I am able to exercise some this trimester, which I think is really important for carrying & labor/delivery. I’ve got an occasional yoga class in town, along with my pregnant lady workout dvd. My goal is once a week, but sometimes that doesn’t happen depending on how sick I feel/busy the family is.
Month 4 (13-16wk):
Continue nausea, exhaustion, and digestion issues. The meds definitely are helping with the pain and I am at least functional during most of the day. An ultrasound reveals very healthy looking insides & no answers for the pain. I do have to unisom for sleep at night, though, either with lots of pillows propping me up or in the recliner. This is the month that we paint Blair’s room & start combining the sister’s things, making room for a new kid… I also decided all of the trim in the house needed painting, so things get crazy for a few weeks. Cora has a big blow-out for her 5th birthday & we have to start looking into Kindergartens! I figure out that red meat, onion, & tomato trigger my belly pain, so that is cut out of the diet and it’s only chicken from here on out. We start buying liters of drinking water (Sam’s Club has the best) because my taste buds just can’t handle ultra-filtered tap water. I’m still having emotional/anxiety issues from not feeling well; Kris, the grandmas, and Mother’s Day Out help a lot with the girls & I take naps. We buy a slick, new minivan to keep all the carseats in!
Month 5 (17-21wk):
It’s my birthday; Kris takes me for a Rodeo Houston date night AND my mom takes me & Kara for a resort spa weekend… it was so fun & relaxing! Digestion pain is under control, but I see a GI specialist since there are still issues (who can’t help right now because I’m pregnant). I slowly eliminate any/all cooked vegetables from my diet because they trigger my stomach pain… I eat a lot of salads (no joke; maybe one a day)! I also start having some swelling, which didn’t happened with the other two until the 8th-9th month. We had our second trimester ultrasound and were happy to see healthy, normal growth. Aunt Kara picked up some confetti poppers & met us in Livingston with both sides of the family to do a reveal with the girls. Kris just knew it was a girl, but I thought it was a boy because of some very vivid dreams.. so I was shocked with the pink reveal and it took at least a week to sink in. Kris says prophecy is not my spiritual gift! I am carrying similarly to the others – all crammed inside jabbing into my organs.
Month 6 (22-26wk):
This month is an upswing in terms of emotions & energy – which is great because we fly to Orlando and do Disney World. The flying, walking, heat, etc keep me tired and swollen; but, we have a fantastic trip! Some varicose veins pop out with the swelling, so I start needing compression hose every day to keep them under control. Blair turned 3 with an ice cream party for all the family and a few friends. We also get to celebrate Mother’s Day with Gran, a new transplant into Lufkin.
We’ve been slowly getting the sisters combined into one room – new closet organization, new bunk beds, painted Kris’s childhood chests of drawers, figuring out decorations, organizing toys/books, learning how to sleep in the same room, etc. Some days they have fun & some days are far from ideal. Blair is loving the idea of a baby and being a big sister.. she also has a baby in her tummy that makes her too tired to clean up her things or that tells her what she likes to eat that day!
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