22 weeks and the end of the fifth month of pregnancy! Only 4 more months to go!
3BB weighs about a pound and is about 11 inches long. Again all the sites have different fruits and vegetables for this week. One says a red bell pepper, which is not bigger than a banana from last week. Another site says a coconut, which seems a tad too big at this stage. (The other site says coconut at like 32 weeks, so *shrug emoji*.) So I googled it and the one that came up the most was a papaya. So I went with that.
Also that meant it was easier to change out the letterboard because I could leave the letter A’s in the exact same spot as last week.
Last week someone had commented on Instagram and asked if I could feel 3BB move yet. And really, up until that point, I had only felt a few flutters. But then the night that I read that comment, 3BB went nuts and was dancing for a few hours straight at Club Uterus. I didn’t realize that Club Uterus was an all-hours club. But she sure seemed to enjoy herself in there, moving around and dancing from about 1-3 AM. Enjoy all that space while you can, kiddo!
Since then, I’ve been able to feel her move more. I try not to pay too much attention to it because then if I stop feeling her move, I start to worry something is wrong. And then sometimes I just poke at her to get her to move, which NEVER works, so she must still be in there, stubborn as ever. She really likes to party at night when I’m trying to sleep. I see where my life is heading in 18 weeks.
I am waiting for the day when the cats are sitting on my belly and she kicks them.
The belly is continuing to grow. I bought a few long, maternity tank tops to wear under my t-shirts, so hopefully that will get me through. We found out late last week that we now don’t go back to the office until January, so I’m REALLY excited about that. I’ll be there a few weeks and then PEACE OUT! So I shouldn’t have to buy any work maternity clothes.
I definitely now feel pregnant. Like it is hard to bend to put on shoes and socks. And while, as a chubby person, I’ve sometimes had that issue before, a belly of fat vs. a solid belly of a human is a lot different. You can’t squish through it.
In Diabeetus News, I have gotten my fasting number seemingly under control. As long as I eat a string cheese and a keto ice cream bar before bed, my numbers are good. I am not complaining about having to eat some ice cream before bed. (I also know that now that I’ve said this out loud, it will no longer work and my fasting number will spike tomorrow morning.)
I am really, really tired of meal planning. Like it’s Thursday, and I am already having to think about what I should plan and cook for the following week. And it feels like I just did that. It’s never ending. And I know that this is just LIFE, but I swear, not having the ability to just eat a frozen pizza or a box of mac and cheese for dinner sometimes is really frustrating.
I am starting to work on the baby’s room. I bought her dresser and bookshelf from IKEA this week. They were out of stock earlier, so when they went back in stock I snatched them up just in case. I know there have been crazy furniture delays so I didn’t want to wait too long. Plus I think putting together furniture at 22 weeks is going to be much easier than at 35 weeks.
Until then 3BB and I just keep plugging away. I’m not mad at these boring, uneventful weeks. We will have plenty of eventful things coming up in the near future.
#3BBOnBoard
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Club Uterus!!!!