and baby makes 6: August 2010

I had my monthly Dr's appointment last thursday. There were high points and low points. The first low point was i had to wait over an hour which is a first for me at that office and it just so happened that was the first time i let Lily come with me. If i can at all help it, I will not be doing that again. She actually did pretty well but near the end she was getting understandably bored. Then in the room she paniced when i had to lie on the bed to listen to baby's heart beat. For some reason it freaked her out and she cried until i bribed her with some candy.
The second low point was getting on the scale. I gained 6lbs this past month. ugh. i'm gaining weight much faster this time around. At this point it really seems unlikely that i'll stick to my usual 35-37lb gain. I go back and forth with how I feel about it. One moment i'm chastising myself for my poor eating habits (which are no different than any other pregnancy) and lack of excercising; the next moment I just couldn't care less. I'm just so hungry so often. Not just muchy or having a craving but hungry!!

Onto the high points of the appointment. She had my ECG results back and they showed that my heart is perfect and healthy! So we agree that the palpitations are simply related to increased blood volume of pregnancy. My monthly blood work came back and my platelets actually went up a couple numbers this month! This is great! Maybe it will be a trend and I might be able to miraculously avoid induction for the first time! And then she found baby's heartbeat instantly which was nice. She has always had to search and search for it before. Overall, a good appointment.

My back pain started up this week. I can't complain too much. I'm actually surprised it didnt' start earlier. Last night it was particularly sore and I just felt so thankful that God provided us with a giant jacuzzi tub for this pregnancy!! I haven't been using it much yet but now that the aches have really started coming on strong I'm loving it!

Baby has really been moving like crazy this week! Seems like almost all day every day. It can be felt from the outside but lawrence hasn't caught it yet. I'm really enjoying it and i find that i'm chatting with this little one much more now that he/she is constantly reminding me of their presence.