24 weeks

Whoops! Losing track of time again!

So, everything is still going well -- next appt is Thursday. I'm sure that I will have to do the orange drink test in the next month. Weight continues to be odd. I definitely am losing weight in other places, but my belly is growing. My appetite continues to be strange. Some days -- no problem eating. Other days, not so much. I have to force myself to eat and even then, it's not that much. Today is one of those days, for instance. I almost think it's related to my state of mind.

I have been feeling very down lately and things are kind of a struggle for me again. I hate feeling this way. I don't like feeling like I have to power through life. I would rather just be able to do things without it being hard. Just have to work it out. I think the easiest solution that I have found so far, is to get some quiet time -- just for me. Now that Jake is done being busy for the summer, it should be easier, I hope. :)

Good days and bad days, you know?

Lily is kicking up a storm. She's a lot lower than Ryan ever was, so think that I look bigger than I did at this point with Ryan, but I also feel like I am still on the smaller side for being 24 weeks preggers. :) She rolls a lot too -- or at least, that's what it feels like to me. I have actually reached "viability" now, so if, god forbid, she was born early, she might have a chance to survive at this point. I'll be in the third tri in just a couple of weeks. Only 15-16 more weeks to go.

Someone asked me today if I was enjoying it more, now that I wasn't so sick. The truth: No. I hate being pregnant. I really, really do. It's just a necessary evil. I feel terrible saying that, as there are SO many women in the world that have trouble and they don't deserve it - nobody does! So, I try not to complain about things, but good gosh, I hate it. haha Plus, I am still sick to my stomach every day -- I don't think it will go away until I give birth. That's what mint gum is for, right?

I do have belly pics, I should share. :)

I think this was 12 weeks:

This was 16 weeks.

I have twenty and twenty four somewhere...I'll put them up in the next post -- I'm sure that I will post after my doc appt. Actually, I promise to (just for you Becky!)

Oh, and in case anyone is interested, Jake, Ryan and I will be in Eau Claire on Sept 29 and Oct 1 (we will be in Duluth the day in between). I suspect a trip to El Patio will happen. I'm not sure how Ryan will do with all the weirdness, but he's coming with us. I want him to meet the people that I like that live far away! :)