Second Trimester

Late first and early second trimester BEACH FUN!

SYMPTOMS AND OVERVIEW
Going into my second trimester nothing has really changed much with symptoms. I noticed that my hips and back are in pain less during the night, and headaches come more frequently. I tried the different techniques she gave me to help with the pain, but they don't seem to be doing much (I am glad I can deal with it).
I can feel the baby more than usual....still feels weird, but I at least know there is movement and life. It use to feel like gas, but now when I have my arm or item in a certain spot my stomach moves. Hmmm I keep telling everyone it's an alien. :-)
EXERCISE
I tried exercising, you know the general walking, but it feels as though I am not doing enough and while I walk I tend to push extremely hard simply because I am use to Insanity workouts. I try to exercise when I have enough energy to do so, but it seems as though I never want to (which is weird for me). I clean every day and try to walk, but ultimately I need to get my body actively moving. Cleaning is something but id rather do something more, but walking is still a challenge since I would want to run or briskly walk. I will see how things so within these few weeks to see if I have enough energy to do something more (fingers crossed).

VISITS
My visits to the nurse is still once a month and we mainly just talk about concerns or anything that could help me for that particular month. This is the time I actually seen the sex of my baby HE made it very noticeable. I can't help but laugh at the fact that he kept showing me his ear (haha). The visit lasted about 30 or so minutes because they checked his measurements to see if he was up to speed, which he is and I also wanted to count how many fingers and toes he had, but only manage to get the fingers.

NEXT VISIT
I go in for a glucose testing where I believe they give me some liquid to drink and I wait like 2 hours or so to check and see if my body is breaking down the glucose. They said I could watch some videos while I am there so that's good (just have to make sure I have my laptop to watch them).

PLANS

I hope to take some maternity photos around 30 or so weeks (I am 26+2 now), and also my baby shower plans will be set sometime within the few weeks. We shall see.

Until next time,
Crissy XOXO