22 Week Update

How far along? 22 weeks (The size of a papaya.  A little over 8 inches and about 1.2 pounds.)

Total weight gain/loss: Up seven pounds down from pre-pregnancy weight.
 
Maternity clothes: Just started today.  From Thursday night to Monday morning my belly grew almost three inches (I'm guessing that is the 'pop' everyone refers to) but I feel twice as big as I did Thursday morning so today I pulled out a maternity shirt, maternity sweater and a belly band to wear with my regualr pants that are being held together with a rubber band.  Because I'm fancy like that.
 
Have you told family and friends?  Everybody knows now :)

Have you started to show yet? Yep.  Even Saturday M said my belly looked a lot bigger (doesn't everyone dream of hearing that!) than it did just the day before, Sunday my MIL said it was "the first time I looked pregnant and Monday a guy at my work said that now there is enough room in there to see that it really is twins.  So, I think definitely a yes, I am starting to show.

Sleep:  Not so great here lately.  Between (so sorry if this is TMI but it's my blog and at this point in time it's about pregnancy and there is just a lot of TMI involved with pregnancy) hemorrhoids from the devil himself, her moving around so much and just a bit of insomnia and uncomfortableness I just am not averaging a lot of sleep each night.  Blah.  It's not so bad except for the fact that I feel first trimester tired during the days.

Best moment this week: We got up at 4am on Saturday morning and drove all the way to Knoxville and went to the Tennessee/Auburn game, drove back to Chattanooga where we ate dinner with Momma and then drove back to Montgomery and got home around 11pm Saturday night.  It was a long, physically uncomfortable, kind of exhausting day but it was so wonderful!  We got to spend time with just the two of us most all day.  We talked about what Shamrock would be like, look like, things we wanted for her and even a little bit about names.  I really love baby Shamrock but I really like her Daddy and as hectic as life is right now, I don't get to spend that much time just the two of us so that was definitely my favorite moment this week :)

Miss Anything? Yes!  Last week!  I am uncomfortable!  My clothes are uncomfortable!  My shoes are uncomfortable!  And this stomach is ALL anyone can talk about it seems.   

Movement: I feel her everyday, almost all the time.  What I read said she should be sleeping 12-14 hours a day but she definitely isn't.  I'm not complaining (right now ;) I LOVE feeling her!  So if you see me sitting around you just smiling the biggest, goofiest smile, it's a good guess that she is kicking away.

Food cravings: Not really.  It's weird though, I get in my mind that I am going to eat something and if someone changes the menu or restaurant I CAN'T really get into the new place or thing.  Once I have a meal or dnack in my mind, I pretty much don't feel happy about food until I have had it.

Anything making you queasy or sick? Nope!

Gender prediction: GIRL.  According to the sonogram the Chinese Gender Calender and every single old wives tale was WRONG!  (Refer to my earlier posts!)

Labor Signs: Nope.

Symptoms: Hemorrhoids, "growing pains" in my stomach, terrible gas that gets stuck in my stomach and back and hurts SO BAD, my feet are growing and exhaustion.  Seems like a good enough list to start with anyways.