I have pregnancy brain to the fullest right now. If you did not know already: Pregnancy brain is a condition that affects expectant mothers, usually during the first and third trimesters. Sometimes known as placenta brain or baby brain drain, the condition is usually characterized by short-term memory loss or forgetfulness.
In addition to those lovely symptoms I also have a problem concentrating. My mind is going a million miles a minute yet going no where. How is this even possible? I cannot read a book, hold a normal conversation or remember what I had for breakfast. It is bad. Really really bad. The worst part of all of it is that a co-worker warned me that she never got her brain back after her third child. UH WHAT? I cannot continue this way. I feel stupid. Like really stupid not just silly or slightly crazy, I mean all out stupid. Sometimes I am mid sentence and cannot remember what I was talking about. All you moms out there have to know A LITTLE bit about this, right? Please do not tell me I am alone in this. Please. Anyone?
Along with pregnancy brain I am also experiencing pregnancy crabiness. Now I know you can relate to that. If it wasn't you it was someone else you know. If you know me for real then you know I need no help in the crab department. I am pretty crabby all on my own, throw some pregnant hormones in there with that and WHOA NELLY!
Ok- so off of that tangent and maybe a little happiness for you all?
Today I am officially 24 weeks and 2 days pregnant. Do you know what that means? Viability baby! Peanut is considered viable at 24 weeks, which means if Peanut was born TODAY he or she would actually have a fighting change at survival, with medical intervention of course. The survival chances at 24 weeks are actually 50/50 but as the days and the weeks progress the numbers do as well. By 26 weeks Peanut would have a 90% chance at survival. Although having the baby born at this time would not be ideal, it is comforting to know that if he or she were born we would have a chance of keeping him or her around for a long time to come.
Some more pregnant updates:
Pregnant- 24wks 2d
Weight- don't know, don't care.
Gender: Still a surprise.
Size of the baby- Peanut is growing steadily, having gained about 4 ounces since last week. That puts him/her at just over a pound. Since Peanut is almost a foot long (picture an ear of corn), s/he cuts a pretty lean figure at this point, but his/her body is filling out proportionally and s/he'll soon start to plump up.
Peanuts brain is also growing quickly now, and his/her taste buds are continuing to develop. The lungs are developing "branches" of the respiratory "tree" as well as cells that produce surfactant, a substance that will help the air sacs inflate once Peanut hits the outside world. Peanuts skin is still thin and translucent, but that will start to change soon.
Sleep: What's that? I am waking up at least 2 times a night to go to the bathroom. Every time I get up and come back it is like a kid magically appears in my bed. Nylin and Jace are having some serious sleep issues and they think that a king size bed will magically cure that. Daddy and I are not happy about this.
I have actually stooped to bribing my child. I promised Nylin if she can stay out of my bedroom at night for 14 days straight I will give her $20. I will take her to GameStop or Target or where ever her little heart desires and let her spend every red penny of it. I will not make her save any and she can get whatever she wants. I will not even put in my 2 cents.
As for Jace- he does not understand bribery yet. I wish I could just lock him in his room. I am pretty sure that is frowned upon so I have to come up with something else. Of course pregnant brain paired with lack of sleep is not allowing me to think clearly so if you have any ideas I would gladly accept them.
Names: Not sure at this time. We have a few months to decide on that and I quite frankly I am not too happy about hearing some peoples opinions on it, despite my previous request to not hear anything negative. When we see our little Peanut we will name him or her and then no one can say anything about it, and if they do it will be too late and I will be physically able to whoop some serious rear end.
Feeling: Physically I am starting to feel more pregnant. I am getting hip and rib pains at night and even woke up twice to leg cramps, yuck. I am thought it started earlier than this so I am actually quite happy that I only have 16 wks of that stuff :)
Movement: I feel Peanut all the time- the kids and the husband have yet to feel though. Every time I actually let Jason try Peanut stops. Stubborn baby!
Belly: still the same- no picture this week. I think it is the same as last week.
Next Appointment: February 17th- I will be 25 wks.
DISCLAIMER- I do realize this post contains a lot of crabiness and complaining. I know this. I am just puttng it all out there and I am sorry if it is offending or if I sound like I am whining. I am SO VERY thankful to be pregnant, healthy, have great kids and an awesome husband. My kids and my husband actually make things a lot better for me. In this particular post I just happen to be highlighting the crappy stuff.
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