A pregnancy update...

Well, I'm well into my third trimester and less than 6 weeks away from my due date! I think this post is another "bullet point" type, simply because there's too much going on to work into coherent paragraph's (don't worry, I tried).

-The worst thing about the long road trip was my legs got MAJORLY restless. I think it's called restless leg syndrome, and it sometimes happens during pregnancy. Mostly, I just wanted to move my legs when I would be sitting in the car. Half the time we stopped not so I could just use the bathroom but so I could get my legs moving. Not fun.

-So, everyone else who's pregnant that I know keeps talking about their really bouncy, wiggly baby. Don't get me wrong, our baby definitely moves around and gets a little kicky sometimes, but overall I wouldn't describe this baby as especially bouncy. Which I think is great! I hope it means that we'll have a nice, calm, mellow baby, like Jordan was. Really, I just hope our baby is like Jordan was as a baby...

-At my doctor's appointment a week ago, I had an ultrasound to determine the position of the baby and such. Everything looks great, and the baby is still measuring about 10 days ahead! Woohoo! I really hopes this means the baby is going to make an appearance a bit early... although my mom likes to dash my hopes and just says I'm going to have an 11 pound baby a week late. Not cool!

-So, I managed to get the flu while in Connecticut visiting. It seems totally unfair that a huge 8 month pregnant woman gets the flu longer and more severe than anyone else in the house, but that's what happened. I've also been fighting a cold, which recently moved into my chest. It seems rather than my immunity being up, I feel way more susceptible to any little bug going around. I wish this cold would go away...

-Fun Fact: When I had the flu, I discovered you CAN throw up out the window of your car going down an interstate at 70 mph. But your car will need a wash afterward...

-Because of my cold, I went to the doctor yesterday to see if I could get something to help me sleep, and I found out in the last week I managed to LOSE 5 pounds. I don't know if I've ever heard of that in the third trimester...

-I still haven't packed on a bunch of weight with this baby because my appetite just hasn't really ever returned. I am officially 3 pounds over my pre-pregnancy weight. When we would go into restaurants while on the east coast, I think the waiters would look at me very pregnant and go "Score!" They were sorely disappointed when I would just order a salad. My poor tummy is so squished that I can hardly eat much at all.

-Heartburn is so not my friend. But I think I eat more tums than regular food...

-Here's my feeling on the gender: I think the baby is a boy. Now, this might be because Jordan's brainwashed me (he really wants a boy), but... I think it's a boy. Which is kinda sad because I sorta want a girl (I have so many cute cute girl clothes from my mom!!!). But my "mother's instinct" is saying "boy." Let's see how accurate that is!

-Overall, I'm getting super excited to meet our little baby! It's coming fast and I feel... calm. I'm trying to stay emotionally flexible and relaxed as much as possible, and I"m trying not to over-think things. We still have some necessities missing, mostly due to the fact that we may or may not be moving to Boston before the baby's born. So, the baby still doesn't have a place to sleep or a car seat or anything. But, you know, if I had the baby today, Jordan promised me he would go out and get those things I need, and we'll be just fine. I'm so excited to meet this little person. I know our lives are going to change dramatically, and that's always scary, but it's also fun and exciting! We have each other, and we have the gospel and can pray to Heavenly Father, and we have really supportive families behind us. I think we're going to do just fine. :)

Pregnancy is funny...

I have looked forward to pregnancy my whole life, because I was quite curious as to how it would affect me. I've watched many people be pregnant, and it seems there's always a couple of really funny little quirks that come out. I won't lie, I was hoping to be pregnant like my mom: hardly ever nauseous, generally happier and more relaxed, and always glowing. My mom was a lovely glowing pregnant lady (I swear pregnancy has had an subtraction effect on her aging process: as she gets older, she starts looking younger...).

Sadly, no such luck for me.

My morning sickness kicked in a little later than usual, but kick in it did! Woo! I was NOT expecting that. Um, so here's a "short" list of things I've found to be very strange about me being pregnant...

1. I know I used to like food. I know I did. I loved food! I have 50 pounds of extra weight to prove that I liked food! But, alas, the joy is now lost on me. I look at bowl of ice cream, and all I feel is nausea. That pizza: man, I remember it tasting good, I really do... but yuck! The best example of this was my birthday. I'm super picky about my cakes, and I really wanted a "Sam's Club" cake. It was beautiful! Lovely mint green, perfect amount of frosting... yeah, I ate half a piece. Then that cake sat in our fridge for THREE WEEKS. I didn't touch a single bit of it. That's not will-power, people, that's revulsion. It was so sad...

2. I have "food fantasies." I rarely get really strong cravings, but when I do, it's like a commercial playing in my head. The first one was tater-tots. I thought about those tater-tots... obsessed about their salty goodness, imagined myself biting into the crispy outer layer, and enjoying the warm toasty inside... after a couple of days, I finally gave in. And I haven't eaten tater-tots since then. It wasn't a bad experience, I just now gag at the thought of them. So far, this has happened with Chilis chips and salsa, laffy-taffy, hostess fruit pies, turkey dinner, and plain white rice.

3. I have the most powerful gag reflex EVER. If you think just swallowing pills is bad, I can hardly brush my teeth!

4. Surprising benefit: I have been far too queasy to do the dishes! Jordan's a total stud about it too... the last two months he's been pretty much the only one doing them. I tried a couple of days ago, and, well, lets just say it ended badly. Something about little bits of food floating in a sink... *shudder*

5. Fun Fact! When you vomit really violently, you break capillaries in your face! I've had this happen at least twice so far! Good times! (*please note sarcasm*)

6. The best part of pregnancy is all the sleep! I LOVE SLEEP! And now I can do it as much as I want! Last month, Jordan finally gave in and said, "Amanda, I'm going to offically stop bugging you about how much you sleep. Sleep whenever you want."* Oh, man, am I taking this to town! I sleep about 10 hours at night, plus if I can work it in, a nap at 2 or 3 in the afternoon.
*Side note: Since we've been married, Jordan's been very concerned about my sleeping habits. No, I don't stay up till 2am or anything, I just sleep. A lot. His favorite line is: "Too much sleep is just as bad as not enough sleep." Psh. Whatev. Sleep's the best.

7. I tend to have actual morning morning sickness. For sure, in the mornings it's the worst for me. Trying to get food in my tummy after it's empty is so not fun.

I can't say pregnancy has been kind to me... I also can't say I've enjoyed it much so far. For the first little bit I was concerned, because I wasn't even sure if there was a baby in there! Maybe I was so sick for nothing! But after last week, when we heard the heartbeat, I've felt very assured that even though everyday I'm spewing my guts out, I'm going to get a cute little baby out of it in the end... :)