Half Way There

So I'm now around my 20th week of pregnancy, so celebrate with me because I'm half way done! During my first pregnancy with Hayden, I dove right into any and all cravings, from Taco Bell to Dairy Queen shakes to cheesecake. It was a big love fest of food, and I gained 80 pounds! So maybe the whole losing of a lot of weight wasn't fun, but the pregnancy sure was. With Roman, I had gestational diabetes, so my cravings were reserved to taco salads and chocolate milk made from sugar-free syrup. But even without the excess sugar, I had a great pregnancy. I wasn't too sick, and even when I was, I gloried in the fact that it was all just a part of having another baby. And, I only gained 25 pounds, which was a lot easier to lose post-partum.

This pregnancy, so far, seems a bit different. Maybe because it wasn't expected, so it's been a little harder for me to get in the whole pregnancy groove. Or maybe because I have two energetic children who keep me busy enough that I have to pause and think if I even showered that day. Or maybe it's these blasted headaches I keep getting!!! Many of you know that I've had horrible tension headaches the last few months, absolutely nothing seems to help them, and believe me, I've tried everything. So I finally got into physical therapy, and basically the physical therapist told me that since I'm pregnant most of my options were out the window. Part of me thinks he is giving me 6 weeks of pressure point massages and exercises to do at home because he feels sorry for me, not because he actually thinks they will do anything. But maybe (hopefully!) I'm wrong and I come out after 6 weeks headache free.

Other than that, my nausea is pretty much gone except if I skip a meal or eat late. Chocolate milk seems to chase away the nausea, and I drink so much that Jeremiah asked me the other day if there was such thing as drinking too much milk. Of course, my chocolate milk, as well as all other beverages I consume, water included, are drank through a straw, a habit I picked up in my second pregnancy. Don't ask me the significance, but it's a demand I have. I know. High-maintanence. Other cravings include Applebees Oriental Chicken Salad, Taco Bell, Diet DP, watermelon (or other juicy fruits), and Chik-Fil-A, which actually right now really sounds good.

Haven't really felt the baby move much. On the ultrasound she was all over the place, but so far just tiny flutters. I felt Hayden at 20 weeks on the dot, Roman at 21. Maybe she's just not my little soccer player. I feel her mostly first thing in the morning, when I wake up...oh wait, I mean when my kids wake me up.

I started yoga this week. I only go once a week, on Tuesday nights. We got a YMCA membership and I'm trying it out. The yoga instructor kept giving us words of encouragement about how we were finding our balance...except I'm pregnant and I have no balance. Take for example the tree pose. Everyone looked all graceful and still, and here I am like a tree swaying in the breeze. There is a water aerobics class that I hear is great for pregnancy, but my fear is that I will be the youngest person in the class by 50 years. We'll see about that one.

Lastly, the kids seem to be pretty excited for the baby. Every morning they climb on my bed and say "Hi baby!" to my belly. Hayden will sometimes give the "baby" a kiss. Roman usually points to my boobs and says "Baby!" and I understand they are big, but come on! So obviously he doesn't quite get it. Roman's first two-word sentence, though, was "Hi bee-bee!" and it's really cute. Hayden thinks we should name the baby "Olivia." What do you think? Good idea? Speaking of names, we are at a standstill. I love what he hates, he loves what I hate. Luckily we have time to figure that all out.