One and Only Prego Photo

There are so many ladies who take pictures of themselves each month as they progress through their pregnancy.  I have never been one to do that.  Until now.  I was messing around with my camera a couple days ago and thought I would take the one and only photo of me at the half way mark.

I feel so BIG!!!  In my pregnancies with Hunter and Paizlei I was barely showing at 22 weeks (when this photo was taken).  The funny thing is, I have been this size for a couple of months now, so maybe that's a good sign.  As each month goes by, my tummy gets harder and I am able to feel Baby "C" move with my hand on my tummy.

I will be 23 weeks on Friday.  I feel like the weeks are flying by all the sudden.  It's kind of a great feeling.  I am still on the low end on the weight gain, which I'm not complaining about.  The morning sickness has pretty much subsided, LOVING it!  However, I am having HORRIBLE heartburn.  My doctor has me on Prevacid, but I am still having to take several Tums through-out the day.  Kind of a frustrating thing.  I don't remember having heartburn this bad with H&P.  I am measuring right on track.  One negative thing, I keep having contractions.  My doctor said as long as I don't have more than 4 a day I will be okay.  There are days when I contract 8-10 times a day, and some are really strong, take my breath and hurt clear down my legs.  Because I am high risk for pre-term labor and delivery, I have been instructed to call my doctor when I have days where the contractions are in abundance.  He has yet to have me go in for a non-stress test, most likely because I'm not far enough along yet for the monitors to pick up the contractions.  I'm sure once I hit 23-25 weeks he will be having me do regular non-stress tests.

It's really nice to FINALLY have a pregnancy that I can enjoy!!!  Other than being really super tired, the heartburn and contractions, it's been a really great pregnancy.  And, it's been so much fun with my kids knowing what's going on and being excited about it.  They are always coming up to my tummy and talking to Baby "C".  They both hug my tummy and tell Baby they love him.  Melts my heart.