Birth Boot Camp

Me and the Hubby decided to take a "Birth Boot Camp" class... A wonderful lady, who I met through my doula is teaching it. We weren't sure if we wanted to take a Bradley method class, hypnobabies or another version of a natural birth class.

We were recommended this birth boot camp and upon checking it out it looks like what I want. We are very excited to start in the next couple of weeks. I struggle with on and off days where I feel completely confident that I can have the healthy and natural birth that I want and then boom, I feel despair and sadness that I should just relinquish the idea of a positive vaginal birth. I really think this class will help me remain even more positive. I will update as we start :)

http://birthbootcamp.com/ is the website to check out more information. This is not a sponsored post, I am just sharing the path we have chosen to take in hopes it may help someone reading.

22 Weeks with Bump Pic/Unfortunate pic of foot swelling :/

Here I am a few days ago at 22 weeks (23w2d now) in one of my old shirts that still fits! Please excuse the poor quality, it's a phone picture taken in the mirror. 

We went to the fair that night. Walking around the fair took a lot out of me and I finally got the "poor pregnant lady swollen feet" which is now a common occurrence at night, shown below. 

Yikes! No amount of water or elevation is helping these poor things :(

I have another appointment coming up next week, things are going well still and my doctor is back from vacation so I can see him again. 

Tattoo Watch!

Well, we are on tattoo watch now! I am fully expecting my poor tattoos to be destroyed in the remainder of the pregnancy. We will see how that goes!

I am still able to put my insulin pump site on my stomach! It's getting harder on the front as my skin stretches so I'm sticking to the sides but I think I may have to move it to my legs soon :( I won't lie, I am a little concerned about that.

I am so hungry!

I am so hungry right now I wanted to make a post with some of the food I've had lately. My husband took me to an awesome crab restaurant where I tried craw fish for the first time, then the next week came home and made my own mini shrimp boil with baby red potatoes, corn, andouille sausage shrimp and lobster with French baguette on the side  Mmmmm!

  I'm really craving fish and chips right now as well as spicy Clamato juice and hamburgers. Right now anything seafood and spicy and tomato-ey would make me happy! 

This was super simple and delicious & extremely cheap! Just $1 each the box and bottle

This drink with the mini hamburgers looks amazing and  it combines everything delicious to me right now.

8 Through 20 Week Progression Photos

I am now 21 weeks. Here is the progression from 8 to 20. You can clearly see the exhaustion on my face from week 8 where I was completely miserable to just last week. I am feeling better, though the second trimester is not all rainbows and glitter toots like some people say it is :( 

One thing I am totally excited about is the kicks! I can feel and see them and so can Hubby :) He really reacts to music and the "flashlight trick" where you shine a flashlight on your stomach and the baby kind of follows it and kicks. He is really active at night :O Luckily I work nights so I am used to it. 

There is not much to report on the diabetes front, my insulin is going up again and I am officially above my pre-pregnancy levels. It is a daily frustration for me but I am really proud of my 6.2% A1C. It has been a lot of hard work but the little guy is measuring perfectly still so it is paying off for sure!

Anatomy scan 19 weeks

I had my anatomy scan today. I was 19 weeks 1 day. The baby is measuring 20 weeks exactly. I'm glad to hear this because my last appointment at the perinatologist didn't go well. The doctor (who I will refuse to see ever again) said the baby was huge, with a large head, and in the 90th percentile and two+ weeks ahead, she then rolled her eyes at me when I said "oh my I don't want a 12 pound baby" I cried as soon as she left the room. I felt like a failure, like I had done this on purpose and he was suffering because of me.

Little guy was cooperative for the first part of the scan but when it came time to scan his spine he wouldn't move. We spent a whole twenty minutes extra just trying to get him to turn over. My stomach is pretty sore now from the painful jabbing. I now know all the little feelings I'm getting *ARE* him moving because I could see him moving and correlate it with the feelings. It was very cool to see but I'm on edge waiting for the results to come back on the next couple days.