23 Weeks

Week 23 was a good one!  My biggest complaint right now is that my nausea seems to have returned unfortunately.  I'm not throwing up every day but I spent the first 3-4 hours each morning pretty upset to my stomach and had to use all my will power to keep my breakfast down.  Fingers crossed this is just a quick phase that passes soon!  I'm bummed I didn't do a better job of blogging during my pregnancy with Eli because I've forgotten so much about when I experienced certain things with him.  For example, my feet already started getting swollen and itchy this week and I've just felt a little off.  I know it's all normal and I guess my body is just in a transition stage but it hasn't been too pleasant.  Hopefully my energy picks up and I feel a little better this next week!

We had our regular appointment with our OB on Wednesday and it went really well!  It was so great talking to him since we hadn't seen him in a month and so much had happened since then.  He had received a letter from IMC explaining what was going on but we were able to give him even more details so it was nice to bring him up to speed.  He felt awful for us and said: "Man, you guys have the worst luck!  You'd be better off having no luck but you got stuck with bad luck."  Haha.  He's so great and I always feel so much better after seeing him.  We're going to continue our appointments with him just like normal with the hope that I go full term without anything too out of the ordinary happening.  I like that plan a lot!  I'm measuring right on track and Austin sounded great and was moving around for him so we definitely couldn't have asked for more out of our appointment.  Now I have the lovely glucose test to look forward to next time!

It's easy to see/feel that Austin is quickly getting bigger and stronger because I feel him all the time now and Logan has felt some pretty strong movements too!  Nothing brings a smile to my face easier than feeling this little guy move all around and make his presence known.  We want him to stay in for several more months but we are both getting so excited to welcome him to our little family.

The nursery is just about there!  We will finish up some last minute painting this weekend and we also plan to shop for carpet tomorrow.  As soon as the carpet is in I will be free to decorate!  I have a million different ideas in my mind of what I want to do and my sister-in-law is going to be an amazing help as well with her interior design skills.  We didn't have a bedroom for Eli so this is my first time getting to decorate an actual nursery and I'm loving it :)

It's hard to believe that it has already been a week and a half since our last MCA scan but we have another one coming up on Wednesday!  We're both confident Austin will look healthy and not present any major issues. They will also be doing a growth scan this time so it will be fun to see how he's doing in that department as well.  Fingers crossed for good results next week!

Weight: 134.2 (This week: +.2 | Total: +13.4)

23 weeks down, 15 (hopefully!) to go!  **I will deliver no later than 38 weeks**