24 Weeks... POP Goes the Tummy!

Here I am at 24 weeks. Officially at six months! I'm happy to be here and have to say that the last four weeks have been rather dull. I was thinking about what to even write about and the only two things I could think of were the facts that my tummy seems to have doubled in size in two weeks and all the swine flu hoopla.

I am still feeling pretty good, but every morning I feel more and more pregnant. I was asking Jason the other day why my pelvis always seems to be sore and why I seem more worn out this time around and he pointed out that when I was pregnant with Jack all I did was sit in an office all day and come home and watch TV. I am so much more active with this one. I did workout with Jack, but I only cycled four times a week and I was very modest with my exertion. I am still feeling pretty good working out. I am lifting weights twice a week, cycling three times a week and running. However, the running is now at an end I think... Actually, I am pretty sure. I tried to run yesterday and I had a hard time getting myself to the mile because the minute I started even walking my pelvis started to hurt... I can just feel all the weight right there and so it is becoming very painful. I have discovered the Stairmaster and think that will be my substitute until March when I can hopefully run again. I have gained a total of 17.5 lbs. I feel pretty good about that. My weight gain has slowed somewhat. Hopefully, it will continue to be modest as the weeks go on, but I am mentally okay with gaining 15-20 more. So, we will see.

I am also more tired and sore this time around because I am chasing after a 3 year-old all day. Jack is such fun and he is getting so excited about the baby. We have decided to name her Savannah and he has felt her kick a time or two and Jason was able to feel her as well. I am feeling her all of the time and I love that!

The drama from this month was to due with the swine flu hoopla. I was really hesitant about the whole thing at first and really didn't see the point in all the fuss, but I guess the media was successful in the scare tactic, because they officially freaked me out. I started to really think about it a few weeks ago when my mom was asking if I was going to get vaccinated. There is a lot of back and forth in the media about the vaccination so I wasn't sure. But, as the weeks went on more and more stories crept cropping up about little 5 year-olds dying in three days and pregnant women dropping like flies. So, I started to do the research about the whole thing. I finally came to the conclusion that it would probably be best for Jack to get vaccinated. I took him a week ago and he has done really well. He was around a few sick kids this past week and so far seems fine. I called my OB about myself and they said they were not going to get the shot and to wait for the health department to get enough in. I found out on Wednesday that yesterday (Saturday) they were going to have the first mass vaccination in the SLC valley. They were getting 7,000 doses and pregnant women were in one of the priority groups to get the vaccination. My friend and I decided to go. At first, we didn't think it would be that big of a deal and so we decided to get up at 6 to be there for the 7am open time. She talked to her hubby and he thought we should get there earlier so he offered to go at 5am and get in line for us. That was the plan clear until Friday night. Jason and I were watching the news and they happened to show the health center in Sandy where we were going the next day. It was 10pm and people were already lining up. 5am suddenly didn't seem early enough! Jason is such a sweet hubby (seriously don't know what I did to deserve him) and he offered to get up and be there by 3am and wait for my friends hubby at 5am so we could get a place in line. So, that's what they did. My hubby woke up at 230am and was in line by 3am. He got us in places 98, 99 and 100. (My friend brought her 4 year-old as well). He came home at 5am when our friend took over and I asked him if it was worth it to go and he said that he bet most of the doses were already spoken for by the line and so it was totally worth it to go. My friend and I got there at 630am and the line was unbelievable!! I have never seen anything like it. The public is really freaking out about this whole thing (myself included) and I bet there were thousands of people in line. We were so lucky to be so close to the front. We were in and out of there by 730am. The line stretched for blocks and blocks... In the paper today they said that by 630am at the Sandy clinic there were over 1,000 people in line and more coming all the time. All the doses at that clinic were spoken for by 730am. It was NUTS! I think that the SLC valley is now completely out of the vaccination and will be waiting until they get more in mid-November! I have to say that I love good hubbies and I am so thankful that Jack and I have our vaccination!! Now, hopefully Jason doesn't catch it before he can get his. We are sanitizing like crazy!!

Anyway, that was my last month!! I am due for another appointment on Tuesday and am looking forward to the weeks going by fast as the holidays come closer! Come on baby girl!! Can't wait until FEBRUARY 11th!