#18w6d

[theunstuffedpepper]

Bump documentation 😁

I realized I haven’t taken selfies or full body photos in quite a while, so here’s my just-shy-of-19-weeks bump. It feels like I’m showing so, SO much earlier than my first pregnancy. I feel so huge already, and I’m only halfway there! That being said, I’ve only gained 5lbs so far, so I’ll definitely take that. (Also, how?! I’m eating everything in sight.)

[theunstuffedpepper]

It’s been a pretty smooth week over here - some good nights of sleep, which have been so great. Although it’s 4am right now and my kiddo is wide awake. B usually gets up with pep on week days to make sure I can get enough sleep, and bless him for that. Seriously.

We’ve been playing with all of the new toys pep got for his birthday, and this toy camper seems to be a big hit. I picked it out and my parents got it for him. It comes with lots of cute little toys, including this shishkabob thing, which has 4 little “foods” that snap onto a skewer. One of the foods is a little green bell pepper, and he carries that thing everywhere he goes. It only hit me the other day how funny that is, that he favors the pepper.

I also had been talking briefly about the birthday cakes — here are some screenshots from the company’s website. We got a tiny NY blackout cake for pep to smash, though he ended up smashing a piece and not the whole cake because we wanted to try some. 😂 It’s basically the chocolatiest cake ever, and super moist because it’s made with pudding. But somehow it’s still kinda subtle? We also got a tiny carrot cake intending that to be for the adults - us and my parents - and DAMN. This is genuinely the best carrot cake I have ever had, hands down. So moist (how do they get it so moist?? also, ew, stop saying moist.) and with so much texture - big chunks of nuts and raisins and long shreds of carrot. Anyhow, I digress. Pregnant me LOVES cake, I guess.

Friends of ours just had a baby in December and I put this baby blanket in the mail for them a few days ago. I had already made the blanket, just had to do the border, and it just happened to work out that I had a blue one 90% of the way finished and they happened to have a boy. I’m excited to hear from them once it arrives. I love gifting handmade stuff!

A little “me” update: I had my first therapy session yesterday. I was a bit nervous or apprehensive going into it, not knowing what to expect, but it was really just a conversation. Surface-level mostly. I told her I was pregnant and she was so surprised — I had figured she would have read my patient file since she’s kinda an extension of my obgyn?? Who knows. The therapist asked a lot of questions and I answered them.. at the end, I didn’t really have many questions for her, but I guess that’s fine. The only thing I think I would wanna change about therapy at the outset is that it’s such a one-way conversation. I know nothing about this person, but I guess that’s how it’s supposed to be. I keep getting mentally ahead of myself wondering how this is going to benefit me longer term, but I’ve just gotta be patient and go with the flow. We’re set up for sessions every Thursday for now, so we’ll see how it goes.

[wenevergotusedtoegypt]

Motzei Shabbos, March 19, 2022

My husband just felt the baby kick from the outside! So weird having it go so quickly this time around from me first being able to feel the kicks to him feeling then. When I first felt them on the outside just now I wasn’t 100% sure if I was imagining it, but I brought my husband over and sure enough he felt the next kick.

On a different note, GD sucks and I don’t know how I’m going to get through 21 more weeks of this. I’m SO hungry and it’s so hard to find acceptable snacks that I like. Also some of these readings just feel kind of arbitrary which is frustrating and disheartening. I allowed myself a small amount of cheesecake that we’d received in a shalach manos as part of my Shabbos lunch today, and my reading an hour later was 117 (it needs to be 140 or lower). I thought my dinner had largely the same makeup of carbs/protein/fat/veggies as that meal (including mostly the same foods minus the cheesecake), but got 133 that time despite taking a walk after both meals. Which is my highest reading so far. How do I do better eating cheesecake than not?? It turns out I really don’t mind the pricking so much, but the food is proving to be so so hard.

[vianaaldila]

Perut ku dulu tak beginiiii... 😂🤪🙈🤰🏻😍😘 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • #love #husband #pregnancy #pregnant #maternity #photobox #momtobe #18w6d #18weeks6days

[justawanderinglostsoul]

I’m really excited. I spent the last hour or so planning out the rest of my degree, and as long as everything goes as planned, I should still be able to graduate when I originally planned. Even though I’m taking some time off after Tadpole comes, everything worked out with scheduling to where I can graduate in December 2018 as planned.  I’m glad that having a baby isn’t going to deter my plans to graduate within 4 years. I was really worried that I would end up taking forever to graduate, but it seems like as long as I stick to my schedule, I can still do it on time. I’m getting more excited for the future now that I know not all of my plans are changing completely.  

[justawanderinglostsoul]

I'm going to die. These last few days until my anatomy scan are dragging so much. Holy crap 😂

[me-and-jellybean]

18+6

I get so annoyed with DH and MIL. We started last year that he, I, and my mom would host Thanksgivings, MIL would host Easters, and we would share Christmases. I've been trying for weeks to get information, through DH, on when would work for MIL and family for us to host Thanksgiving this year. Today we were told that she's hosting Thanksgiving. I feel like nobody listens or cares about our what plans we've made. I feel disrespected and disappointed. I was really looking forward to making Thanksgiving dinner this year. I know I'm being petty, but I just want to cry.