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21 Weeks Pregnant

This week has been pretty uneventful, other than we have not gotten very much sleep. And I feel as though I may be coming down with something...just in time for the weekend.

So here's our week:


How Far Along: 21 weeks and 1 day!

Size of baby: Length of a large banana!

Sleep: Difficult this week for some reason, but planning on spending as much of the weekend in bed as possible.

Total Weight Gain: Around 10 lbs....but baby is almost one of them!

Symptoms: Indigestion...yum. I pretty much taste my food for hours and hours after I have eaten it. At least this helps me with portion control :)

Movement: Definitely! I don't really feel movement every hour yet, but we are getting there quickly.

Maternity Clothes: Getting a little worried that my maternity clothes were not made to stretch as big as I might get...I'm REALLY big for 5 months compared to this time last year.

Go-to eats: Anything with butter, salt, or cheese...yep this one has a healthy start to life ;)

Best moment of the week: Standing in the kitchen this week, I felt her move completely from one side to the other, it was really weird! Sam always stayed in one spot, so I guess I had better get used to this feeling.

Gender: We're having a little girl!

What I wish people knew: Time cannot move fast enough for us right now. We just cannot wait to meet our little girl. Patience has been difficult.

What I’m looking forward to: This little one putting on weight so I can feel her better. I could not begin to tell you what it meant for me to feel Sam move all the time, it was just such a comfort to feel him. Ready to feel that again!

Comments

  1. AnonymousJanuary 27, 2013 at 4:04 AM

    Movement is such an amazing feeling :-) and don't stress about looking/feeling too big!!! My Sam was my 7th pregnancy (for third baby) and I was huge, so much to the point when people would stop me and say "you poor thing, not long now" I would just roll my eyes...

    KateM

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  2. Kaila MugfordJanuary 27, 2013 at 7:50 PM

    I'm sure that is going to happen to me soon! I sometimes get a funny look when someone asks how far I am and I say 5 1/2 months. And yes I just love it when this girl moves, but she seems to sleep a bit more than Sam did! I'm sure I'll be singing a different tune in a month or so :)

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