26 Weeks

I had another great week this week, though popular opinion seems to be that this won't last forever. I told someone how I love being pregnant and she said, "I'll ask you again in 10 weeks." I understand that I will likely become increasingly uncomfortable as time goes on and the little one becomes less little, but I hope that I will never say I do not like being pregnant. This time has been such a wonderful, beautiful, miraculous experience, and I'm trying to see the wonder in even the unpleasant things that are happening to my body (such as when someone told me this week that my face is really rounding out). I laugh every time she plays soccer with my bladder, and even inexplicable pains that come at random times of the day and night are a reminder of this miracle going on inside me.

I did have an adventure in, um, gas pains this week. Apparently Mexican food - refried beans in particular - are off limits. For two days straight I had miserable pain in my upper abdomen. It was awful. Eventually it passed (haha), but until it did I was feeling pretty wimpy. I kept thinking, "These are just gas pains.......what's labor going to be like?" I know, though, that while labor will - no doubt - be excruciating and unlike anything I've ever experienced, it will be different somehow. Once the pain subsided, though, the baby moved around like never before. She was relieved, too!

I'm a little concerned about how my energy level will do now that I'm working again. I have a feeling my bedtime is going to get earlier and earlier over the next few weeks.

We're heading into the third trimester this week.........I'm sure there are many other adventures to come!