Belly Button Watch

....Still an innie.....

Yay.

Exhaustion and swollen feet

Wow, these past few weeks have been a blur. I had a special event at the park, then I had my Wild Edibles program, and right after that Mid Season training (that I had to plan by myself). Whew, talk about overload. I'm absolutely exhausted.

Yesterday really wore me out. For part of the mid season training, the group came to my park to look for reptiles and amphibians. We walked all over the place! I also found a new cave in the park, which was very exciting. But by the end of all that walking in the 105 degree heat index, I was wiped out. I came home and passed out pretty early last night. And this morning, my feet were all swollen. I propped them up while at work, and that seemed to help.. After lunch it went back down. Hope that was just because of all the walking I did yesterday, and not the start of a regular thing.

Not much else to report. Still doing the same, don't seem to be gaining any weight still. I feel him moving around every day. I still seem to carry him low for the most part. I'm still in awe when I feel the little kicks. I go to the doctor tomorrow for a checkup. I'll actually meet my new doctor for the first time. My first visit there was with a nurse practitioner.

And the best news...I think we can safely say Stephen will be home between Sept 1-3. Its still later than we wanted, its still seems kinda far off, but having a solid date at least makes me feel better.

That's all I can think of for now, I'm just too tired to think too much.

I stand corrected

I made a mistake with Stephen's return date. He should be back around the 1st of September.

Name?

Oh yeah, and the name we are thinking about is:

Ethan John

Not set in stone, but the general consensus so far is everyone likes it.

The heat is on in Week 24

It is definatly summer! Temps have been in the mid to upper 90s here all week. So far I'm handling the heat about as well as I usually do. I haven't been great about heat for several years, so this comes as no surprise. Luckily I still haven't gained a bunch of weight, because that would make the heat even harder to deal with. In fact, I don't think I've gained any weight still. I stopped losing several weeks ago, so I guess I've leveled out. But the little guy continues to push my belly out, so what fat I did still have there is now being shoved out for all the world to see!

And my belly button still looks normal. So far so good on that.

I feel him kicking on and off throughout the day, and I can even watch my belly move sometimes. That is still really odd to watch. He's moved up some too. For the past few days instead of getting kicked square in the bladder, I'm getting kicked in the belly button area, or right above it. In fact, I had to pause writing this so I could watch my belly move. Not sure what he's doing in there, but it feels like he's shifting around...the kicks were above my belly button, now they are back on it again. Guess he's getting settled in for the night. I've decided that he doesn't like it if I lay on my back. The few times I've tried that he seems to get really active.

Things have been going well otherwise. Work settled down for a couple weeks, but now its busy again. I have a wild edibles program on Saturday, so I will spend the rest of this week preparing for that. Luckily we have a front moving through that is supposed to cool things down. That will make life a lot less miserable. I also was put in charge of setting up a Mid Season training for my district, and that is next Tues and Wed. Its a lot of work, and I sure hope I have it all lined out. I keep having nightmares that everything goes wrong and its a big disaster. I've never planned anything like this and I've been doing it all by myself, so it should be interesting. So far though, I'm really excited about it. We have some great sessions planned and even better field trips for the second day.

The only bad thing thats happened lately is that I found out Stephen probably won't be home until the first week or so of September. The new teacher doesn't want to start until the 9th, and Stephen's boss is holding his ticket over his head to essentially blackmail him into staying until the new teacher starts. It really upsets me because she knows the situation and seems to have absolutely no sympathy for us. As disappointing as it is, it will mean another 2 grand in his pocket, and we can't really argue with that.

Hopefully this pregnancy will continue to go as smoothly as it has been, and it won't be an issue.

A little about week 24:
There are 111 days until your due date on October 30, 2007.
You are 169 days pregnant.
You are 5.5 months pregnant.
You are in your 6th month of pregnancy. (huh?)
Your 1st trimester: January 23, 2007 to April 23, 2007. (0 - 12 weeks)
Your 2nd trimester: April 24, 2007 to August 06, 2007. (13 - 27 weeks)
Your 3rd trimester: August 07, 2007 to October 30, 2007. (28 - 40 weeks)

This week your baby's crown-to-rump length is 8.4 inches and your baby will weigh 1.2 pounds. Although it weighs a little over a pound at this point, your growing baby is still tiny. Your uterus can easily be felt 1.5 to 2 inches above your bellybutton. The fetus does not appear to have much room in the uterus anymore, but as your pregnancy progresses, space gets much tighter!

Your baby's face is basically complete now. The fetus's eyes are close together on the front of his face and they are still shut. Your baby's ears have moved into their final position on the sides of his head. Where they are now is where they will be when your baby is born! Hair will continue to grow on his scalp and his eyelashes are well developed. Most of your baby's features look the same as they will at birth. Because your growing baby is getting plumper, he no longer has room in your tummy to do cartwheels and somersaults.