Preg-O Update 25.5 Weeks

25.5 weeks

+5 lbs = 0 weight gain (Dammit!!!)

Damn! Should have known my steady diet of breakfast cereals and all things pastry related would eventually catch up on me! At least I've technically not gained anything and at 6 months pregnant, that's not bad at all! Had a Drs visit on Thursday. Blood pressure was fine and she's happy that I'm gaining weight (my itty, bitty Indian Dr just doesn'tunderstand!) She spent a good amount of time chasing Baby. Normally, it takes a few swipes of the doppler around my belly for her to find the heartbeat, but, not this time. Just like Baby's older siblings, this one was most uncooperative. Baby kept wriggling around thereby making it impossible, for a time, to catch the heartbeat for a long enough amount of time to get an accurate reading. That was fine too. Don't know why it would make a difference, but I found out the reason for the sciatic pain I've been experiencing is because Baby is laying with it's back to my back. Glucose test is next week (blech)and then I go back in three weeks. Other than the one day of walking around like an old lady (cause of the sciatica), my only pregnancy complaint is being tired. That could also have to do with being busy at work, then chasing my three monsters around when I get home and on the weekends.

Small, Medium and Large are all doing well. Small just celebrated her second birthday and BOY does it show! She's one tough cookie, has lots to say and is constantly on the move. Large has decided that she'd like to be a more hands-on big sister with the new baby but Small isn't willing to let her practice on her. She'll do fine without the practice, I'm sure. Medium has picked names for the baby and gets mad when we suggest otherwise. Rudolph Rex for a boy and Susie Tree for a girl...strange kid, that one. They're still both hoping for a baby brother, but we do a good job of reminding them that we can't pick who we get and all that's important is that the baby is healthy and yada, yada, yada.