Pregnancy Month 6

Size of Baby: An eggplant! Baby should now weigh over 1 pound and is starting to gain lots of fat this upcoming month! He is also opening his eyes this week, and boy oh boy is he is a mover!!

At my 26 week appointment yesterday, I found out that I’m measuring ahead of schedule. This means absolutely nothing and could mean I have lots of fluid, the baby is just a tad bit bigger, or my due dates are a little off. There is really no way of knowing nor any reason to do anything about it since it’s perfectly normal to have any of the above.

Today is my glucose test and I’ve been dreading it for weeks. I’ve decided today is the day to just finally do it. It’s not all that terrible except that it makes me feel sick, and we all know how much I love feeling sick. Ugh.

Gender: It’s A BOY! We had our gender reveal this past month, and that was so much fun!

Weight Gain: Not to be dramatic or anything….+21 pds. I don’t really know how that happened, but here we are. I have been feeling that weight, and it’s unfortunate for me that it goes all around my middle, not just in the baby. I’ve struggled a lot with body image this pregnancy, mostly because it was so unexpected, and this is one more thing to work through. I keep reminding myself that I am SO BLESSED to carry this baby and while I need to make wise choices on eating and exercise, I’m also growing a human and some bodies just gain weight differently than others.

Symptoms/How I’m Feeling: I’m feeling very, very pregnant. VERY. I was getting a little worried last week at just how pregnant I was feeling and then I realized that I was not 24 weeks, I was 26. Phew. This past month has brought with it a lot of hip pain and sciatic nerve pain, but thankfully the baby and my body seem to have adjusted a bit and I don’t feel that pain as often. I still have nausea almost all the time, but thankfully no vomiting. I do have a lot more of that fantastic second trimester energy, though. I know I don’t have much longer with that, so I’m enjoying it while it lasts!

Sleep: I sleep great still, usually up 1-2x a night to use the bathroom and respond to a child.

Cravings: I want mushrooms on everything! I love to saute them and put them on pasta, veggies, meat…whatever it is I’m eating! I also love having a bowl of honey nut Cheerios in the evening. Otherwise, my cravings have been pretty mild this pregnancy.

Aversions: No specific aversions, but still just feeling so sick most of the time that food does not sound appealing. It’s a real struggle to have, y’all. Especially when my body still decides to hang on to a lot of weight.

Exercise: I did really well with exercise the past few weeks! I worked out probably 4-5x a week, and made time for a daily walk each day. Once we decided to sell our house and things got a little crazy, and then we went out of town on vacation and I’ve completely fallen off the exercise routine again. During vacation we stayed pretty active, but nothing consistent. My hope is to start again this week as we get back into our routine.

The Rest of the Fam: Theo is back to work after vacation, and finally back to his original shift! He is a happy camper to be having another son and loving his job. Tera and Kiah are both excited about the baby, although I don’t think Kiah really knows what is about to hit him. Tera is going to be an incredible big sister since she is two years older now than she was when we brought Kiah home.

All in all, this pregnancy has been really difficult emotionally and physically for me, but when I take a step back and look at the facts, I realize how blessed I am to have such a healthy, growing baby boy. I know that our family is going to be so blessed by this little life, and one day I will look back and remember these hard months of pregnancy with gratefulness. Still, it’s hard in the moment!