23 Week Update

How far along: 23 weeks 6 days

Size of baby:  Average = large mango, length of green onion, eggplant?! ...but the kid has been measuring large for months. We have a Dr appt on Friday so I'll hopefully be able to report back next week with actually #s.

Physical symptoms: Some nausea (some vomiting). MAJOR restless legs when I lay down. EXHAUSTED. Insomnia (big time). Peeing every 5 seconds. Sore everything. Irrationally emotional. "Pregnancy brain"- I can't remember ANYTHING. I couldn't find matches before Shabbos this week and freaked out to E that the "candle lighters" were missing. Belly has really "popped". Generally feeling like everything inside me has no room- I had a full on crazy person moment this week bc I was hot and exhausted and just felt so full EVERYWHERE in my body and sat on the floor and cried from frustration. Which is awesome bc we've still got 4 months to go. But E was legit amazing and sat on the floor with me and helped me calm down.

Weight gain/loss: 13-15 lbs depending on the day but it's usually 13.

Maternity clothes: Mostly maternity tops. Non-maternity skirts and larger sized nylons still fit. I also have some non maternity dresses that still work.
 
Stretch marks: Not yet! 

Sleep: Majorly exhausted. Restless legs at night are still in full swing. Insomniac over here.

Best moment since last week: This week was kiiiind of uneventful. It kinda flew by, actually. A friend got married so I got to see one of my besties who lives in Canada, who's due a week before us, and also another bestie from NJ at the wedding so that was super fun. Check the pic from before that wedding at the bottom. :) 

And Father's Day. We didn't really do much but I made E "breakfast" (this afternoon) and we finished off my Birthday ice cream cake and we had a pretty sappy conversation about how happy we are. 

Oh and I got roped into going to a work meeting even though I don't really work there anymore, but I'm currently still on payroll and they promised me pizza. Except that there was NO PIZZA. But I got to see a bunch of old coworkers and they were all suuuuper excited that I'm pregnant (still SO WEIRD to say/type) and everyone touched my belly and it was weird and uncomfortable but also nice in an I-still-hate-this sort of way.

Movement: Baby is moving a lot! A little less than before, but still often. It's (mostly) more like a few kicks at a time now instead of like 15 mins worth of Irish step dancing now. But, obviously as I'm writing this, the kid hasn't stopped kicking me for like 10 mins straight.

Cravings/Aversions: Ob-freaking-sessed with iced cafe mocha from this coffee shop in our neighborhood. But it was getting out of hand so E convinced me to start making coffee at home this week (using the fancy "latte" maker he got me for my birthday last year). So we're experimenting with that- so far it's notttt quite cutting it in the craving department but it's saving us money. Whatever. ;) Still Kettle brand salt and vinegar chips and lemonade, but I haven't had any chips in like  week- I just want them so bad. I got a crazy craving for Parmesan cheese last night so I bought some tonight but puked before I could eat it so that's on hold. Cute. AND I've also been super craving these spinach/goat cheese/roasted red pepper wraps from the same coffee shop/cafe my iced cafe mochas are from, but when they didn't have any left the other day I bought all of the ingredients for them from the store and have eaten one (or two) almost every day ever since. E claims that I don't have any actual food cravings, I just have a spending-a-crapload-of-money-on-expesive foods craving. ;) Oh and I had a temporary but huuuuuge craving for watermelon at my friend's wedding and ate like 90% of what there was at the dessert buffet.

Last week's craving was that chimichurri dip, but I vomited after eating it once last week and haven't been able to go near it since. But we had 1.5 containers of it left so I've been putting it in E's sandwiches for work every day so at least he's happy!

I still can't go near chicken or most other meat. Although I did have a little bit of a cold cuts wrap at the wedding's cocktail hour and that was super good.

Gender: Confirmed!! But Idk if we're going to tell...

Labor signs: Hopefully not anyyytime soon.

Belly button:  Innie

What I miss: Sleeping. Sushi. Not having a million aches and pains at any given time. Being able to go 20 mins without peeing!

What I am looking forward to: Viability?! Our doctor appointment on Friday, definitely. And we might do something fun for our anniversary this week (it's actually on Saturday but bc of Shabbos we'll probably celebrate a couple of days early).

And here's a pic, as promised: