23 weeks and growing!

Here I am, 23 weeks and growing! I am feeling good. My appetite is increasing, I'll be curious to see at my next doctor appointment if my weight increases too. Up to this point I am down about 3 pounds from my starting point, 9 weeks pregnant. I am not too worried because the baby has always measured right on and as you can see I have the tummy to prove that she is growing.

I am starting to get cravings again. I love love yogurt and fruit. Still bananas remain a staple of my diet. I also am starting to get my sweet tooth back. I was scouring the stores earlier this week for pumpkin ice cream and I found it. All it took was a bowl to satisfy my craving and I haven't had it since then. I am really trying to eat as healthy as I can but this is getting hard. I wake up in the middle of the night only to want cereal or jello or weird things that I know we do not have in the house. For the most part the cravings are the fun part of being pregnant.

My umbilical hernia continues to hurt off and on. I can have a really good day and then out of the blue I hurt, and hurt and there is nothing that I can do to keep the pain down. The doctor continues to say put an abdominal binder on to hold down the hernia but that hasn't seemed to help. For the most part it really only hurts when I eat, walk a lot, or stand... so not to often.

The little princess is moving like crazy. I can lay down and feel her wiggle and kick constantly. I can even start to see movement on the outside of my tummy. My kids are dying to feel the baby kick so now that she is getting stronger they will put their hands to my stomach and wait... most of the time they don't have the patience to wait long enough to feel her kick but soon they will. I can't wait to share that feeling with the dads.

It's crazy to me that as of Sunday this baby will be viable. That is a huge milestone for a NICU RN. When I say viable I mean that she could live outside of me and survive. But we have had some serious talks and she will not be making an appearance for a lot of more weeks. I see and work with babies that are about 24 weeks and its surreal to know that's what she looks like inside of me.