week 26!

   I wanted to post some pregnancy updates for me to have.. so if you don't want to read, just skip to the pics! :)
   This week I am 26 weeks along! It seems like this pregnancy is flying by, but I know I am in the comfortable stage right now and might not be saying that in a few months. Pregnancy has been a very interesting, emotional and happy time for me. It's so weird to watch your body change, your belly grow and your sleep become lesser from the midnight bathroom runs. It has been super hard for me to not push myself in running and just do light "jogs" (i hate that word) every once in a while. I feel so blessed to be able to still run and be active, but just in a lesser way. I want to buy one of those bellybands soon to put around my belly as I run, so it holds everything in place. :)
   I, like one of my friends posted, feel so blessed and thank Heavenly Father for this miracle growing inside me. Spencer and I both thought it would take months to get pregnant since my body is a weird one and not regular at all. I had already been reading books about infertility and things you could do to track your progress through the months of trying. After the first week of trying and seeing that stick read "pregnant", we were both shoked and amazed! I remember us both being so giddy that night and so happy! We had traveled to the BYU vs. Notre Dame game 2 weeks before that and joke that it was the luck of the Irish!:)
  Since it is my first, I get the comment a lot that I am so small to be 26 weeks and people can hardly tell I'm pregnant.. but she is definitely in there and kicking away! It is so fun to lay in bed at night and feel her kicking and let Spencer feel her kick! We both love it! The other night, I felt a different move, where she moved her knee or head completely from one side to the other side along my stomach! It was the weirdest feeling!
   My morning sickness went away around week 14 with the night sickeness going away around week 18. It was so hard going to school each day being terribly sick and running out of the classroom some days throwing up in the hallway. My students would go home telling their parents that I threw up that day and so I am sure I had a lot of wondering parents! Luckily, I haven't felt sick since! I haven't really craved any foods either, but can definitely tell that I eat a lot more sweets. I was telling Spencer that I don't crave sweets, but totally justify eating more sweets since my belly is already growing. :) I can see how it is easy to gain a lot of weight when your pregnant.
As of now our baby girl is 1 1/2 pounds and about 13 inches long. I have gained 10 lbs and I am sure more to come!:)

Week 15

Week 20 half way there!!

 Week 21

Week 23

 

Week 26