Sorry for the delay on the post. It's been a pretty quiet week again. Ed is still doing therapy and adding in some occupational therapy next week. Still doing weekly treatments. Still feeling good. He keeps testing his limits and is finding some still holding him back in particular areas, but mostly, he's pretty independent and happy. We talk about where he was before and how far he's come from the hospital... seems surreal. When we drive over for therapy it's amazing to see him walk into the center, past places where I would wheel him around for fresh air before. Very happy to have him come so far and feel so much better. I don't have too much to add otherwise so onto some pictures!
I treated myself to my first manicure/pedicure since.... January? Don't believe the rumors, I can still touch my toes, it's just getting a little uncomfortable to do so. :) I went to the Whole Foods Salon in the Whole Body store in Campbell. It was awesome. Didn't smell like nail salons usually do and they had all these low toxin products and pretty flowers in the baths! Gold for the hands, red for the toes.
Ed decided I wasn't matchy matchy enough and made sure my hardware went along with my new nails...
I'm pretty excited about the phone. I'm very thankful and lucky. (And totally copying my mom who just got this exact same phone about two weeks ago) :)
Ed had his own activities setting up the stroller and installing the carseat base. I may have been sleeping while he was working so it was like the magical baby prep fairy came and did all the hard work!
I'm getting bigger everyday it seems and baby is getting one helluva workout doing whatever he/she is doing in there...
Now for the bump update!
How far along? 25 Weeks
How Big Is Baby? A 13 inch rutabaga.. One app says my uterus is the size of a soccer ball. That seems incredibly large. I'm sure when I visit home I'll feel my size a bit more, and while I do feel more cumbersome lately, I don't know if I feel like I've tacked on a whole soccer ball!
Sleep: Better now that it's pretty cold overnight and we can break out the flannel sheets. I love feeling all cuddled up. Plus, baby doesn't seem to be training for the winter olympics overnight like he/she was last week.
Best moment this week: Two parter of little pleasures: 1. My massage. So nice. Like I said before, this woman comes in close second in my book of best masseurs, and really does the trick for setting me up for a great week. 2. Already mentioned but worth repeating - every moment spent with frigid temperatures in our room and toasty temperatures in our flannel sheets!
Movement: Comes and goes in spurts... I have days where it's just all day, all out craziness in there and then a couple days break. Sounds like baby is just like mom, pretty limited energy wise and needing lots of naps to recover from freak outs.
Symptoms: Mostly everything is calm, including indigestion (yay!), but a new thing is that my tailbone hurts. Aches like I took a tumble or a sat down abruptly on some concrete. Sitting on the exercise ball is my only reprieve. I looked it up and it's probably just the baby's position. Fingers crossed he/she moves in short order!
Food cravings/aversions: Same story, I could eat a little bit of everything and anything. I miss eating my normal dinners from our dieting times and feeling sated. Now those same wonderful fish, kale and salad dinners leave me thinking hey, I'm still starving... I could follow that up with a waffle, a piece of cheese and a bowl of ice cream!
Gender: One of Ed's therapists started telling him about the joys of raising kids, in particular regards to school age years and all the bouts with weird rashes, colds and lice. She noted how having a girl made the lice years particularly hard, all the washing and combing and braiding. A woman at the salon noted how having a boy was challenging her, having to smell him after his showers to make sure he actually washed, sending him back in to do it again if he 'smelled like wet dog.' Either way, I know Ed's excited! :)
Belly Button in or out? In.
What I miss: Hmmm not too much this week. Feeling pretty content and enjoying being obviously pregnant.
What I am looking forward to: These next few quiet weeks before we start to amp up baby prep. Our increased appointments start in 3 weeks and our childbirth prep classes start in January.
Funny moment of the week: I swear, I had one. And I even say out loud, 'Oh man, this is gonna be my funny moment of the week!' And then... I forget. So many times. It's that goldfish memory thing. Pregnancy brain out the wazoo. I felt like I laughed a lot this week. So much so my belly often aches. Totally worth it. :)
Labor Signs: nope
Weekly Wisdom: I've been trying to meditate a bit more and this week one of the Deepak Chopra meditations really resonated with me. "Your heart knows the answer." There's just something about that statement that makes me feel comforted and hopeful all at the same time. I've been struggling with the idea of purpose lately and wondering what my impact in life will be. I don't want to be famous and don't need acclaim... but I would like to feel purposeful. So, in terms of my searching for that, thinking 'my heart knows the answer' is hugely reassuring. Just gotta keep listening I guess.
Milestones: I can't remember if I wrote this last week, but one milestone is being able to see the baby move from the outside. There are very few things in life as surreal as seeing your belly move seemingly on it's own.
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| I love how sassy she looks here :) |
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