PRIDE

Week 15: I've been VERY thirsty for the past few days and since I don't drink enough water during the day (these two weeks have been crazy at work because both C and J are away), I end up drinking a lot more at night, which is not fun. Have to pee after I fall asleep! The morning sickness seems to be going away but still occasionally come back and bite me here and there. I do feel hungry faster now. Even with breakfast with eggs and cheese I still get hungry around 10-10:30. Still not showing with clothes on, but the bump is there without clothes for sure. There is a clear line above my uetrus and I feel like I have middle age belly right above the baby bump. Baby seems to swim everywhere at daytime (midwife found it on the left side) but stay closer to the centre at night time when we use the doppler. 

Week 16: everything seems to be pretty normal now. Pregnancy still not visible with clothes on. The big appetite I'm wating for is sadly still not here! According to K I'll never get it but Charissa said it will come. Anyways I feel okay most of the time but sometimes still burps a lot after I eat and I can't seem to eat too much still. It seems like I can't have milk (at least in the morning). It's either slowing down the digesting process or bringing the morning sickness back. Baby doppler is returned and it feels weird cause I really can't do anything and it almost feels like there is nothing going on with my body (except for constipation). Catherine has been very enthusiastic and cheerful whenever she sees me. It's funny to think that the whole centre thought she was nuts and now she is just so nice and appreciative of everything. You really can't judge a book by its cover. Acne problems are rising, not sure if it's the constipation or I'm having a girl. Considering somehow the babies come in pack and all the same sex, last wave was all boys (EL, SD, JF, CE) so it would make this wave (HK, BM, me, K) all girls. No one is gonna find out the sex so I guess I would be the first one. 

week 17: Constipation started to get bad again. Other than that everything was normal. My nose was still stuffed and bloody. Finally started to show more. 

Week 18: Felt a hard spot on my belly and it hurt on day 4. I pressed it down and it went away in a minute. Same night I somehow started to panic. Probably because I haven't felt anything or my weight was not really going up that fast or I felt like my boobs were shrinking or I wasn't peeing that much. Anyways I panicked and didn't sleep well that night. Good thing is I had an appointment with the midwife the next day so that was reassuring. Blood pressure was normal and baby heartbeat was strong at around 150/min. On the same night (day 5 Feb 22) I felt a bubble!!! I felt it a couple of times that night. Not sure if it was me digesting or it was baby swimming around. Got pretty excited though!!

week 19: So my constipation is getting bad. The first time it happened it went away after I tried several warm water bath. I used coconut oil for my belly and this time when I felt really itchy and dry, I looked at my coconut oil thinking that might help -- and it did! I looked it up online and apparently coconut oil is great for treating hemorrhoids! (Apple cider vinegar too!) Scheduled an ultrasound at 19 week exact and got a disturbing results back. We were eager to find out the sex but the baby wouldn't cooperate at all. The room was warm and it wasn't comfortable to lie on my back to begin with. When the ultrasound technician asked me to jump and do som excersie to wake the baby up, I followed the instruction and got out of breath and sick. Despite of my effort, the baby was still sleeping and barely moving. Three days later midwife called me and told me they found a white spot on baby's heart so we had to go back to a hospital to get a level 2 ultrasound. She said there was nothing to worry about just a precuation but of course I had to go home and look it up online. Turned out it was a soft marker for Down Syndrome. We're going back almost two weeks later and heopfully everything will be okay...

week 20: I feel like my appetite is getting better. I'm eating more and weight has gone up to 120 pounds very quickly. I might be ready for Mandarin soon haha. 

Week 21: Went back for another ultrasound. It took soooo long to do it this time. She was very thorough. She told us it might be a girl since there was three lines that indicated female productive organs. The white spot was still there but there was no other abnormal findings. The doctor said that it just increased my chance of having a DS baby but that's all. Hopefully everything turns out to be fine and Addie is perfectly healthy. 

Week 22: Weight is like up and down depending on if I had a BM or not. It's between 118-122 now. 4 punds of poop baby haha. On the 19th I had Braxton Hicks all day. Uncomfortable and irregular. It came and went. Some hurt and some just the tightness and fullness. I wouldn't say it was like period cramping like some people descibe. Milder ones were a bit like indigestion but that was it. I rememeber few weeks ago I had it when Liane was in the classroom with me. I told her I felt really full and tight and she told me it was probably just gas. Now I know it's definitely not! It was one of the false contraction I was getting!! Checked online if there was a correlation between frequent and early BH and early labor but apparently no. Just have to keep myself hyddrated! Also have been eating a bit more that weekend. 20th -- started to doubt if it's Braxton Hicks at all. I feel like it's just baby kicking and abusing my bladder area and making me miserable. I tried to push her back up and that helped like immediately so it's probably just her stretching all day yesterday....