What I Know Now: Week 26

Yes - another four weeks have passed. I could not believe it myself - I had to look back in the archive to make sure that the last one of these "What I Know Now" posts was actually a month ago. Here are my comments on the pregnancy at 26 weeks.

1. I can't make a decision to save my life lately. What should we register for? What should we name the baby? We had the short list whittled down but now I am ADDING to it rather than subtracting. I think I am driving my husband crazy. What should I wear? What movie should we rent? ARGH. I don't know if this is a "pregnancy symptom" but it is something I have noticed.

2. My butt and thighs are getting bigger. Sigh. Many of my pre-pregnancy underwear aren't fitting anymore. Mostly in that they don't cover my full ass. I would say 3/4 at best. I was sitting staining a high chair at my mom's this past weekend. She took a picture of me and I had to double check that my ass crack was not hanging out. I went to Target to get bigger underwear (not maternity underwear). I bought a six pack of Hanes in a size bigger than I normally wear. They were too small. Guess we're going up two sizes in the ass dept, folks!

3. I am now taking the advice to borrow your husband's clothes from Girlfriend's Guide to Pregnancy. His t-shirts and his boxers are my new PJ of choice. That is until I get so hot in the middle of the night and whip the boxers across the room.

4. IT'S HOT. My mom warned me it was going to be a miserable summer. I'm trying not to think negatively but after a few days of upper 80s-lower 90s temps here, I'm dying. On the plus side, it's making me drink more water, which I have been really bad at.

5. Although of course I still like cheese and eat a piece of string cheese every day, I don't have the same CRAVING for it that I have had up until recently. Lately I am craving more carbohydrates and sugar - exactly what I don't need! I also have been really loving food on the spicy side, which is uncharacteristic of me.

6. I really have baby fever. I have been commenting to Nate every time I see a baby that I want our baby here NOW. (I'm sure there will be days after the baby gets here that I will be like I want our baby to go back in the womb!)

7. I have not ran for five days. Mostly because of the unrelenting heat, but also because I'm nervous about it.

8. Speaking of nervous, when we first found out I was pregnant, I was not nervous about miscarrying or anything. Now, the tables are turned. I am more nervous now about something happening to the baby.

9. I have had no Braxton-Hicks contractions. I feel like my ribs must be expanding - I have had to put my bras on the middle hook instead of the tightest hook and my ribs constantly feel bruised. They are very tender to the touch. There is one spot, underneath my right breast, that is always really sore. Over the head arm stretches are becoming routine. I have no stretch marks yet.

10. I really love feeling the baby move. As I have said before, this totally saves pregnancy for me. Lately it has been really active which is a weird sensation to feel and now see. I find myself talking, in my head, to the baby a lot. This is reminiscent of having imaginary friends as a child...only the baby isn't really imaginary, ha ha ha.