25 & 26 Weeks

How far along? 25 weeks
Weight gain/loss: up 17lbs
Maternity clothes? Yep
Stretch marks? Still holding strong!
Sleep: Pretty good these days, the leg cramps have died down which is really nice!
Best moment this week: Going home to Montana to see all my family that I haven't seen in a year!
Miss anything? Being able to lay on my back!
Movement? Tons, the other day I'm pretty sure I saw his kick, my belly jumped but I only caught it out of the corner of my eye
Food cravings: Sweets
Anything making you queasy or sick? Nope
Gender? Boy
Labor signs? None
Symptoms: Rib, pelvic, and hip pain are the new ones. Still have the ol standbys too- minor headaches and low back pain. But overall not doing too bad
Belly button in or out? In but getting shallower by the second...
Wedding ring on or off? On
Happy or moody most of the time? Happy, although the tears fall with the slightest evocation at this point. The nice business man sitting next to me on the plane probably would've appreciated if I'd thought of this before watching the vow and blubbered like a baby while flying into Montana....
Looking forward to: My baby shower this weekend!

How far along? 26 weeks
Weight gain/loss: up 18.5lbs
Maternity clothes? Loving them
Stretch marks? No new ones
Sleep: Pretty good, although while at my parents' house this week I realized its definitely a good thing Andrew and I upgraded from a full to king size bed right after I found out I was pregnant because with all the body pillows and such I pretty much take up a whole full size bed by myself!
Best moment this week: My baby shower! It was so awesome to see all my friends and family and they were all so generous! Baby Stewart's nursery definitely won't be empty anymore!
Miss anything? Laying on my back and slouching-if I don't sit up super straight or recline I get pretty bad rib pain
Movement? All the time! Defninitely seeing him kick on the outside now. It's like I have a sea monster rolling through my belly
Food cravings: Sweets and Pad Thai
Anything making you queasy or sick? Nope
Gender? Boy
Labor signs? Nope
Symptoms: Rib pain is much more intense, minor hip, pelvic and low back pain
Belly button in or out? In, barely
Wedding ring on or off? On
Happy or moody most of the time? Happy!
Looking forward to: Getting all my baby shower stuff back home so that I can start setting up the nursery!

23 & 24 Weeks

23 Weeks

How far along? 23 Weeks
Weight gain/loss: up 15 lbs
Maternity clothes? Yep!
Stretch marks? No new ones
Sleep: Pretty good
Best moment this week: Feeling baby kick all day. I love feeling him move around so much!
Miss anything? Not feeling super full all of the time
Movement? Tons! He's been much more active throughout the whole day instead of just at night and I'm getting more kicks up near my rib cage
Food cravings: Sweets sweets and more sweets
Anything making you queasy or sick? Not really
Gender? Boy
Labor signs? Nope
Symptoms: Low back pain, mild headaches-although they're much better now that I'm making a concentrated to take time to relax every day!, feeling overstuffed, leg cramps
Belly button in or out? In but holy crap it is getting shallow!
Wedding ring on or off? On
Happy or moody most of the time? Happy!
Looking forward to: Getting more work done on the nursery!


24 Weeks

How far along? 24 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: up 16.5lbs
Maternity clothes? Yep
Stretch marks? No new ones
Sleep: Sleeping good! I've been more tired the last week or two though
Best moment this week: Being able to feel exactly where baby S was laying....he pressed his back (I assume) up against one side of my belly and you could see how my belly was lopsided and the side he was on was rock hard while the other was squishy. It was a crazy and cool feeling!
Miss anything? Being able to lay flat on my back
Movement? Yep and lots of it
Food cravings: Smores! very specific this week. I was walking down the aisle in Walmart, saw the marshmallows and needed a smore immediately! I've had one just about every night since
Anything making you queasy or sick? Nope
Gender? Boy
Labor signs? Nope, although I did have an awful dream the other night of going in to labor and not knowing if Andrew would make it because he was 2 hours away working :\
Symptoms: Same old, same old plus a new symptom of general achiness in my lower abdomen
Belly button in or out? Still hanging in there
Wedding ring on or off? On
Happy or moody most of the time? Happy! Although I do cry over just about anything these days
Looking forward to: Going home to Montana in a week!