Preggers: Week 21

-How far along are you: 21 Weeks, 2nd Trimester

-Total Weigh Gain: 18ish lbs.

-Fruit/Veggie of the week: Banana

-How are you sleeping: Pretty good, except for the whole no-sleeping-on-your-back thing.

-Weird Dreams of the week:

     -None

-Stretch Marks: Nope! :D

-Symptoms: I have finally started having the crazy emotions...mostly in the direction of cranky. There is also the strange hormonal flushes and a restlessness that I can't seem to conquer. I get up, walk around, look around, wonder what I'm doing and then I sit back down again. It's really weird and the internet is no help because if you look up restless and pregnant it is all about restless leg syndrome. No help for me. :)

-Fetal Movement: YES! Finally! Thank goodness! It feels like little thumps. It is kinda weird. I have felt it internally but I haven't felt anything with my hands although Barry has. :) It is pretty awesome. I find myself completely ignoring my surroundings (if I'm sitting) and just holding my tummy, waiting to see if I can feel anything.

-Food Cravings: Shredded beef with Thai Pepper and Cilantro from our local 888 Chinese Restaurant. It is sooooo tasty!

-Anything making you queasy: The smell of cooking meat, in all forms. Making dinner at my house has become quite interesting. 

-Innie or Outie: Still 100% Innie

-Emotions: I get soooo cranky! Randomly! With no reason whatsoever!

-Missing anything: Alcohol. I can't wait to have a Dos Equis.

-Best Moment of the Week: Feeling the baby move. That was definitely an awesome moment.

-Milestones: Feeling the baby move. :)

Preggers: Week 20

-How far along are you: 20 Weeks, 2nd Trimester

-Total Weigh Gain: 18lbs. According to me. And that is all that matters.

-Fruit/Veggie of the week: Cantaloupe

-How are you sleeping: This week has been awful. I've been really sick with cold-like symptoms. After a trip to The Women's Pavilion's ER (which was uh-maz-ing) it turns out that it is all due to Post Nasal Drip which has caused cobblestoning in the back of my throat which has cause an uncontrollable cough. So sleep has been out of the question.

-Weird Dreams of the week:

     -Dreams would require sleep...

-Stretch Marks: Still none. :)

-Symptoms: No real pregnancy symptoms. The second trimester is treating me pretty good. 

-Fetal Movement: Ok. I'm getting fussy about this. I'm not entirely sure that I'm feeling movement. My digestive system has always been boisterous. There has always been lots of gurgling, growling, bubbles, etc. So I'm feeling this thumping feeling which could be attributed to movement but it could also be my intestinal track throwing a fit. There is this girl on Facebook that is all up in my business (a whoooole 'nother problem with pregnancy) who is also pregnant who swears that she felt her baby move at 17 weeks. On the one hand I'm jealous, on the other hand there is no way that she felt the baby move that early. So I don't know. Maybe I'm feeling movement, maybe I'm not, but I'm not going to get excited until I know.

-Food Cravings: Annoyingly absent. Trying to find something to eat has become a thirty minute discussion in my house.

-Anything making you queasy: The medication for my sore throat. The doctor prescribed me with something called "Magic Mouthwash". I can't make this up. It is a mixture of lidocaine, benadryl, and an antacid. You gargle it, then swallow it. It numbs your throat to make eating and swallowing easier. Unfortunately, it also numbs the entrance to your stomach which leads to severe indigestion if you lay horizontal. :)

-Innie or Outie: Still 100% Innie

-Emotions: I've been too sick to have emotions lol

-Missing anything: The ability to take medication freely. Yeah. Btw, Robitussin is basically sugar water. "Studies have kind of shown us that Robitussin does about as much as jello to help sore throats and coughs." <- Doctor's words. 

-Best Moment of the Week: Mid-pregnancy ultrasound! We found out that we are having a boy! Thank goodness!

-Milestones: Finding out the gender. :)

Preggers: Week 19

-How far along are you: 19 Weeks, 2nd Trimester

-Total Weigh Gain: 15lbs. ? I think? My doctor and I have different view on this. :)

-Fruit/Veggie of the week: Mango!

-How are you sleeping: Pretty good, I'm flopping around a lot but luckily I only have to have one potty break a night. 

-Weird Dreams of the week:

     -I dreamed that my friend Michael finally got lasik eye surgery in Malibu...we live in Houston. 

     -I dreamed that I forgot I was pregnant and had a cigarette. eek! 

-Stretch Marks: No! Thank goodness!

-Symptoms: I've had a couple sleepy moments and my tummy itches LIKE CRAZY! Barry has a theory that my maternity pants are the real culprit for the itchy tummy. He thinks the high stretchy band is pulling at the little  peach fuzz on my stomach. At first I thought he was crazy...but I stopped wearing maternity pants for a couple of days and the itching went away, when I wore the pants again the itching came back. 

-Movement: None, I think. *le sigh*

-Food Cravings: I find myself eating enchiladas more but I wouldn't label it a craving. I'm still eating half melted ice at night. :)

-Anything making you queasy: Not really, I still don't care for the smell of meat.

-Innie or Outie: Still 100% Innie

-Emotions: I'm doing pretty steady on the emotions. Sometimes I have low patience and I get a bit snippy but I haven't had any wild roller coaster rides this week. 

-Missing anything: Margaritas...and crawfish...and alcohol in general. This is my second favorite part of the year (summer being the most favorite) and I can't do any of the things I normally do - sun, sand, bikini and beer. 

-Best Moment of the Week: I think I felt the baby move, but I was laying in bed...and I'm pretty sure I was asleep so I'm not entirely sure I didn't dream it lol

-Milestones: None, really.