{"id":370,"date":"2013-10-01T09:38:33","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T14:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shereadsinthedark.com\/?p=370"},"modified":"2013-10-01T09:38:33","modified_gmt":"2013-10-01T14:38:33","slug":"20-weeks-halfway-point-its-all-downhill-from-here-just-kidding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shereadsinthedark.com\/?p=370","title":{"rendered":"20 weeks – Halfway point! It’s all downhill from here. (just kidding)"},"content":{"rendered":"
What’s new with the baby?<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Baby weighs about 10.2 ounces and measures about 6.5 inches. He’s still got a lot of growing to do, though.\u00a0 At week 20, your baby has working taste buds, and he’s gulping down several ounces of amniotic fluid each day — that’s significantly more than before.<\/div>\n
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Food comparison this week is…<\/strong><\/div>\n
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How am I feeling?<\/strong><\/div>\n
OK.\u00a0 This past week the heartburn started.\u00a0 I never had any heartburn with Urijah, so this is new territory for me.\u00a0 But I know from Lisa’s experience that it’s pretty miserable.\u00a0 So far, I’ve only had two nights where it’s woken me up and interrupted my sleep.\u00a0 And it hasn’t really bothered me at all during the day…just nighttime.\u00a0 The first night, I didn’t realize what it was for a while.\u00a0 I kind of felt nauseated and uncomfortable, and tossed and turned quite a bit, and then it registered.\u00a0 I got up and went downstairs to google what I could do about it.\u00a0 Interestingly enough, I found a list of foods to eat that could help alleviate it, and apple was one of those things.\u00a0 So, there I am, at 4 in the morning, standing at the kitchen sink eating an apple.\u00a0 And you know what?\u00a0 It totally worked.\u00a0 In just a few minutes, in fact.\u00a0 I think it also probably helped that I was practically sitting up in bed, propped up by pillows, when I fell back asleep, but whatever works!\u00a0 The next night, I woke up really thirsty, so I got a couple of gulps of water from the bathroom sink and got back into bed, and in just a few minutes, the burning sensation started.\u00a0 Water?\u00a0 Really?\u00a0 So I went back downstairs and had some more apple.\u00a0 Seriously, a miracle food!\u00a0 So, I haven’t had heartburn the last 2 or 3 nights, but I’ve made sure not to have anything to eat or drink for about 2 hours before going to bed, and I’m propping myself up on pillows at least until I fall asleep.\u00a0 Seems to be working so far.\u00a0 But if it comes back, I’ll keep using the apple trick as long as it works!<\/div>\n
Also, yesterday and today, I seem to be dragging, energy-wise.\u00a0 I’m hoping it’s a passing thing and I’ll feel more energized soon.\u00a0 Urijah is at the go-go-go stage (can it be called a stage if it’s probably going to last for the next 10 years?) and he wants to either be climbing all over you like a jungle gym, or going “fa”!\u00a0 That’s ‘fast’ for all you lay-people.\u00a0 He loves to chase and wants to run, run, run – preferably with you running in front of him.\u00a0 And I feel guilty that I always just want to say, “But, I’m tiiiired.”\u00a0 So, we run.<\/div>\n
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Weight gain?<\/strong><\/div>\n
I’m not checking again until my next prenatal appt on October 8th!<\/div>\n
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What do I miss?\u00a0 What am I looking forward to?
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I miss….not much right now.\u00a0 Looking forward to the family visit, Urijah’s birthday, and doing some fall activities.\u00a0 Pumpkin patches, Halloween parties and whatnot.<\/p>\n

Preparedness?<\/strong><\/div>\n

Last night my volunteer shift for the consignment sale and today is when I get to shop early.\u00a0 So, last night Scott and U were on their own for about 5 hours while I was working.\u00a0 I’m hoping to find a booster seat for U (He’s about ready to quit using his highchair seat and really, is only about 4\u00a0 pounds from the weight limit max on it, anyhow), maybe a Beco baby carrier (but I think that’s unlikely because people love those things and they are expensive, so I’ll be surprised if one happens to be at the sale…but you never know!), and maybe some books on potty training and preparing a toddler for a new sibling.\u00a0 Oh, and maybe a Halloween costume for Urijah, as well.\u00a0 Still can’t think of something good for him to be, so maybe there will be just the perfect thing there.\u00a0 In addition to the clothes.<\/p>\n

Highlights of the week?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I can’t think of anything specific except for some good rain that we got!\u00a0 That’s always exciting and a big deal around here.\u00a0 And especially when it leads to morning temps in the 60s.\u00a0 Cause to celebrate!<\/p>\n

Belly pic:<\/strong><\/p>\n

we’ll take one tonight and I’ll update it later…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What’s new with the baby? Baby weighs about 10.2 ounces and measures about 6.5 inches. He’s still got a lot of growing to do, though.\u00a0 At week 20, your baby has working taste buds, and he’s gulping down several ounces of amniotic fluid each day — that’s significantly more than before. Food comparison this week […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shereadsinthedark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shereadsinthedark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shereadsinthedark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shereadsinthedark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shereadsinthedark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.shereadsinthedark.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shereadsinthedark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shereadsinthedark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shereadsinthedark.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}