One year later and on to baby #2. We planned this, but it still came faster than we expected. The due date is February 15th and Blair will be 20 months old. There have been times it's been hard to focus on this pregnancy like the first one because I'm chasing Blair around. In a lot of ways, that's good because it's a distraction from the discomforts.
Overall, I've had low progesterone throughout the entire pregnancy. It could be related to the short time in between pregnancies or the fact that I'm still nursing Blair. I think it helped with not having as much nausea in the first trimester, but since October I've been getting injections twice a each (one in each hip each time). It's caused a lot of achey-ness and since relaxin has kicked in full force lately, my pelvis is a mess. However, I'm not on crutches yet. I've been doing a good job of taking it easy when I need to. I haven't been exercising as much this time around, like swimming, but I still walk and stretch.
The other big thing about this pregnancy is that I'm trying to watch what I eat more so that the baby will be smaller. I've been using a calorie counter on my phone and it's helped a lot. It not only counts calories, but tells me how much carbs, fat, and protein I've had in a day. At my 30 week appointment I have gained 20 lbs versus the 36 lbs at 30 weeks during my first pregnancy. That made me feel pretty good. Regardless, I'll at least know I did what I could. There were a lot of benefits to Blair being a big baby, so it will be interesting to see if a difference is made.
One apparent difference is how active this baby is. I remember Blair moving, but NOT like this one. This baby will keep me up at night tossing and turning. It has woken me up by literally kicking my butt so hard it hurt. So, to say the least... I'm a bit nervous about what we're getting into here.
Overall, I've had low progesterone throughout the entire pregnancy. It could be related to the short time in between pregnancies or the fact that I'm still nursing Blair. I think it helped with not having as much nausea in the first trimester, but since October I've been getting injections twice a each (one in each hip each time). It's caused a lot of achey-ness and since relaxin has kicked in full force lately, my pelvis is a mess. However, I'm not on crutches yet. I've been doing a good job of taking it easy when I need to. I haven't been exercising as much this time around, like swimming, but I still walk and stretch.
The other big thing about this pregnancy is that I'm trying to watch what I eat more so that the baby will be smaller. I've been using a calorie counter on my phone and it's helped a lot. It not only counts calories, but tells me how much carbs, fat, and protein I've had in a day. At my 30 week appointment I have gained 20 lbs versus the 36 lbs at 30 weeks during my first pregnancy. That made me feel pretty good. Regardless, I'll at least know I did what I could. There were a lot of benefits to Blair being a big baby, so it will be interesting to see if a difference is made.
One apparent difference is how active this baby is. I remember Blair moving, but NOT like this one. This baby will keep me up at night tossing and turning. It has woken me up by literally kicking my butt so hard it hurt. So, to say the least... I'm a bit nervous about what we're getting into here.
