25 Weeks

Not too many big news items this week.  I've been really trying to get myself together and get Charlotte's stuff together.  The painters came this week and painted her room which was a huge relief.  Just something else to knock off the list.  I ordered her crib and her dresser/changing table, another big check off the to-do list.  I kinda planned out how I want things set up in the room and where I want to place things and I am making a list of other "knick-knack" items that I need to start looking for. 

Baby girl has been quite active.  I am assuming that she is just growing growing growing in there and that she is taking up more room and becoming stronger and that is why I am feeling her more often and harder.  I love it.  I will very much miss feeling her rolling around in my belly. 

So I learned that the tightness that I began feeling in my lower belly last week and partially the week before are Braxton-Hicks contractions.  Yay.  The Dr. asked me at my 24 week appointment if I was feeling any tightness and I told her yes and that it was worse when I had to pee and she said that was normal and probably going to stay like that for the rest of my pregnancy.  She said having to pee or the opposite, being dehydrated, will cause the tightness. 

Speaking of having to pee - it is all the time.  I drink a lot because I know that I need to stay hydrated, and it helps my legs from swelling too bad, but I get up to pee about 4 times a night, sometimes more.  That is no fun at all.  Scotty has been rubbing my calves to help the swelling.  They will ache so bad and he kinda bangs on them and it feels great!  He really can be quite helpful.

The doctor called and told me that my thyroid numbers were looking good and that my meds did not need to be adjusted at this point.  Yes!  That was exciting.  Not that it would have been that big of a deal but it was good to know that my metabolism hasn't been affected too badly thus far. 

In other news, we returned home from our beach trip and lost our A/C for a about a week.  Not fun at all.  Since we are renting we have to report these things and the maintenance people have to come and fix the problems.  Well we reported it immediately but it has taken about a week for the problem to be fixed.  A man came and fixed the downstairs unit pretty quickly but we have been without A/C upstairs for a week.  When I go to bed at night it is 90 degrees or so.  I lay in bed and just sweat.  We have a ceiling fan and another fan but it just circulates hot air and it does not cool off that much outside anymore at night so having the windows open doesn't help either.  I finally said enough is enough and I blew up the air mattress and slept downstairs on the floor for a few nights and that was better.  They are supposed to come today to fix the upstairs A/C.  I really hope they don't need a part or something and us have to wait longer.  Bottom line - say thank you every night for your A/C because it sucks without it! 

Well that is all for now - here are this week's pictures.