Big Sister Clayton
20 weeks 1 day:
-halfway point
-baby weighs 13 ounces according to ultrasound
-baby's heartrate was 145bpm
-baby's crown to rump length is approximately 6.5 inches
(This would have been the ultrasound where they told us the sex of our little baby but I insisted again that we didn't find out. I'll post more on to know or not to know later.)
I'm terrible at taking pictures of my growing belly.
26 weeks (somehow the chalkboard went MIA):
Heartbeat tracker:
Heart rates start out slower and then by 8-10 weeks run in the range of 170-200 bpm (beats per minute). As you approach mid-pregnancy the average heart rate runs between 120-160 bpm. It was said that 140+ bpm was a girl and under 140 bpm was a boy. So...... (I googled this info. I am definitely not a doctor.)
9 weeks: 180 bpm (ultrasound)
20 weeks: 145 bpm (doppler)
24 weeks: 168 bpm (doppler)- ate a lot of sugar before & had to have my blood checked so baby was on a sugar high
Almost 29 weeks:142 bpm (doppler)
Clayton's was 6 weeks: 173 bpm & 20 weeks: 142 bpm.
"Memorable" Dr. Appointment Moment
24 weeks- January 11
My nurse came back to get me and asked what I had eaten for the day. Uhhhh....well.........a piece of pizza (or was it 2) for breakfast, a turkey wrap for lunch and before I could finish she says, "Have you had any sugar?" (I thought she was just giving me a health quiz and not thinking that she was asking because of my urine results. They NEVER said anything EVER my entire pregnancy with Clayton each time I had peed in the cup.) Oh yeah, I had two cups of soft serve yogurt and a bunch of sweet tea at lunch only two hours ago. "Well, your sugars are out of this world! You'll have to take a blood test!" Then I stepped on the scale and was cringing at the thought of what that number may say after the holidays.....drum roll.....I had only gained a HALF a pound!!!!! I was beyond thrilled. (Anyone who has been pregnant knows that the scale isn't fun to see month after month as the numbers climb.)
So the nurse was annoyed that I went to town on sugar that day but she wasn't going to rain on my scale parade. I was grinning from ear to ear and that Jason's Deli ice cream and sweet tea was delicious!
Then I met with my doctor. The blood results came back normal so she wasn't worried. But then she started asking me if I eat. Uhhhh....yes, I eat......A LOT! I chuckled and said that her nurse had just lectured me on eating too much sugar and she said well, forget what she says, I want you to eat more ice cream.
Then jump to my next appointment (which I'm now technically in my 3rd trimester):
28 weeks 5 days- February 12
I made my appointment on a day when I would be in Memphis and my regular Dr. wasn't there so I saw another doctor as well as took my sugar glucose test. Let's just say that my half pound weight gain scale parade is short-lived. I certainly made up for it at this appointment but in reality I think there had to be a mistake the last time. Anyhow, I wasn't thrilled but what are you to do?! Then the other doctor says, "Well, you've gained Xlbs and we recommend you gain Xlbs so you have 5 more to go." All I could do was laugh and told her that my doctor had instructed me to gain weight. My baby needs to gain 5lbs alone and you can guarantee I'll be putting some on myself in these next few months, lady. So needless to say, I left there laughing.
Summary of my 2nd trimester of pregnancy with Baby #2:
-more energized
-spirits lifted
-16 weeks: felt baby moving
-18 weeks: in mostly maternity clothes
-22 weeks: baby is really kicking
Cravings:
-sweet tea
-Wendy's Frosty
-full meals. snacks aren't cutting it.
I had seen my sweet baby's face on her announcement at an appointment awhile back and had given my doctor the picture of her holding Clayton after she delivered her but didn't see it. I discovered it at my 28th week appointment and I could stop laughing at Clayton's face. She came into the world giving disgruntled looks. We still have no clue who she gets this from?!?!
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