Well on my way into the 5th month of pregnancy. Not that anyone would know it by looking at me! I've hardly any belly at all! lol. Oh well. Count my blessings I suppose. I've noticed a little belly pop out, but very little. I do know that it's very low and I can no longer button any of my jeans and using hair ties to loop around the button isn't much working anymore either.
So the other day I made a pair of maternity jeans out of a cheap really cute pair of jeans that I bought for $9 solely for the purpose of making into maternity-wears. I must say they turned out great. I used an old spandex-type camisole that I was no longer wearing, cut it, and sewed it onto the top of the jeans. Works great. Especially since maternity pants are over $50/each, and hard to get really cute ones. The ones I bought on Craigslist are short on me, so I'm planning on running a seam up the pant legs and making them into straight-leg, skinny type jeans instead so I can wear them under boots for the winter and still make use of them.
Biggest thing this past week..
I'm quite certain I've started to feel the baby move inside there. I'm feeling constant bubble-like, tapping feelings throughout my lower belly.. especially after sugar or eh-ehm.. coffee.. not that I'm having it in abundance, but I am drinking some. lol. Baby gets active after that! lol. But it's a pretty consistent feeling, so I'm quite certain that's what it is. It is a very cool feeling. I can't feel anything on the outside yet, so no one else can feel the little kicks, etc but me.
I have my next appointment with my Midwives next weekend. I'm excited for that. I'll get to hear the heartbeat again. I've actually been stalking craigslist for used/cheap Fetal Dopplers for sale, but haven't found any yet.. if I found one for a really good deal I'd probably buy it. I actually may see if I can find a cheap stethoscope for now and see about finding the heartbeat with that. Though it's harder to find than with the doppler.
Now we have to decide when we want to get the ultrasound done. We're not going to find out the baby's gender until birth, so the ultrasound is strictly to make sure the baby looks good and for my own enjoyment, since my midwives don't require it.
Everything else is going very well. I've been eating regularly and have totally gotten my appetite back, which is a totally wonderful thing, considering how much I love food. It was sooo difficult going those couple of weeks being sick and not being able to eat much. NOTHING sounded good, hardly anything stayed down, and I felt nauseous constantly. Very happy to be in the 2nd Trimester now.
This past week I went and applied at Target for a seasonal job, and they hired me on. Should be fun. Some times the thought of being tied to a random schedule and work is not appealing, but then on the bright side, I think it will be fun, and I'll get to be out and about, and meet people. So all in all it will be a good thing, plus it'll bring in a few extra dollars for the Holidays and to help with paying for the midwife. The hardest part will be that it's retail and I will have to work Black Friday, which limits our travel ability for the Holiday :( I think my husband really wants to go to Oklahoma to see family for Thanksgiving, and this will put a damper in those plans.. whereas now, not working, we can pretty much do whatever. But we can really use the extra income. Unless I can find something else I can do between now and then that I can make an income doing that doesn't tie me down for the Holiday.
So today I'm going to hit the Goodwill for 50% off clothes and be on the lookout for my khaki pants and red shirts. I'll probably have to "Maternity-size" my pants after I get them, so I'll try to take pictures.
Welp.. That's all I can think of for now. I will be back soon enough.
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