25 Weeks

{Alex now weighs about the same as a rutabaga. Somewhere between 1 1/2 lbs to 2 lbs. He is about 14 inches long.}

First off, let me just say~ This truly IS as uncomfortable as it looks!

I'm pretty sure this is going to be a huge kid. Yesterday was THEE MOST PAINFUL day ever. It was like he was wedging his entire body into my left side. It was a constant severe side ache for about 3 hours straight where I just laid on my bed and tried to breathe. Last night gave me no sleep at all and I was in the tub at 6 am dark and early this morning trying to relieve some of the pain. Now his upper half is jammed into my left side and he's constantly kicking at my right side. He truly does NOT fit in there anymore and we still have 15 more weeks! I'm just dreading the day he starts breaking my ribs, he kicks THAT hard.

Here's an idea of what's going on in there :


Something new this week: He is now starting to pack on the baby fat, turning him from a lean wrinkly baby, to filling out those wrinkles with little baby chub and turning him into the little chunker I know he's going to be!

24 weeks (6 months)

{Alex is now a little over a foot long and weighs more than a pound. He gained 4 oz just last week alone and is getting chunkier by the day!}

So the numbers don't add up. I am officially 6 months along... but I still have 4 "months" left. Which means..... THEY BIG FAT LIE when they say pregnancy is 9 months! It's 10.

(I feel like I have to explain this when people ask how far along I am, and then they ask my due date and then look at me like I don't know how to count.)

4 weeks= 1 month
8 weeks= 2 months
24 weeks= 6 months
40 weeks= 10 months

And there we have it. 10 looooong months of pregnancy.

So this being my 6th month, means I'm gettin' pretty lazy. I have no desire to get up and do a 6 month belly pic. Just imagine me with a watermelon under my shirt... and a couple of canteloupes... and that should give you a pretty accurate idea of what's going on over here!

I had a dr. visit yesterday and everything looks fabulous. His heartbeat is really strong and he is just all over the place! The kicking is insane now. All those months of me wishing he would get to this point, and now that this point is here, I'm wishing he would back off a little!

I'm starting a low carb diet plan today. I told my doctor enough is enough, give me some magical pill or something that's going to keep me from gaining 100 lbs and the best she could give me was 60 carbs a day. *sigh* fine. low carbs and high protein. I researched it and it's actually super healthy for the baby as well. Imagine.. cutting out cake, cookies, sugar, and crap= a healthy baby. Huh.

So anyway... there's my 6 month update. I'm not feeling super motivated so we'll just end it here.

23 Weeks

{Alex is now weighing as much as a large mango -over a pound- and is at least a foot long.... I imagine him to be a Subway 5 dollar foot long meatball sub, haha!}

This past week's highlight was my first purchase for him. I got it last night, actually. I found an entire nursery jungle theme set- bedding, window valance, lamp, wall hangings, hanging diaper holder, etc. It is so stinkin' cute, I'm really excited to put his room together. Jeremy will paint his room the matching tan and green. Such a little boy's room :) ...(Pics of all the goods are on my regular family blog)

I can't say this week was any different than last week. Just backaches, really, nothing much else going on. I'm feeling quite a bit more movement, though, that's always fun :)

Something fun this week: This week he'll put on another 4 ounces and really start the plumping up process.

22 Weeks

{This little monkey in there is the size of a spaghetti squash~ 11-12 inches long, and weighs about a pound now. I'm sorry, but I think BabyCenter is wrong, because personally, I'm pretty sure he's already about 12 lbs! At least that's how it feels.}

Things are getting rough. I feel like there's no room left, I don't know how I'm suppose to squeeze in 8 more pounds of baby in there. We're only at 1 pound and I'm so squished already! Considering Courtney topped in at almost 9 pounds and 23 1/2 inches, and this one being a boy and all... I'm fully expecting a 9 lbs+ baby. (Yes, thanks to Jeremy, we make chunkers!)

My back is a constant backache. Kind of like that feeling that you really need to pop your back... but you just can't! There is no relief!

Something neat this week: They say about this time you'll be able to actually see the baby moving around by just watching your belly. He's also picking up on sounds and hearing everything that's going on outside the belly. Courtney and I sang "Old McDonald" with the guitar on my belly this morning. (repeatedly!) Wonder if he was covering his ears thinking, "Make it stop!"