25 Weeks!!

Pregnancy Highlights

 

 

 

How far along? 25 Weeks, only 15 to go!

 

Size of the baby? A rutabaga...have you ever eaten one of these?  I haven't.

 

Maternity clothes? Every day

 

Stretch marks? None

 

Weight gained: 2lbs total

 

Sleep: Still pretty good, but I wake up/toss and turn a lot

 

Best moment this/last week:  Last Saturday we went to Wild Bill's to see Jackyl (a southern rock band from Kennesaw, but they're also featured on the TruTV show Full Throttle Saloon) and it was a lot of fun even though I did snag a stool to sit on before the night was over.  My sister-in-law and I were lucky enough to witness a Johnny Depp look-a-like and that was a good laugh.  Also, I didn't think I would "like" the attention, but it's cute to see people react to a pregnant belly, it's like an automatic smile generator.

 

Movement: Very frequent!  Especially from 8-10pm...Hardy's guaranteed to feel something during that time frame :)

 

Food cravings: Ehh...nothing to name really.  Although I was starving when we went to the grocery store on Monday and somehow a package of Oreo's got in our buggy, they sure are delicious with ice cold milk!

 

Gender/Names: GIRL! Persephone Layne Jones!

 

Labor Signs: None

 

Belly Button in or out? Innie

 

Wedding rings on or off? On

 

What I miss: Even though I'm sleeping decent, I really do miss sleeping completely on my stomach and back.  Of course, now Disney-fever is bad.  One of our cousins (on Hardy's side) is getting married next year and is asking a ton of questions about Disney for her honeymoon...makes me miss it even more.  Almost all our friends have recently made trips to the beach and I am really wishing I could go!

 

What I am looking forward to: My daily email from What to Expect says sometimes this far along if it's quiet Daddy may be able to hear the heartbeat if he puts his ear to your stomach.  I want Hardy to give that a try!  My next appointment is July 12th, I've actually switched practices so from this appointment on I'll be seeing a different set of doctors.  Although I'm doing the 1hr glucose test this next visit and NOT looking forward to it, I will be happy to hear her heartbeat again!  After that appointment, I'll start going every 2 weeks - - WHERE IN THE WORLD HAS THE TIME GONE????

Interesting bit of info

A long time ago when I was still in high school I caught an 80's movie on TV called Some Kind of Wonderful, starring Lea Thompson (best known for playing Marty McFly's mom in Back to The Future), Mary Stuart Masterson (best known for Fried Green Tomatoes).

It was about a guy who loved this really popular girl and although he was on the poorer side he saved his college fund to ask her out on a really special date - when all along he was really in love with his best friend who was a girl. If you love 80's movies anyway you should check it out ;)

The craziest part of the movie was that Lea Thompson's character was Amanda Jones and to start the movie off she was dating an a-hole football player named Hardy Jenns.

Now are you thinking the same thing I am?! How weird!!! Hardy is such an uncommon first name, not only was it used in a movie, but the girlfriends name was Amanda Jones! Ha I remember telling my mom it was the weirdest thing. What was even crazier is that at the time I saw this movie, Hardy and I were taking a break if you wanna call it that and I had gone on a couple of dates with Keith Stevens...to add more weirdness, the "poor" guy from the movie who had a thing for Amanda Jones was named Keith. Obviously none of us were anything like the characters from the movie, but I thought the name link was insane.

Now entering The Twilight Zone...

Sister love

Today after we got home from work we both plopped on the couch for some R&R. Not long after I had a pal join me. She used my belly as a pillow...I like to believe she was just trying to get close to Persephone :) after dinner I changed into my PJ's and she returned!!

Gotta love cuddly pets

So much to do in so little time

Assuming I'll go full term, I literally have 15 weeks left (as of this coming Saturday).  I'm not sure how I missed someone pushing the fast-forward button on my life, but this is creeping up on me like I never imagined.  I've been blessed to have an uncomplicated pregnancy thus far and I hope it continues from here on out.  With only a few months left, we really need to get her room in order and decorated soon so that's one less thing we have to worry about.  But who am I kidding?  Without poking and pushing, Hardy and I are probably two of the worlds WORST procrastinators....it is what it is.

 

We finally got 2 registries completed, Babies R Us and Target.  I feel weird registering for things so expensive.  When we got married I didn't have a whole lot on a registry because we had already been living together 4 years and had most every thing a newlywed couple would need.  So I'm out of my element with picking certain things.  I just hope I'm picking logical things that we NEED, I think I have.

 

Now that I'm so used to Persephone's movements and kicks, I find myself freaking out if I don't feel them during a "normal movement time".  I'll start pushing and squishing my stomach to try and get her to move around.  I guess that's a normal thing to do...right?  I have a feeling the paranoia only gets worse from here on out.

 

 

 

**Side note that has nothing to do with pregnancy or Persephone:  Did anyone hear about the Mickey shaped crater on Mercury? 

 

 

According to thefw.com:

 

NASA's Messenger probe photographed three craters on the surface of Mercury that look strikingly similar to Disney's beloved mascot Mickey Mouse.  The instantly recognizable shape of Mickey's head is formed by three overlapping craters in Mercury's southern hemisphere, the largest of which measures 65 miles across.  Messenger is the first spacecraft to ever orbit Mercury and has been photographing the planet for the past year. The probe has acquired 88,746 images so far and will take an additional 80,000 photographs before its extended mission ends.

 

24 Weeks!

Pregnancy Highlights

 

How far along?  24 Weeks - - officially 6 months along, my how time flies!

 

Size of the baby? 13.5" and approx 1 3/4lbs.  Doctor asked yesterday what I weighed when I was born and he said that was the best way to "predict" for PJ.  He said the mothers birth weight is a better indicator than the fathers.  Interesting huh?  I was born at 7lb/7oz, guess we'll know soon enough.

 

Maternity clothes? Yes! My awesome mom and I went shopping last weekend and I got 5 new tops and three new bottoms, plus a dress - I'd say I'm all set for the duration.

 

Stretch marks? No.

 

Weight gained: 2lbs total.  I even asked the doctor if I should be worried - I'm not eating any more or less than prior to pregnancy.  He said he wasn't worried, and nicely explained since I didn't start off at "ideal body weight" then I'm not expected to gain like the textbooks say (approx 10lbs the first trimester and roughly 1lb a week for the remainder of the pregnancy).  He said unless I start gorging food between now and the end, it would be normal to expect 10-15lbs total weight gain at delivery.

 

Sleep: Yea...yea...I'm waking up with my arms numb occasionally - that's annoying.

 

Best moment this/last week: Hearing her sweet heartbeat again yesterday, it was 148bpm!

 

Movement: Every day and in the words of the band Loverboy, "I'm lovin' every minute of it"

 

Food cravings: None

 

Gender/Names: GIRL - Persephone Layne Jones!

 

Labor Signs: None

 

Belly Button in or out? Innie

 

Wedding rings on or off? Still on

 

What I miss: Being able to dye my hair...I'm sprouting gray/silver hairs all over and it's embarrassing me.  

 

What I DON'T miss: I added this one myself.  I DON'T miss being plain flabby...at least with a preggo belly I look cute.  I DON'T miss migraines ::knock on wood:: I haven't had a single one since the first month of pregnancy and for me that's HUGE.  It's great to have my head back...for now anyway.

 

What I am looking forward to: Hearing her heartbeat again next month and of course, KISS & Mötley Crüe on July 24th!