Wow, that only took a few MINUTES! I should do that every time. But it's not exactly a great photo, lol! Nicely framed, mama! ;)
So there is my 'Lijah baby belly for 25 weeks! :) My uterus is a fingerwidth above my tummy button, though I don't know what my actual bump measures. Usually a fingerwidth (cm) per week above the belly button (the 20 week mark) is normal, so I'm not sure why I am only measuring a fingerwidth above, but I think I look nice and pregnant for my stage, so I'm not too worried about it. Also I know I was "small" earlier in the pregnancy but he measured fine anyway, so that's good.
I'm loving the sweet baby inside! :) I talk to him when I have a quiet moment, or at night, whenever he kicks or wiggles about in there. He responds to me doing a gentle drum of my fingers in the same spot, by kicking there. He had hiccups for the first time a few nights ago! It was so clear and familiar to feel - I definitely haven't felt him have hiccups before then, although he may have had some at night while I was sleeping I suppose. When I woke up the next morning, the first thing I was aware of was MORE hiccups going on! :) How I love feeling baby kicks and hiccups!! It's so special! When I ask him how he's doing in there, I am finding that I mostly refer to him as "lil 'Lijah" - you know, like lil 'Liza Jane?! ;) It's just what comes out. And it makes me MUSH inside to say it, so I am guessing it's going to stick as a nickname, for me anyway. My little 'Lijah. *sigh* I love him so much already.
I am currently looking forward to his birth so much, but I know that I will start to feel slightly less thrilled about the prospect near the end of my pregnancy! It's an ordeal for sure, but I am SO eager to meet this sweet little manny, and I know that's the precious moment when I'll first lay eyes and hands on him! I can't wait for that part! :)
I am still queasy, but for the past 4-ish days I haven't noticed any queasiness! I felt sure that it was definitely going this time, because (unlike last time I thought it was gone), I keep finding myself chewing my fingernails, which I am absolutely unable to do from the start of morning sickness onwards, until it's WELL and truly cleared up. So now I am chewing my fingers up, yay! ;) Shame about that, but oh well! Today though, I feel sick again, and I'm struggling with the habit of chewing my fingers, but feeling really yucky when I do. So I guess it's not gone yet! :S Still manageable though, so I can't complain!
I am in quite a lot of pain in my pelvis now, especially at the back on my right side, and my hips in general. I'm not over-doing it at all really, but I have been doing a lot more housework lately. This is GOOD, as I have always been next to useless at getting housework done, lol! I have a new routine which is actually working (gasp! faint!), which means that between breakfast, which I finish by about 8ish, and school (9.30ish), I have the table cleared and wiped, the bench and booster seat wiped down, the floor swept, the laundry sorted into loads, the tumble dryer load folded, the washing machine load transferred to the tumble dryer, a new load started in the washing machine, the dishwasher loaded and started, the boys changed (nappies) and dressed for the day, and I've washed, dressed and brushed my hair. Sounds like TONS, and for me it totally IS! But the more I repeat and repeat the routine day after day, the quicker it's becoming to do those things, and it seems quite easy now compared with a couple of weeks ago. And I don't feel "right" any more about leaving the kitchen with food stuck to some part of it, so I go back in and quickly clean it. All of which means, the house is actually looking so much better! And feeling nicer to be in! And I have another "school" area - the kitchen table!
But I am hurting! I don't hurt while I work, but about 30-60 minutes later, my pelvis starts to hurt - just aching with a sharp central point in the right side of the back of my pelvis. If I sit still for a few minutes, getting up is awful, and putting weight on the right leg as I walk can be unbearable for a moment as I get going. Once it's hurting like that, it doesn't really clear up for an hour or so (or several hours today), and it's harder to pick little ones up or get down on the floor to change a nappy and then up again, that sort of thing. And when it does fade off and feel better, if I do any MORE housework (not even anything much), like sweep the kitchen floor again after lunch (can you believe I - ME! - am actually routinely sweeping the kitchen floor 2-3 times a day?!!!!), then it comes back with a vengeance. I am slightly unnerved about this at 25 weeks, when I am going to get more prone to pelvic pain as the weeks go by, but I don't think there's anything to be done about it. I would like to exercise (I STILL don't do any!) but once I have pelvic pain it seems like any and all exercise makes it worse and worse, even going for a walk. So I'm not sure what to do about that. Swimming is gentle but not on the cards for me - not practical really. I might ask my doula what she thinks...
I MUST phone and make my next midwife appointment! It's at 28 weeks, but I have to book it. I think I have blood taken at 28 weeks? And anti-D if I were consenting to that, but I'm not. Otherwise just a general check-up.
Samuel is stirring an awful lot at the moment, and I should really be in bed sleeping, so I think I will cut this entry short and go to bed. At least I got one in there! ;) And a belly pic at last. I will try to get it in the gallery as well, and update again soon. All is well though - thanks for the comments on my last post, after my long gap! :)
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