weeks 22 and 23

Here are a few updates:


- I had a doctor's appointment last Friday and everything is looking good. My next appointment is in April where I will have an ultrasound, take a glucose test, and meet with the doctor.


- The nightmares have stopped, but the weird dreams haven't. Sometimes I wake up in the morning feeling really confused/stressed because of a strange dream I had that night. While I slept all night, I wake up exhausted because of the odd/stressful dream. I have one of those about once a week- so it isn't too bad. And I would take that over a nightmare any day.

- I have been craving sweets a lot more in these past two weeks. In the beginning, I wasn't craving sweets at all. In fact, I threw candy away that wasn't getting eaten. But now I day dream about boston cream donuts and Reese's peanut butter Easter eggs. More than I would pre-pregnancy (I have always loved sweets). It takes some serious will power to not cave and eat one of each every day. Sometimes I succeed, and sometimes I definitely fail.

- I am having the hardest time making sure I am eating enough vegetables. I really really don't enjoy them. I force myself to eat some each day- but I'm definitely not eating as many as I should be.

- In week 23 I cut over 12 inches off of my hair.  I haven't had short hair since 2007, and I felt like I needed a change. I was really beginning to feel so drab, and pulling my hair back into a pony tail each day didn't help matters any.  I felt like I needed something shorter and stylish so that I was forced to do something to it that wouldn't take me hours to do. As soon as my hair dresser cut the pony tail off, I instantly loved it. I am still adjusting to seeing myself, but I think it is a good change for now.

- Last Monday night I got home from work, made dinner and was relaxing on the couch when all of a sudden my back really started hurting. I figured it was from carrying Jack (the one year old I nanny) and laid down in hopes that it would go away after resting. No such luck. I didn't sleep AT ALL on Monday night or Tuesday night. In fact, I was in so much pain on Tuesday night- at 4 am, I seriously thought I needed to go to the ER. It hurt so bad- no matter what position I was in. I tried laying in all different positions I could think of, standing, walking, sitting, stretching (I googled it and found some yoga stretches to try), I even took a shower in hopes that might help. Nothing. I texted my chiropractor (who are also our friends) the next morning and they told me to come in that morning. So I did and I was there for an hour. They were so thorough and gave me the BEST care ever. I left feeling so so so much better. It was amazing. My back still hurt, but it was a dull ache and bearable, and I was able to sleep through the night (yay for me and for Lee!). I have continued to go to the chiropractor almost daily so that we can fully correct the problem and I can be as close to feeling better as possible. It has been over a week and my back feels a whole lot better, praise the Lord!

- Ever since the back pain I had last week, I have been feeling petrified to give birth. I seriously can't think about it for more than 10 seconds. Because if my back hurt that bad and I felt that miserable- how on earth am I going to be strong enough to give birth? So I think it might be best if he just stayed inside my belly for a while longer. Or forever. Because I'm pretty sure I won't be able to get him out.


Here are some bump pictures for your viewing pleasure.

week 22:

week 23:

 Before and after my hair cut: