleep on my side. I miss being able to sleep on my stomach! The only thing that makes it worth it is knowing that I have a sweet spirit that I get to bring into this world. I also have discovered that once I wake up, I’m awake. Apparently it doesn’t matter if it is 2 a.m. or 8 a.m. I wonder if it’s just prepping me for after the baby arrives…lol On the plus side, I have been able to start feeling the baby move, and we found out that the baby is a boy. I am looking forward to having a snuggly baby boy to love, nurture, and help grow strong.