Reflections on Pregnancy #2

Just thought I'd record a few things I've noticed as being different this time around of being pregnant. First off, today was my 37-week check-up and everything looks good, but I didn't make any progress from last week which is a little bit of a bummer.

I'll start with the good differences I've noticed in Pregnancy #2:
1. All of my rings still fit!! At this point in Pregnancy #1 (and even before now) my rings no longer fit and I was wearing a fake wedding ring so people wouldn't think I was unmarried! :) Granted, my first pregnancy was in the summer, but still. :)

2. I am not dealing with swelling! I think I've had maybe two occasions where my ankles started swelling, but nothing like last time. Again, it's not summertime right now, but it's definitely nice not to be dealing with that!

3. I'm not having heartburn like I did the first time around. I've had it a few times, but again not enough times to even really be bothered by it.

4. I started out this pregnancy about 15 pounds lighter than I was at the start of my first pregnancy. The downside is that I've put on more weight this time than I did last time, but the upside is that I'm not yet at the final weight I was at with Karys. :)

Now for the bad differences in Pregnancy #2:
1. I've dealt with more digestive "issues", I guess you could say. Whatever you want to call it, it's a nuisance!

2. I feel WAAAAY bigger this time around!! I stick out more in the front whereas with Karys I was a lot wider so I didn't feel as big as I do now! :)

3. Now that I'm right here at the end of the pregnancy I'm dealing with contractions way more than I remember dealing with them my first time around. I'll deal with them, though, if it means that I won't be overdue!! :)

As much as I feel ready for sweet little Zane to come, I know I need to cherish the time that I still have him kicking me from the inside and getting those sweet little baby hiccups. :)

New Updates

I realized I haven't blogged anything recently...and I've actually done really poorly on blogging this year!! I was looking back at my posts from 2008 to see where I was as far as progress in my pregnancy with Karys at the point I'm at now with Zane and saw that I had like 60-something posts in 2008 and like 15 this year!! Pathetic! :)

So to give a few new updates. I'm 37 weeks as of today and really getting ready to be done!! :) My stomach sticks out way farther than I did with Karys and I have contractions more often than I remember having with her. Needless to say, it makes me a little uncomfortable!! Plus there are so many friends at church having their babies now that it makes me anxious for my turn! :) Last week at my 36-week checkup I was already at 1 cm. and 60% effaced. Looking back at my posts in 2008, I'm doing better than I was then! I go back to the doctor tomorrow so I'm hoping to have made more progress. It would be so wonderful if he came a little early!! My doctor was thinking it was possible for him to come a couple of weeks early!! I guess we'll find out...I'm trying not to get my hopes up to much. :)

Second update is on Karys's speech. Things just keep getting better and better. She improves on words all the time and has been doing a great job lately at putting words together. Her next appointment is Tuesday and I'm excited to tell her therapist how well she's been doing and get more ideas and suggestions for ways to help her. :)

The picture at the top of the post is Karys wearing all her pretty dress-up stuff given to her by her friend, Stephanie. Such a pretty little princess! :)