Friday, April 12, 2013

29 Week Update : The Linea Nigra, Baby Kicking My Ribs, and Still Feeling Miserable...


I know, this is the second week in a row where I am super late. I’ve just been all over the place. And I actually thought that this week I would be on time with spring break and all and me and hubby not working. Unfortunately, spring break doesn’t mean relaxing, it means getting stuff done that you usually don’t have a chance to do when you are working. It is Friday and I am asking myself where the heck has the week gone… seriously.

Last week I mentioned I was sick, or the week before that, that is since I am kind of at the end of the week already. Me being late is just screwing me up and I am confused, lol… bare with me. Let’s put it this way… I have been sick for two weeks already. I started with a cold, that didn’t seem to go away. Then it turned into a bad double ear infection and sinus infection. So I started taking antibiotics. This past Sunday I finished my antibiotics, and although I wasn’t feeling completely better, I felt like I was getting there. Then Monday came… and it was as if the sinus infection hit me all over again. Wonderful, huh? And ever since I  don’t seem to be getting any better. My ears aren’t in complete pain, but not in comfort, and are still partially plugged up. My sinuses, my goodness I am so congested, it is awful. And everyday seems to be getting worse. I don’t have a cough per say, but my chest started to get very congested too…maybe it is a cough developing… who the heck knows. I really don’t want to take antibiotics again, I JUST took them. Not to mention they gave me a yeast infection, on top of everything else was not the most pleasant thing. Luckily, I am treating that now and seemed to resolve that issue at least.

I honestly don’t even know what to do. Seriously, I have been sick for over 2 weeks, and I am kind of hoping my body is just taking a long time to heal because I don’t want to take antibiotics again, but seem to be getting more symptoms. I think I will wait one more week and then maybe consult with a doctor and go from there. Let me just tell you- it sucks!

So, for 29 weeks…. Let’s see if I can remember :)

My weight, I was 159.4 in the beginning of the week.  So I have gained almost 20 pounds from my pre-pregnancy weight at this point already. Although if we count from the 131 pounds that I dropped, it is kind of like I gained 30 pounds. A big number… but doctors are counting it from 140, because they say that whatever I lost I was supposed to gain back, so that gives me some calming feeling that I am not a complete fat butt.

Here is my pregnancy weight change recording thingy updated thus far:

10/25/12: 5w 140 lbs
11/5/12: 7 w 135 lbs(5 lbs loss)
11/12/12: 8 w 133.8 lbs(6.2 lbs total loss, 1.2 weekly loss)
11/26/12: 10 w 133 lbs( 7 lbs total loss, .8 bi-weekly loss)
12/17/12: 13 w 131 lbs( 9 lbs total loss, 2 pounds tri-weekly loss)
01/14/13: 17 w 133.5 lbs(6.5 lbs total loss, 2.5 lbs four-week gain)
01/28/13: 19 w 135.8 lbs(4.2lbs loss, 2.3lbs bi-weekly gain, 4.8lbs total gain)
02/04/13: 20 w 136.5 lbs (3.5 lbs loss, 1.3 lbs weekly gain, 5.5 lbs total gain)
02/11/13 :21 w 137.2 lbs ( 2.8 lbs loss, .7lbs weekly gain, 6.2 lbs total gain)
02/18/13: 22 w 139.4 lbs ( .6 lbs loss, 2.2 lbs weekly gain, 8.4 lbs total gain)
02/25/13: 23 w 141.0 lbs ( 1 lbs gain pre-pregnancy weight gain, 1.6 weekly gain, 10 lbs total gain)
03/04/13 : 24 w 147 lbs ( 7 lbs gain pre-pregnancy weight gain 6 lbs weekly gain, 16 lbs total gain)
03/11/13: 25 w  147.8 lbs ( 7.8 pre-pregnancy weight gain, .8 lbs weekly gain, 16.8 lbs total gain)
03/18/13: 26 w 150 lbs (10 lbs pre-pregnancy weight gain, 2.2 lbs weekly gain, 19 lbs total gain)
03/25/13: 27 w 152.4 lbs (12.4 lbs pre-pregnancy weight gain, 2.4 lbs weekly gain, 21.4 lbs total gain)
04/01/13: 28 w 156.2 lbs (16.2 lbs pre-pregnancy weight gain, 3.8 lbs weekly gain, 25.2 lbs total gain)
04/08/13: 29 w 159.4 lbs (19.4 lbs pre-pregnancy weight gain, 3.2 weekly gain, 29.4 lbs total gain)


Crazy thing is, I still have 11 weeks to go to gain weight. Well, they say gaining 25-35 pounds is the ideal thing, right? I can’t possibly gain more than 15 pounds in the next 11 weeks… or can I?

Instead of meshing 29 and 30 weeks together I am going to mention a couple things I know for a fact are for 29 weeks and leave the rest of the stuff I wanted to talk about for  my 30 week update that I will try * me best* to get done on time and maybe even earlier to make up for the past two weeks.

This week I have a very noticeable line going down my belly. The Linea Nigra, as they call it. I have seen a very fade line but wasn’t sure if it was just the trail of my belly fuzz or not, but now you can definitely tell I have the line. It’s kind of funny actually :)

Baby. Kicking all the time, I know… what’s new, right? He has been reaching my ribs! This is a totally new and strange feeling. Sometimes when I am lying on my side he is so high up and kicks with something very sharp and literally surprises me because it is SO strong. I’m literally being beat in the ribs by our little man, haha! He has just been all over the place and using every part of my uterus for experimentation lately. Stretching it beyond limits, making it different shapes and forms and just kicking all over! Oh boy! :)

Other than that, I am just miserable being heavy and tired as is, plus being sick on top. Like I mentioned above I don’t even know what to do anymore with my sickness. I stand under hot showers to breathe in the steam, I drink hot tea with honey and lemon, I’m going to start putting salt water up my nose… but nothing seems to help. If anyone can make me magically feel better right about now, that would be great!

I’m summing up this week on this, and have some other things to talk about and update you guys on, but going to save that for my 30 week post just to clear the water and try to get back on track here. 

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