21 Weeks!

Hello 21 weeks! The baby is the length of a banana. He/She has been moving around like crazy lately. However, because of my anterior placenta (placenta on the front-right behind my belly button) I can't feel any of them except for the ones that are low by my jeans. It always makes me wonder  how much he/she is flipping around because I can't fell anything higher than my jeans. Hopefully as his/her kicks get stronger I will start feeling them all over more. I mostly have been feeling the kicks right before bed and then when I wake up. Today though I actually felt some during the school day. :) It is always an amazing reassurance that all is okay in there and baby is growing each day.

At work people have been commenting that I have "popped" over winter break. I definitely can not hide the big round thing in front of me anymore so most days I just wear tighter shirts with a belt above my belly. That way hopefully I'm making it obvious I'm pregnant :) and not just eating too many sweets. I barely eat any sweets now anyways. I just want SALT! I can down a bag of potato chips in a day, I scream for corn on the cob and then load it with butter and salt, and I keep wanting salty ham for dinner! MMMM Salty goodness.

I have been trying lately to get working out, hoping that it will help for weight loss after the baby comes. Chad and I go to the gym every Mon, Wed, and Fri for 40minutes - 1 hour. I tried jogging a bit on the treadmill but that was an epic failure. First I ran for 2 minutes, realized the baby on my bladder wasn't working, had to stop and pee. Tried it again...ran for 3 minutes, belly started to hurt, stopped and decided to walk the remaining time (35 minutes). Then I usually do the sitting-elliptical for the remaining time or until I feel like I'm about to die. Oh well, a little bit is better than nothing. :)

Next Dr. appointment with Dr. Brandes is on next Tuesday (22 weeks).