9th Month!

Feeling: Very good. Having some sleepless nights and pelvic pain, but that's to be expected.
Cravings: McDonald's burgers, ribs, chocolate, sticky toffee pudding, chocolate ice cream and chips. Basically everything that is unhealthy!
Aversions: Not too much at all.
Belly status: Growing like crazy. My hubby says he can see my belly coming around the corner before he can see me! lol
Any movement?: I swear I can feel every movement of a finger at this point! Not so many kicks, feels more like rolls and stretches now because I don't think there's much room left!

Photo is me at 37 weeks :)

8 Months Pregnant

I know this is a little late, but better late than never, right?!

Feeling: Actually pretty good besides the bronchitis I had for a few weeks. Thankfully that's over!

Cravings: Roast beef, McDonald's burgers (sooo unhealthy!), milk, Yop and chocolate

Aversions: Just over-ripe bananas at the moment

Belly status: Getting huge! Well, it feels like it!

Any movement?: Baby's kicking up a storm. When I lay on my right side I can feel the baby's little hands moving around :)

7 Months Pregnant

Feeling: Quite a bit better, other than the pelvic pain and sciatic pain.
Cravings: Chocolate, chips, greek yogurt, pineapple, peanut butter, chocolate milk, pizza and milk. I need my glass of milk every morning!
Aversions: It changes daily, one day I can love something and the next I will hate it!
Belly status: Growing for sure and when I lay down on my back I can see that baby has made its home on the left side of my belly. It's all lop-sided!
Any movement?: Lots of movement, can feel kicks up in my ribs and when I sleep the baby curls up in a ball.

21 Weeks

I have now made it to 21 weeks...hooray!! I'm feeling pretty good, no bleeding in a week so that's good news. I can't believe I'm at the end of my 5th month already. Apparently the baby is about the length of a banana now and I feel lots of movement every day. Matt still hasn't felt a kick, so I am hoping he will be able to soon.

I'm starting to feel like this is actually real and everything will be okay, finally. I was still scared that something might happen but it's starting to go away now that I have gotten this far. I definitely know that this little peanut inside of me is a tough one and is determined to stay in there! I have been thinking more and more about if there's a little boy or girl in there and what he/she will look like and am getting more excited about snuggling this little baby :)

I took it somewhat easy this weekend, but did a little more than usual. We did some shopping and spent time outside since it was pretty hot out. Ceili was in an awful mood for most of the weekend, I think it was lack of sleep so I am hoping this week is better. Matt and I have been getting so frustrated with her tantrums and bad moods, but I notice that she goes through phases every few months.

Today I am taking it a bit easier because tomorrow a friend of mine is coming over to visit and the next day I will have Ceili home with me, so I will be fairly busy.

Movement!

My weekend was very uneventful. We just hung out and let Ceili play in the backyard since it was nice and warm.

On Friday night I started to feel the baby move which is exciting for me! It's not regular movement I feel yet, but I do feel the little kicks and punches every so often. It's so wonderful and helps me to know that our little peanut is doing okay in there :)

I also started to have a few cramps in my abdomen yesterday, feels like muscles stretching and have had a bit of spotting along with it. My uterus must be growing, I have heard that when the uterus grows, it is most likely to cause bleeding because the placenta is stretching so that must be what's happening. Thankfully it hasn't been alot of bleeding, so I'm just taking it easy today.

The dreams I have been having are just awful these past few days. Last night I dreamed that Matt told me he is no longer interested in me because I am pregnant. I was so upset in my dream and when I woke up I was crying. The fact that I am on pelvic rest may be part of why I had this particular bad dream.