Week 29

Wow... it's been a while.  I wrote a recap at week 26, but didn't have a picture that night so I was going to wait to post it.  That seems to be what happens... I never remember I want to take a picture until night after I've put on comfy clothes and washed my face- then I don't think about it again until the next night.  So here is week 29.  JM was sick today, so we didn't go to church, so I have no makeup on.  If you're lucky, I'll have Micah take a pic of me tomorrow and I'll post it. :o)  I'll put week 26 at the end of this post.

How Far Along: 29 weeks

How big is Baby? 17 inches, 3.1 pounds- about the size of butternut squash

Total Weight Gain/Loss: at my last appointment I was up to 25 pounds... yes, that is 10 pounds in the month since the appointment before it.  I'm hoping 10 pounds a month isn't going to be the trend from here on out...

Maternity Clothes: yes... and I am currently hitting the point where nothing is long enough for me.  Come on fall, so I can get a few things to get me through to the end!

Gender: GIRL!  Lucy Kate Rigdon

Movement: Yes!  Man, she is crazy these days- especially at night, right around bedtime... a night owl, perhaps?

Sleep: It hasn't been great this week.  I wake up a lot and am generally just more uncomfortable these days.  Plus the heartburn keeps me miserable as I'm falling asleep.

What I miss: sleeping... picking up JM... bending over- HA!

Cravings: FALL FOOD- soup, chili... and dr. pepper- seriously, I want it ALL THE TIME.  I'm exercising considerable restraint only drinking one each day... and cereal!

Food Aversions: Bananas... and we got some hummus the other day, and it just wasn't very good.

Symptoms: Heartburn is killing me!!  And I have found I get nauseous if I don't eat frequently- kind of like the first trimester again, which is weird!

Best Moment: getting Lucy's crib!  It's starting to feel like there's really a baby coming!

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How Far Along: 26 weeks

How big is Baby? 15 inches, 2.2 pounds- about the size of an English cucumber

Total Weight Gain/Loss: at my last appointment I was up to 15 pounds- basically doubling my weight gain since the last appointment.  My next appt is Friday, so I will know my official number then.  Hopefully I didn't double again, but I definitely feel big!

Maternity Clothes: yes... I feel like this question is getting repetitive... let's just assume I'm only wearing maternity from here on out.  I'll let you know when I outgrow the clothes I have right now.

Gender: GIRL!  Lucy Kate Rigdon

Movement: Yes!  Last night she was so crazy I literally felt nauseous for about an hour.  Her wiggling was also super distracting this morning during church- ha!

Sleep: I've been sleeping ok, but I find when I'm asleep it's a really HARD sleep and I wake up stiff and sore.

What I miss: cookie dough... running... picking up JM (he's gotten too heavy for me!)

Cravings: cookies of any type- I found Keebler Coconut Dreams the other day and they taste just like samoas!  Oh, and I ate an entire box of salt and pepper triscuits with cheese in a week at the office!

Food Aversions: I think I might be over most of these for now? Except for bananas...

Symptoms: Heartburn is back in full force!  I have to sit up on the couch for quite a while after meals and I eat tums like candy!

Best Moment: Watching her wiggle around- even through my shirts!  She's getting so big!

Week 18

Edited to add: I wrote this on Sunday night after visiting the Taste of Edmond festival with friends.  I was waiting for Micah to take a picture of me to publish when suddenly the heat and the fried food combined with the baby and I wasn't feeling so well... So that's why this post is late.  And I have no picture.


How Far Along: 18 weeks

How big is Baby? 6 inches, 1/2 pound (that's right... we're in the pounds!)- about the size of a mango

Total Weight Gain/Loss: 7 pounds (per the scale in the office bathroom)

Maternity Clothes: Pretty much exclusively... again, I don't understand people that get by without maternity clothes... lucky!

Gender: Friday, Friday... gonna find out on Friday!  Have you voted?  So far the poll says girl!

Movement: Yes, yes, yes!  My favorite thing!  And the baby loves to hear JM laugh... whenever he's being silly it's going crazy in there!

Sleep: Eh... this week I haven't slept great.  I find myself restless and waking up randomly in the night.

What I miss: Sleeping on my stomach... not thinking about my caffeine intake for the day

Cravings: WATERMELON!!  and popsicles... probably because it's a million degrees right now!

Food Aversions: I think I might be over most of these for now? Except for bananas...

Symptoms: Um, I can't stop eating... or sweating (ha!)

Best Moment: Feeling those first baby flutters and also realizing how active the baby is when JM is around- makes me excited to see them together!

Week 16

We've made it to 16 weeks- just 4 weeks away from halfway!  I can't believe how quickly this time has gone.  I've felt really good, just a little worn out from VBS preparation this weekend.  Here's the run down.  Oh, and please excuse my hair in this picture.  The wind at the lake was CRAZY!

How Far Along: 16 weeks

How big is Baby? 5 inches, 5 ounces- about the size of a turnip

Total Weight Gain/Loss: 5 pounds  (still don't have a scale, so that's from my last appointment)

Maternity Clothes: Pretty much exclusively... I still have a couple of dresses and stretchier shirts that work 

Gender: July 1st is the big day!! Have you voted?  So far the poll says girl!

Movement: I think I maybe felt something last night, but then my stomach growled, so I wasn't sure.  It's still early.

Sleep: Besides waking up every night from 4:00-4:30, I'm sleeping pretty good.

What I miss: Sleeping on my stomach, cold sandwiches and running

Cravings: Cold fruit- peaches and apples, cold from the fridge are so good!  And  cheese in any form.

Food Aversions: I think I might be over most of these for now? Except for bananas...

Symptoms: Um, I can't stop eating... I would really eat all day long.  I'm feeling like John Mark these days- ha!

Best Moment: Seeing all of your votes for a girl, and getting everything ready for VBS at Henderson Hills.  It's one of the hardest, most rewarding things I get to do in my job!

Week 15

Sorry I'm late getting this up... I've been busy with things, like turning 30.  I had such a fun birthday weekend and as soon as I get pictures from paparazzi Jason, I'll tell you all about it.  Somehow in the weekend festivities I forgot to take a picture, which is too bad because I'm starting to look for real pregnant!


How Far Along: 15 weeks

How big is Baby? 4-5 inches, 3-5 ounces- about the size of an avacado

Total Weight Gain/Loss: 5 pounds

Maternity Clothes: Yep!  I got some gift cards for my birthday and bought a couple new shirts and things... I don't for the life of me understand people who wear their regular clothes throughout pregnancy.  I start showing and any ability to wear my old clothes flies straight out the window.

Gender: July 1st is the big day!!  I need to put a survey thing on here so we can have a vote and see who is right!

Movement: still nothing... I'm anxiously waiting for those first flutters.

Sleep: Besides waking up every night from 4:00-4:30, I'm sleeping pretty good.

What I miss: Sleeping on my stomach... and cookie dough

Cravings: It's still mostly when I hear people talking about something, or see a picture of food, I am suddenly in desperate need of that exact food.  For example, I stopped at sonic the other day for a drink, and the lady next to me ordered cheddar peppers, so I had to throw some of those in there too.  Weird, I know.

Food Aversions: I think I might be over most of these for now?  I had some coffee the other day and it didn't make me gag.  I still haven't eaten a banana...

Symptoms: Besides feeling like I've grown a TON in the past week, I think it was a relatively symptom free week.  Micah would probably tell you otherwise, I just can't remember- ha!

Best Moment: The doctor's appointment and hearing the heartbeat- 163!  Also being surrounded by all my favorite people this weekend celebrating my birthday.

Week 13

How Far Along: 13 weeks

How big is Baby? 3 inches, 1.5 ounces- about the size of a lemon

Total Weight Gain/Loss: 2 pounds

Maternity Clothes: I finally got those out of the attic... it was fun looking through everything and remembering wearing them when pregnant with John Mark.  Unfortunately, my one pair of maternity jeans were missing... I have no idea what I could have done with those.  I have my eye on these though...

Gender: We won't know for another 4 or 5 weeks... hopefully we'll schedule that ultrasound at my next appointment.  Although JM is still holding onto his little sister theory!

Movement: nothing yet

Sleep: Pretty good- I don't remember too many restless nights, so I guess that's a good sign.

What I miss: Drippy eggs!  I made breakfast for dinner this week and all I wanted was a sunny-side up egg with my breakfast potatoes...

Cravings: Wednesday afternoon I started thinking about chili cheese fries and I couldn't stop... I ate chili cheese tots from Sonic for supper that night!

Food Aversions: I'm still hating on bananas... and I find that I don't really enjoy burgers, which makes me sad because we ate at my favorite burger place this week and I had to get chicken.  Yep- all of that is still the same.

Symptoms: Again with the tears this week... probably the fact that John Mark was graduating from pre-k didn't help my emotional state!  I'm also finally able to eat a full meal without feeling like I might explode, which is nice.

Best Moment: Looking through old pictures of John Mark, and wondering what this new baby will look like and be like...

Week 12

I was lazy and forgot to take a picture.  In the interest of getting this post up for those of you interested, I'm skipping it this week... it's pretty much the same as last week's anyway.


How Far Along: 12 weeks

How big is Baby? 3 inches, 0.5 ounces- about the size of a peach

Total Weight Gain/Loss: we don't own a scale... so I need to remember to weigh myself at the gym next time I go or else this will stay the same between each visit!

Maternity Clothes: Still rocking the belly band- seriously best $17 spent so far!  And yes, I still need Micah to get the tub of maternity clothes out of the attic. 

Gender: We won't know for another 5 or 6 weeks... hopefully we'll schedule that ultrasound at my next appointment.  Although JM is still holding onto his little sister theory!

Movement: nothing yet

Sleep: I think I jinxed myself with saying I was sleeping good.  I was awake for long 3 hour stretches twice this week... And I can make it until about 5:30 before I have to use the bathroom- which is annoying since I get up at 6! 

What I miss: Drippy eggs!  I made breakfast for dinner this week and all I wanted was a sunny-side up egg with my breakfast potatoes...

Cravings: Baby dill pickles from Target- I bought a small jar of them on Monday and polished it off before the end of the week.  Don't worry, I went for the big jar this time.  And today during church, I found myself thinking nonstop about onion rings from Johnnie's... so Micah humored me and picked up an order for me to eat with the bbq chicken I had made for lunch.

Food Aversions: I'm still hating on bananas... and I find that I don't really enjoy burgers, which makes me sad because we ate at my favorite burger place this week and I had to get chicken.

Symptoms: I think my hips are starting their first spread.  All week when I got out of bed, they felt creaky and stiff.

Best Moment: Listening to John Mark say sweet things about the baby- I have a list going of things he has said that I need to post.  Maybe I'll get to that this week... I still owe you all the stories of telling people!

Week 11

How Far Along: 11 weeks

How big is Baby? 2.5 inches, 0.5 ounces- about the size of a large plum

Total Weight Gain/Loss: up 1 pound... only 59 more to catch me up to my weight gain with JM

Maternity Clothes: I have lost the ability to button any of my current pants, so I'm rocking the belly band... everything else is normal, for now.  I still need Micah to get the tub of maternity clothes out of the attic. 

Gender: We won't know for another 5 or 6 weeks... hopefully we'll schedule that ultrasound at my next appointment.  Although JM is still holding onto his little sister theory!

Movement: nothing yet

Sleep: I've actually been sleeping pretty good.  I wake up a couple times a night- usually from a CRAZY dream- but I fall back asleep fairly quickly. 

What I miss: Sandwiches!!  I've been to 3 different restaurants this week and all I wanted was a cold ham or turkey sandwich... also, RUNNING!  I'm just now getting energy back, and I'm itching to get back to the gym.  I don't foresee any intense running in my future, but now that I'm feeling better, I hope to be back in the gym this week.

Cravings: Don't judge me, but I've been eating pimento cheese sandwiches like nobody's business... Also, I could probably eat my weight in tacos!

Food Aversions: Bananas!!  the thought of eating a banana makes me want to puke.  I also don't want anything to do with coffee...

Symptoms: Exhaustion... and emotions... I could cry about anything these days!

Best Moment: Our appointment on Monday where we got to see our baby again and see the heartbeat... also making the big reveal.  Praise the Lord no more secrets!!