22 Weeks Today!

Today we start our 22nd week. Yesterday I went to a 2nd trimester class and I was the only non-military expectant mother there! There are several classes that they offer here on base. They have a class for each trimester, even the "4th trimester" (about childbirth prep, the stages of labor, delivery, and after the baby is born). I had already attended the Basic Training For Moms class last month and on the 22nd both Mitch and I will be going to OB orientation together :-). There is also a prenatal class offered at the hospital that both of us get to go to for the month of Sept. I signed us up for that and I signed myself up for a breastfeeding class (I doubt Mitch would get much use out of that one ;-)).

Lets talk about my ailments...I finally got a perscription for my incecent heartburn!!! Get this, a nurse told me that there are actual studies showing a relationship between heartburn and a baby born with lots of hair! I still don't know if I bleieve this. My friend Alayna had pretty bad heartburn and her beautiful, now 1 yr old, still only has little blonde fuzz. If this child takes after me in the hair dept., then it doesn't stand a chance. I had peach fuzz until I was 3! Even when my mom would dress me head to toe in pink people would still say, "What a cute little boy." Now on to the hips. Mitch painted an accent wall in our bedroom this week so we decided to sleep in the spare bedroom for the night. We are used to our nice big king size bed and here we are with our two dogs in a full size bed. I have this amazing pregnancy pillow that wraps around me to support my head, back, hips, and belly that I decided against bringing into our temporary sleeping quarters. I even decided not to bring an extra pillow to put between my legs given our situation of limited space. BIG MISTAKE! I woke up in the middle of the night b/c of this terrible pain in my hips. I was so uncomfortable. It took me an entire day to recover. Conclusion: must have pillow between legs for sleeping...NO MATTER WHAT!!! The dreams are in full effect at this point too. They are so wacky and vivid, not to mention, completely random.

All in all though, I am still blessed, still thankful, and still loving being pregnant!