Pregnancy Progress

So I have started to feel like I am already turning into one of those moms who did more for her first child then she does for her second child, even though I swore I would never do that since I am the second child. I have still been so focused on Brody that I have neglected to document anything about this pregnancy..... so here goes!

I am 22 weeks and the time has just flown by. I will be six months on Saturday and I feel like I haven't done a single thing to prepare for Meg besides having a garage sale and organizing all of my drawers and cabinets that have already become messy again. This pregnancy has been, for the most part, much different than Brody's. For the first 4 months nothing sounded good to eat, I was nauseous, and threw up frequently. With Brody I was nauseous, but rarely threw up. As a result of this I ended up losing weight in the beginning rather than gaining. I think I have finally gained all the weight back that I lost and a couple of extra pounds. I am not worried about it though because I am obviously getting bigger so I am guessing that Meg is getting bigger too! I have also had many more aches and pains then I did with Brody. I never felt pressure and this time around I sometimes feel like Meg might just fall right out of me. The doctor says this is normal because the baby is very low and because I have placenta previa (meaning the placenta is covering my cervix). Because of this I am supposed to avoid strenuous activity (whatever that means). She did inform me that vacuuming is considered strenuous activity and therefore my house has not been vacuumed in 5 weeks. If you find that completely disgusting let me know and I will arrange a time for you to come over and do it for me :) I do think the "avoiding strenuous activity" is helping because the pressure gets better when I take it easy and much worse when I do too much! The good thing this time around is that I am not nearly as tired as I was with Brody. This is probably because I am used to being tired and pregnancy is nothing compared to keeping up wtih Brody!!

Pregnancy is not all bad...it is just not my favorite thing. I enjoy it because it means I will have a baby in a few months and that is the part I really enjoy! I have also started to feel her kick, which is always neat and reassuring. She is just like Brody was. I never felt very much movement/kicks, they were just kind of sporadic and wouldn't last very long. I don't understand why this is because on the ultrasounds you can see her just moving around like crazy and the nurse has a hard time getting her heartbeat because she won't stay still. Who knows!

Brody and Bryson have been wonderful throughout it all. Bryson has helped out so much with Brody and Brody has been understanding when I tell him I can't do certain things. People ask all of the time if Brody is excited about having a baby sister. I don't think he actually understands it all. He knows mommy has a baby in her belly and that Meg has a few clothes hanging up in the closet, but I don't think he actually knows that a baby will be living at our house in a few months. Brody said the cutest thing this morning. I was changing clothes and he said "mommy have baby in belly". And I said "yes". He said "I want to see". And I explained that you can't actually see the baby yet. He said "yes, she down in that hole" and he got very close to my belly button and tried to see her. It was just so funny. He somehow thinks my belly button plays an essential role when it comes to the baby.

More pictures to come shortly of my baby that we can actually see!