Pregnancy Update: Week 25
…and less than 15 weeks to go!
How far along: 25 weeks, 2 days
Total weight gain/loss: 18 pounds (from 122 to 140 pounds). Somewhere between weeks 23 and 25 I started to let go of my anxiety about weight gain. I mean, 18 pounds is a lot. I don’t “carry weight well”; I look best at 122-125 pounds. Unfortunately vanity has no place in pregnancy. I’m eating (relatively) well, still exercising semi-regularly (with the exception of the last two weeks), and gaining weight appropriately. It may be a hard pill to swallow right now, but it’s only temporary and it’s what my body has to do to prepare for our baby.
Exercise: Needless to say, week 24 did not include much exercise. I squeezed in a little exercise over week 25, but I was still recovering from my holiday sugar coma and a haze of congestion.
Maternity clothes: Different day, same… stuff.
Stretch marks: None! I bathe in cocoa butter.
Sleep: My hips hurt and my dreams are super freaky, but overall I’m still sleeping well.
Best moment this week: Buying a new car and starting our childbirth classes (I plan to post about the class when we get more into the thick of things).
Things you miss: Climbing, running, Sumo Sushi’s caterpillar roll, Jimmy Johns. You know, the usual.
Movement: I hardly felt baby girl at all last week. However, by Saturday and Sunday she was movin’ and groovin’. She’s been pretty active today, too!
Food cravings: PBJ smoothie from Smoothie King. Yum!
Anything making you queasy or sick: Eggs.
Have you started to show yet: Yes, I think it’s pretty obvious I’m pregnant and not fat.
Gender: GIRL!
How I’m feeling: Much better this week! I passed my GD test last week. Unfortunately I found out I’m ever-so-slightly anemic at my 24 week appointment (hemoglobin was 11.8; should be 12 or higher). I did some research and learned that calcium can prevent the absorption of iron. Guess I need to stop taking my prenatal vitamins with a glass of milk every night. Apparently vitamin C helps with the absorption of iron. Too bad I bought calcium-enriched OJ to drink… Whoops! Can we say placenta brain?
To be honest, I’m nervous about the anemia. In order to give birth at the birth center, you need to be considered “low risk” during your pregnancy. I’m worried my anemia will rule me out of a birth center delivery, especially since I’m making a huge change by switching from an OB to midwives. It would be a huge pain in the butt to switch to the birth center only to turn around and be referred out to an OB!
Looking forward to: Continuing our childbirth classes, my first appointment with the midwives on Feburary 2nd, and switching to biweekly appointments.
I love this picture because it seriously looks like someone shoved a nicely shaped pillow under your shirt. I feel as though I can still make out your pre-pregnancy figure!!! What kind of ab workouts do you do? I have a pregnancy workout video but…. I cannot bring myself to do it without cracking up laughing at myself. I look ridiculous!
Aw, thanks! It didn’t always look like that. Check out weeks 17-20. I look misshapen.
My OB told me to stop doing ab exercises when I got pregnant, so I’ve done ZERO intentional exercises since week 5. You still use your core for other things, though. I walk and lift some light weights at the gym. Mostly my abs are now jello (as is the rest of my body). My arms are probably the most toned part of me at this point, but those muscles are buried beneath a layer of squish these days. Winter padding?