{"id":760,"date":"2009-05-30T18:44:08","date_gmt":"2009-05-31T01:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/norwitz.net\/blog\/?p=760"},"modified":"2009-05-30T18:44:08","modified_gmt":"2009-05-31T01:44:08","slug":"19-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/norwitz.net\/blog\/2009\/05\/30\/19-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing Family Update: 19 Weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here I am at 19 weeks, 4 1\/2 months and well into my 2nd trimester.\u00a0 I keep asking Michael “do I look pregnant in this? (as opposed to just fat) and, well, judge for yourself.<\/p>\n

\"Cyndi<\/a>

Cyndi at 19 weeks (with Melanie in the background)<\/p><\/div>\n

Things are going pretty well.\u00a0 At 17 weeks I saw my wonderful family doctor for the last time (she’s switching to another practice, far away and doesn’t take my insurance).\u00a0 I told her I was taking her up on her ultrasound offer.\u00a0 I couldn’t stand it anymore, tell me how many babies are inside me!<\/p>\n

Hooray! the answer is one.\u00a0 One baby and one humongous placenta (which she said could very well account for why my uterus measures 3-4 weeks bigger than it should.\u00a0 This was a low-level ultrasound with a dinky little screen so forget about finding out gender or anything else, aside from seeing that the heart was beating and the placenta was not over the cervix (very good).\u00a0 We also saw little arms and legs kicking away.\u00a0 We’ll have the full hospital clinic ultrasound next month.<\/p>\n

I had mixed feelings about the idea of twins.\u00a0 This is almost certainly my last pregnancy and so it’s my only chance to have 3 children.\u00a0 But, really, all I felt was relief when I found out there was just one.\u00a0 Much easier pregnancy and birth and not as difficult to take care of one baby as it is two.\u00a0 Michael was freaking at the very idea of twins, so to say he’s relieved is an understatement.\u00a0 Miriam says she would have loved twins (like some close friends of hers) but she wanted a boy and a girl.<\/p>\n

I still get tired a lot but don’t have many full-out fatigue episodes.\u00a0 I’m not able to exercise regularly again yet but I can do some.\u00a0 I’ve been getting some edema (water retention) in my lower legs but my blood pressure is totally normal.\u00a0 I had a lot of edema (and normal BP) with Miriam too. I’ve gained 5 lbs so far.<\/p>\n

Below is Miriam’s favorite position, especially in the morning.\u00a0 She comes and finds me on the computer, nurses in my lap, then insists on being carried to the couch.\u00a0 Though between my growing belly and her growing body, I can’t really carry her much anymore.\u00a0 And nursing is hurting more and more, especially after I shower, so I don’t do much beyond her morning snuggle time.\u00a0 She says I still have milk though (that will likely change).<\/p>\n

\"Miriam's<\/a>

Miriam's favorite position<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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