ivy and orchid

How fast this pregnancy is going and how impatient I'm becoming! This baby is lying low and I feel it in my pelvis quite often. Since my last appointment, I've noticed I have a faint linea negra. Part of me hopes it's a girl for all the people who claim it's a boy because I'm "all tummy." I still have no feelings one way or another, so maybe baby is going to be a Cabbage Patch Kid : ) So what are the latest happenings? Well, at my last appointment, my Blood Pressure was a low 92/40! I am close to anaemic and I have an extremely high blood platelet count which usually occurs it high altitudes. I've gained about 25 pounds which is actually lower than with Abigail. I've been eating a lot of red meat, bacon, spinach and dried fruits, not because I'm craving them, but to get my iron levels up. Kendra measured me and I was actually right at 29 weeks/cms, and she was feeling the position of the baby and said the head was by my pelvis. Then she said i...

I have made it to the last week of the second trimester. Reading the blog from my pregnancy with Abigail, I realize that this pregnancy is really not too different than the first. I have gained about 30 pounds instead of 25, my belly is really round and it is getting harder to reach my feet simply by bending over. Shawn can, and has been able to feel Baby B moving from the outside for some time now. This baby is most active around 9 am, 10 pm and later. I can feel this baby high in my ribs while I'm lying down or low in my pelvis. At my last appointment, this baby is still measuring 2 cm behind my weeks pregnant. It is going quickly, but now that I have started school, an entire semester seems like a long time to wait. I've been having a lot of Braxton Hicks contractions since yesterday so I'm going to try to take it a little easier. I've found this great house cleaning schedule/list and my house feels so clean and it makes me love it here even more. Abigail seems excit...