Mallory ~18 weeks~

Breastfeeding:  Still going fine  I nursed uncovered at the museum last weekend.  I don't have a problem when other women do it, and I have done it before, but generally I don't because I'm just not super comfortable with it.

Sleep:  She doesn't settle down for the night sometimes until 10 pm and then is up by 7 am.  Today was 6 am.  I am not a fan of the  6 am wakeup call. 

6 am!

She also doesn't nap, as I mention every week.  There have been a few desperate car naps. 

Misc.  She had her four month checkup yesterday.  So she's cranky today.  She's almost 24 inches, and just over 14lbs.  She has a 98% head.  No surprise there though. 

I need to go shopping for clothes for her.  Because Eleanor was in the 3-6 month size in winter time I have a limited amount of clothes that actually will work for 3-6 month summer.  It'd just stick her in onesies if I could but I don't even have many short sleeved ones.  I knew this would eventually be a problem with seasons. 

She's discovered her toes and loves to put them in her mouth.

Round 2: 18 weeks

How far along: 18 weeks

Baby Size:  Sweet potato  

Weight:   Up about 6lbs

Symptoms:   Peeing all the time at night.  It's pee, lay down, get up, pee lay down and sometimes this repeats for an hour and a  half. 

Maternity Clothes:  Yes, mostly bottoms are maternity because I can't button jeans.

Sleep:  Terrible, but that's in part due to tooth pain (see below)

Cravings/Food Aversions:  Nothing really that I have to have, lots of things that don't sound good at all.

Belly Button:  In

Rings on or off: On

Gender:  I'm leaning toward a boy this week.   We found out at 18 weeks that Eleanor was a girl, but going team green this time is making me anxious and excited.

Name:  I am probably going to let Rob have the girl name he wants, even though I don't love the meaning, boy we have already

Movement: I think so.  I felt Eleanor at 18 weeks 2 days for the first time.  I am thinking I feel her but sometimes I feel movement by where the waistband of my pants are so I wondered if it was just that adjusting. I know that sounds so ridiculous. 

Stretch Marks: Yes, from Eleanor

Best moment:  My sister gave me a ton of boy clothes, maternity clothes and baby things.  I have to store all the boy clothes, and I don't have room really, but couldn't say no in case this is a boy. 

Looking forward to:  Seeing baby next week. 

Nervous about: Appointments next week, getting my teeth removed (see misc.)

What I miss:  Feeling like I got enough sleep


Labor signs:  Nope

Appointments:  September 10 for prenatal checkup and September 11 for anatomy scan

Misc. Honestly I'm miserable.  I'm having pain from my wisdom teeth and they need to come out.  I wanted them out earlier this year.  I did the panoramic x-rays and paid $120 for them, waited well over a month for a consult with an oral surgeon in March and then paid $70 for that.  Then waited four more months to find out it would cost me $750 to get all 3 out.   And at some point in that time frame I got pregnant which set me back more.    I really am nervous about this because of the pregnancy.  

But I'm getting them out tomorrow.   And because of the pregnancy they can't use sedation.  This means that I don't need someone to bring me making logistics easier,  it also means that it's actually going to cost significantly less (like half the cost), but I'm not sure if they are doing all 3 or just the 2 that bug me now.  The downside is that I will hear all the noises. 

18 weeks with Eleanor

The Eleanor Update: 18 weeks

Breastfeeding:  The issues I was having a few weeks ago are better.  And I'm happy that we've made it four months and I have a healthy growing girl.

Sleep:  I've given up on ever getting more than 4 hours a night (for me).  And apparently there is this whole four month wakeful thing.  A lot of ladies on my birth month board talked about this 12 week growth spurt and how it was torture.  I never dealt with that, and even though I wasn't all 'hahaha,' at the time we are dealing with this and it is rough and I can feel total empathy for them.  She wakes up several times in the middle of the night and cries-which is new-and then after I pick her up she is all smiles and wide awake for the next one to two hours.  So it would seem like she would sleep in, but nope.  She's still up by 8 am.



Misc:  She's getting smart.  Sometimes when I'm nursing her, she will pull off and just look up at me.  As soon as I smile at her she grins back at me.  She knows how to play me and as adorable as it is, it's tough at 3 am to not rile her up.

She can sit up now!  Actually she's been doing this for a few weeks.  Sometimes she leans forward but she can go 20 seconds or so without falling over.





Pictures:

Nursing in bed.  I shared this on instagram with the caption 'Breakfast in bed' lol

18 weeks

How far along:  18 weeks

Baby Size:  Small electric shaver :) or a sweet potato.

Weight:  127.4.  I think I'm up 4 1/2lbs

Symptoms:   

• Super emotional
• Cramping
• Tired

Maternity Clothes:   I still am fine in regular clothes, but I got a bunch of stuff from my sister so I've started mixing them in.

Sleep:  I got a few 2 hours stretches Saturday night.  It's the little things that make me happy.  I even got an almost 3 hour stretch Sunday night (and then was up with insomnia the next hour), but it seems to be getting better.

Cravings/Food Aversions:  Pizza, donuts and fruits (I should probably indulge that one the most).  I'm starting to eat meat, but burger and chicken aren't working for me.  I did have a brat and then a sausage mcmuffin from Mcdonalds and had no issues with those.

Belly Button:  In

Rings on or off: In

Gender:  After we tell a few more people, I'll share it!

Name:  Probably have a first name, still debating the middle.

Movement: Nope, I 'think' I may have felt something, but I really don't think it was the baby. 

Best moment: Knowing that everything was okay with the baby.  Rob getting to see the baby again.  Finding out the sex of the baby!

Looking forward to:  Being halfway done.  2 more weeks!

What I miss:  Cherry coke.  I'm probably going to have to have some soon.


Labor signs: No thank you.

Appointments:   20 week appt in 2 weeks. 

Misc.  Last night Rob made cookies (or really pillsbury made them and he just baked them) and I was not eating obe right away and Rob told me to "Eat the cookie because the baby wants it"  :)

The song by Gary Alan "Every storm runs out of rain" has been my motivation this pregnancy.  I first heard it a week before I found out I was pregnant.  It came on in the car today.  As it's down pouring outside.  Ironic?  But now the sun is out and shinning. :)