Sneaking in my 19 weeks entry
Thanks to a ridiculously hectic week last week (one entire day of reconciling financial records, three days out at a conference, including the Saturday, visiting family...) I am posting my 19 weeks update one day before I get to 20 weeks.
Oops.
So. 19 weeks (and 6 days) in, I'm still occasionally stupidly tired, but my appetite has settled down. I'm drinking ridiculous amounts of water and trying to steer clear of caffeine and sugary drinks so the occasional cup of tea, glass of squash or bottle of Liptons iced tea passes my lips, but so do at least two litres of water a day, if not more. I still feel dehydrated often, but I honestly can't drink any more without bursting.
Not too many aches and pains, although if I stand for too long (or walk too far) the back of my right hip cramps up. This is shortly followed by the front of my right thigh going numb; a very weird sensation. Luckily this can be alleviated by sitting down, or standing on my left leg with my right leg bent up in a sort of heron pose. I say luckily - it gets you some very strange looks on station platforms or at car boot sales.
I think it might be a trapped nerve - I will be asking the midwife about it.
Speaking of car boot sales, on Sunday we went to the last Tetsworth car boot of the year. There were a lot of very random things there. Very random. However, among the random, there was a very nice lady selling a bundle of lovely pale apple-green nursery bits including a lampshade, curtains with matching tie-backs, a duvet and a cellular blanket. All of them have gorgeous old-fashioned (not Disneyfied) Winnie-the-Pooh applique. So we're a little closer to having the nursery sorted, and we're going to have to find a paint colour that will go with pale green!
According to http://www.babycentre.co.uk/ :
Oops.
So. 19 weeks (and 6 days) in, I'm still occasionally stupidly tired, but my appetite has settled down. I'm drinking ridiculous amounts of water and trying to steer clear of caffeine and sugary drinks so the occasional cup of tea, glass of squash or bottle of Liptons iced tea passes my lips, but so do at least two litres of water a day, if not more. I still feel dehydrated often, but I honestly can't drink any more without bursting.
Not too many aches and pains, although if I stand for too long (or walk too far) the back of my right hip cramps up. This is shortly followed by the front of my right thigh going numb; a very weird sensation. Luckily this can be alleviated by sitting down, or standing on my left leg with my right leg bent up in a sort of heron pose. I say luckily - it gets you some very strange looks on station platforms or at car boot sales.
I think it might be a trapped nerve - I will be asking the midwife about it.
Speaking of car boot sales, on Sunday we went to the last Tetsworth car boot of the year. There were a lot of very random things there. Very random. However, among the random, there was a very nice lady selling a bundle of lovely pale apple-green nursery bits including a lampshade, curtains with matching tie-backs, a duvet and a cellular blanket. All of them have gorgeous old-fashioned (not Disneyfied) Winnie-the-Pooh applique. So we're a little closer to having the nursery sorted, and we're going to have to find a paint colour that will go with pale green!
According to http://www.babycentre.co.uk/ :
You're halfway there! The top of your uterus (womb) now reaches your belly button and will grow about a centimetre a week. Your baby measures about 14.2cm long from crown to rump and weighs about 240g.
She is swallowing amniotic fluid, and her kidneys continue to make urine. Hair on her scalp is sprouting, too. Sensory development reaches its peak this week. The nerve cells serving each of the senses – taste, smell, hearing, seeing and touch – are developing in their specialised areas of the brain. Nerve cell production slows down as existing nerve cells grow larger and make more complex connections.
You may have started to feel your baby's movements. If the idea of having a baby still seems remote, nothing makes it more real than feeling her move for the first time. Most mums-to-be start to feel movement (called quickening) between 18 weeks and 20 weeks.
If you've been pregnant before, you'll feel things earlier rather than later. What you may first think is a rumbling stomach may be your baby doing some back flips. Make note of when you first start feeling your baby and tell your midwife at your next visit.
The next 10 weeks or so will be your baby's busiest and most active time, until your uterus gets too crowded.
You may have started to feel your baby's movements. If the idea of having a baby still seems remote, nothing makes it more real than feeling her move for the first time. Most mums-to-be start to feel movement (called quickening) between 18 weeks and 20 weeks.
If you've been pregnant before, you'll feel things earlier rather than later. What you may first think is a rumbling stomach may be your baby doing some back flips. Make note of when you first start feeling your baby and tell your midwife at your next visit.
The next 10 weeks or so will be your baby's busiest and most active time, until your uterus gets too crowded.
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