25 Weeks

 

Judah, 25 Weeks 

Ella, 25 Weeks

Total Weight Gain: According to the scale at the gym, I’m up to 184. Woohoo! Finally over my pre-pregnancy weight. Although I’m hoping not to shoot up too much.

Movement: I feel little movements throughout the day, though I definitely don’t notice is as much while I’m chasing Judah around. Josh still hasn’t felt a kick on the outside yet and based on what my midwife said at our last visit, that’s too be expected. She seems pretty content to hang out down low too which I notice if I have to bend over for stuff (which is all the time!)

Biggest Craving This Week: In keeping with the trend this pregnancy, nothing major has stuck out as a craving. I’ve been a lot hungrier this week which I guess is Ella just packing on the pounds and I’ve been wanting sweets a lot. Although, as Josh reminded me, I wanted sweets a lot more with Judah too.

How clothes fit: I got some more maternity clothes from my sister when she was visiting over Christmas and I don’t attempt anything else. I will still wear regular t-shirts when I make it to the gym but that’s about it!

Energy Level:  Throughout this pregnancy I haven’t slept very well. That keeps my energy low on the whole. I’ve been really struggling with fear and anxiety this time around and it gives me nightmares – like I keep having terrible dreams about Judah dying. I’ve always had vivid dreams and pregnancy of course makes that even worse. Thankfully I’ve gotten a few nights with no bad dreams and been able to get some rest.

Rants/Random: This weekend it has been absolutely freezing! We were supposed to get some snow on Saturday, and we did, but mostly we got ice. Although I definitely was getting stir crazy, it was kind of nice to be trapped in with Judah and Josh. Judah loved walking around in the snow – he’d keep yelling “snow! snow! crunch! crunch!” And now that he’s slipped a few times, that’s added in as well whenever we have to walk across the parking lot. “Slip! Fall! uh-oh!” So while this foray into winter weather has been fun, bring on Spring.

Looking forward to: Our next doctor’s appointment next Friday. Mostly because it’s the first part of an overnight trip we’re taking! Josh, Judah and I will head up to Chapel Hill for my appointment and the lovely glucose test (which I hope doesn’t make me throw up!) and then we’ll get to hang out with Ty and Kasey and go to IKEA with them on Saturday!!! I love IKEA. I told Josh it’s like getting a second Christmas 🙂 We’ll be picking up Judah’s “big boy” bed there as well as a few other things. Hurray!