Week 22

I went in for my monthly appointment today. The nurse who I've seen every month with both pregnancies said to me today, "Rene, I was just looking at your chart and I can't believe how far along you are. It seems you were just in here and you're already 22 weeks!"

I told her I felt the same. This pregnancy is going by so much faster than Colin's did. Brad and I had discussed this previously and agreed it was probably because with Colin it was all about the anticipation of meeting him and it was just the two of us, and with Lucas, though we are eagerly awaiting his arrival too, Colin is distracting us and keeping us pretty busy!

So, today my blood pressure was slightly elevated, not enough that he was concerned, but enough that he'd like me monitor it at home until my next appointment and then report back to him. Lucas' heart beat was 133, perfectly normal. My belly is measuring 25 weeks, which just means that Lucas is probably a big boy, which I completely believe. With Colin, we weren't able to feel his kicks on the outside until 24 weeks. As of a week ago (21 weeks) you could feel Mr. Lucas kickin' around.

I go back in 4 weeks for my next appointment and he said we'd schedule my surgery (Lucas' birthday!) at that time. I also go in a week after that for my next sonogram (27 weeks). They've already told me that because of the complications (low amniotic fluid) with Colin they'd like to see me for weekly sonograms starting around 30 weeks. They also warned me that because Colin was breach that Lucas most likely will be too, which is fine since I have to have a c-section anyway.

As for me, I'm still pretty sick, I've gone back on medication for the morning sickness, but other than that I'm feeling pretty good. It's so much fun to feel Lucas moving around, and he moves a lot! More than Colin, that is for sure.

Oh, and when Brad gets home I plan to take a bump shot. I took one at 14 weeks, but lost it somehow, and then completely forgot at 18 weeks. So, unfortunately this will be the first one on record, but better late than never I suppose! I'll post it tomorrow.