6 weeks left! So close, yet so far away!
Remember when I was complaining a few weeks ago that my acne was so bad I wanted to jump off a bridge, or shower in benzoyl peroxide for the rest of my pregnancy? The acne gods must have been listening because my skin has been so much better! I'm not saying it's perfect, but I'm hardly as embarrassed as I was and my face is as close to perfect as it's going to get being pregnant! I use the first two steps of my proactiv every night, with a new washcloth (white ones, that stuff bleaches colored ones yikes!), followed with my clean & clear salicylic acid moisturizer since I'm allergic to the proactiv one. I had been using my salicylic acid body wash from proactiv but it was a tiny trial bottle so I found a large bottle of Neutrogena Acne Body Wash with the same ingredient for 5.50 at Walmart. That stuff is amazing! Within two days I kid you not my skin was at least 50% or more cleared up on my chest and arms! And it's even better now! So thank you acne gods, thank you very much!
In other pregnancy news I get more uncomfortable as time goes on, although I'm still able to do what needs to be done. I've been getting some pretty intense braxton hicks contractions lately, sometimes they come and go for a few hours which starts to get a little wearisome. I know I drink enough fluids, otherwise I wouldn't constantly be going to the bathroom literally once every hour if not more. It probably doesn't help that his cute not so little head is sitting right there on my bladder, and he throws a few punches in from time to time to help things along as well. He's also in the habit of punching and/or kicking my right hip bone which has gotten inreasingly sore. The right side of my ribs also endures kicking attacks, I just try to push him out of there when I can. He's a painful little guy, and he's only getting bigger!
Monday we failed our NST, despite my large mcdonalds orange juice and a glass of really cold water, oh and the buzzer which scared the crap out of him, I seriously saw his whole body jump out of my stomach lol so we had another BPP ultrasound, which he passed right away, although pretty sleepy the whole time, she had to shake him a little to get him to move the required amount of times. I'm thinking mornings just aren't his thing. You and me both little man. Another BPP tomorrow, Justin gets to come along so he can see his fat little cheeks and maybe catch a smile in there, can't remember the last time he got to see an ultrasound.
In cute little twin news - the girls started swimming lessons last weekend. Saturdays at 9:30 we take them to one of the community pools in my parents' subdivision where a girl gives private lessons. We sang songs, swam them around, and dunked them under water for the first time. I thought I would have a huge problem with that part, but amazingly they did so well that I wasn't scared afterwards! And amazingly, after just one session they are doing remarkably better in the pool! We practiced with them today and I'm pretty sure Allison thinks she can swim by herself! Vanessa is a little more reserved, especially about going underwater, but they both do great and are having so much fun! They are growing up so fast, and doing so many amazing things all the time now, I just love those little girls like nothing else. They have brought an immense amount of joy into our world! I don't know what I thought about life before them!
Symptoms - My stomach is stretched and uncomfortable, but otherwise I'm not doing half bad! Heartburn, acne, and even my back pain has been really good this past week, and my feet aren't even swollen!
Food cravings - I guess you can say I need to drink milk. I am a milk drinking machine when I'm pregnant, and I'm almost at a gallon a day, if not definitely every other day. Strong bones for me and kiddo! I think it has a lot to do with it being soothing for my stomach, helping with the heartburn whereas everything else I drink gives me heartburn. Plus I like it!
Size of baby - Doctor said my belly is measuring 34 weeks, so if he's growing that well then he's probably at least 4.5lbs and 17ish inches long.
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