24 Weeks!

Addison Ann is officially in the early stage of viability. Of course we do not want her here a day earlier than she is ready, however 24 weeks feels like a milestone to me. ~16 weeks to go. Crazy to think 16 weeks ago  I was 8 weeks and terrified of another miscarriage. Now here we are looking forward to hitting the third trimester and making plans to meet our little girl.

We had our monthly (love that I can say that) visit to the OB this last week. I have gained 14 lbs and am having no issues. I have never appreciated it more having a healthy & happy (for the most part) pregnancy. In reality I am not sleep well & when I do I have crazy & scary dreams. For someone who usually sleeps 9 hours a night this has not been a welcomed change. The new sleeping patterns has caused some severe pain on my right side. I have found a way to stop the shoulder pain but the hip is almost unbearable  I have known for quite sometime that my hips do not stand straight. The orthopedics are not sure if it may have caused by knee issues almost 10 years ago or if the knee injury in some way caused the hip alignment  Either way it is not fun when it flares up like it is now. However if it is not causing issues to Addison then I will learn to deal with it.

My contractions are only at the braxton hicks stage & happening 1-2 times an hour on average. So far so good. :) The doctor told me to "take it easy" and call if any new symptoms pop up. I feel really good that they trust my instincts and are not over treating me based off my history with Alexa's pregnancy. Addison's heart beat was in the 150 range & we measured right on schedule. I do not go back for almost 4 weeks!!! The long space between appointments is rare for me after the second half of Alexa pregnancy & the trimester of Addison's following the miscarriage. No complaints from this Momma. I am hoping at the next one they will let me go 4 weeks ago & then we will be safe and in the home stretch.

This past weekend Alexa and I picked up a travel swing and Addison's bedding. This was our first purchase for Addison and I was very excited. I decided on a Victorian style nursery of pale pink and ivory with a brown accent. There is a princess theme within it, but I am passing on anything with a tiara or the word princess. It is not my style but I love the bedding otherwise. I was hoping Justin would be willing to move the nursery set upstairs this weekend. He however believes it is way to soon for all of that. :/ So we will wait for another month or so. If it was up to him he said he would wait until the end of July/ early August. There is no way I will wait that long. I think I will wait until after Memorial Day Weekend and then bring it up again.

That's about it for now. 16 weeks to go!