I think I have started getting some pregnancy cravings. It must be pregnancy related when it's something that I want to eat all day, every day even after eating it for a week. My main craving right now is bagels with cream cheese (did I mention that the dairy issue has been resolved. Thank goodness!) I was eating spoonfuls of cream cheese yesterday as a dessert after lunch. It was sooooo good.
Other fun changes I've been experiencing (other than things growing)
- Dry skin. I itch all the time and sometimes I feel like I'm shedding a whole layer of skin. (And I keep reading about how your skin glows and your hair gets thick and shiny when you're pregnant. How did I miss that train?)
- Sneezing. I sneeze so much that it must have something to do with being pregnant.
- Dreaming. Oh the dreams. They are so vivid. And most of them are really stressful. The weirdest one so far; I was about 25 weeks and my baby decided to crawl out of the womb, horror film style, just to hang out with us. I kept trying to figure out how to get her back in and then I woke up. Weird! Also, the baby is a girl in all my dreams. Not sure what that means.
- Extra ear wax. Gross!
Okay, enough of that.
In other news, I have been feeling great (with the exception of a few short moments when I feel like I'm back in the first trimester.) And with my renewed health and energy I have been able to work on an art project that I had gotten way behind on. It's almost done so I will post pictures soon.
Week 14
I feel like things are moving way too slow. I mean, we made the decision to have a baby, why do we have to wait this long to actually have the baby? I'm ready for this pregnancy thing to be over so I can hold and kiss and smother this baby with love. And then a couple nights ago I met someone who gave me a really good reminder. That I need to savor every moment because once they are gone I can't get them back. These are the last few months for Steve and I to enjoy just being the two of us. These are my last few months to sleep in and take naps and live without any sort of schedule.
I'm so excited for this baby to arrive but when I think about this being my last bit of independence for a long time I realize that I need to soak it up. So my plan for this next month is going to be to really enjoy this freedom and flexibility. The most exciting thing I'm going to do is take a trip to Idaho to see my family and then a short trip to the coast with my mom. I'm so excited!
If you have any other suggestions for ways that I can soak up these last 26ish weeks I would love to hear them!
-K
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