Week 16. Feeling a lot better. Sleeping a lot better. Sometimes staying up too late, which says something in itself that that’s even possible. Still the occasional headache, and it’s still really hard to get rid of if I get one. But they are less frequent also. In general, pregnancy is getting a fair bit easier. Some aches and the occasional sciatic nerve pain, but that’s a lot easier to deal with at this point than insomnia. I’ll have to be careful though to do what I can to not let that get out of hand.
This past week was kind of frustrating. I took a week off of work, what I’ve assumed will be the last time I take any extended amount of time off before baby comes, to work on the house. Which has gotten very much–very, very much–out of hand. Part of it is we never moved in properly in the first place. Part of it is we aren’t good at getting rid of stuff and our house is small and without a lot of storage. Part of it is we’re kinda messy to begin with. Part of it is we both work and it’s hard to have the energy to do all that’s necessary in the evenings, and the only time we really have with all of us to enjoy each other, besides evenings, is Sunday afternoons. Part of it is the fact that everything that was pretty bad before got a million times worse when I was tired and feeling crappy in the first trimester. So I feel like I’m making excuses for myself, and it never should have been allowed to get as bad as it did, but now we’re trying to deal with it.
So I thought with a whole week (almost–Thursday was a play day for Pete’s birthday…and Saturday too to an extent because it’s so rare for us to have a Saturday together since I’m usually working) that would be enough time to make some serious headway. But no. Everything is still a wreck. I did dishes nonstop and I still have loads of dirty dishes. I did laundry nonstop and still have loads of dirty laundry. I put a lot of clothes away, and I still have a lot of clothes to put away. I went through a lot of boxes of crap. And I still haven’t figured out what to do with a lot of the crap that was in those boxes. If I could say I accomplished even just one of my many goals for this week, maybe I’d be happier. But I’m just frustrated. I’m glad I did what I did, and it’s way more than I would have accomplished had I not taken off work. But I feel like I’d seriously have to never go back until after baby to do what I need to do at home. And God knows that’s not possible. We’ll have to just make it work with our evening time. Somehow. At least I’m getting my energy back.
Still excited to feel movement. There was a moment last night after I went to bed when I thought…maybe??? Kinda seemed like it, but hard to say. Still kinda early I know, but I’ve heard of it happening (maybe). I’m 9 days out from when I for sure felt movement for the first time with S.
Tomorrow is my 16 week OB appointment. Kind of nervous/excited. Though everything seems to be moving along normally. So I’m mostly excited. I imagine it’ll be a pretty quick appointment. Just pee in a cup (oops, lost my specimen container, and I don’t really want to take it to work with me anyway) and hear that beautiful heartbeat. BUT I believe I’ll also be scheduling THE big ultrasound. Which is just too exciting. Can’t wait.
Sooo super scientific ticker says baby is now the size of an avocado.
Goal is to update again tomorrow after my OB appointment!