I am finally feeling better. I haven't thrown up or been nauseous in about 3-4 weeks. I cut back my sodium and have been drinking more water so my swelling of a few weeks back is gone. The pimples have subsided, I am no longer constipated, and I don't find myself getting as winded or dizzy. I am still insanely exhausted all the time, have little to no tolerance for stupid people, and have aches in my legs and back, but other than that I am doing okay.
I have been trying to do at least 30 minutes of exercise 5X/week. I found a great 3.1 mile loop that has some semi-challenging hills (for me), so I try and walk that a few times a week. I have been taking Kaiser with me and he is pretty pathetic. He can't keep up with a pregnant woman. I try to get to the gym to lift 2-3X/week as well. That's a little tougher since I actually have to get up in the morning and drive there. I just keep telling myself that it helped me the first time, so it should help me this time too.
People ask me all the time about my cravings. The fruit/berry cravings are back. I normally eat 3-4 pints of berries (blueberries/blackberries), 5 apples, and a large pineapple, a week. I could definitely eat more, but I have only been buying what I eat throughout the work week. I love oatmeal (eat it almost everyday), peanut butter (whether in a sandwich, in a granola bar, or on a spoon), blueberry waffles, and cheeseburgers. As for junk food I am loving salt (even though I am trying to cut back), am big into "gummies" (bears, red licorice), and ice cream (it's normal for me to eat ice cream in the spring/summer). It's weird because I crave the sweet after lunch, so I normally don't have dessert at night.
That's really it from the pregnancy home front. I can feel Baby Pink moving all the time. The other night I felt her and Gwen wanted to too, so she planted her spaghetti covered hand smack on my belly. Hopefully she'll feel BP soon. My next appointment is a week from tomorrow so I will post an update again and a 25 week picture. This pregnancy is FLYING by. Better start getting the house in order as July 30th will be here before we know it.
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