Update thingy~

Midwife appointment went great!

Baby and I are right on track for 17 weeks size wise and are totally healthy and awesome. Got to hear the heartbeat, and also got to hear the movements a couple times (The fetoscope isn't working on me yet and baby does not like the doppler and kept moving around and would hit it, lol). We got the U/s referral and so tomorrow we get to go to the hospital and find out if we're having a girl or a boy. I am SO excited!!! :D

Also, on Friday I get to go to DC for a rally/march thingy with some friends and I'm looking forward to that as well~ :3

So, now for the personal bits and pieces that some people might not wanna hear... This is a TMI warning by the way... lol

My breasts have these small lumps/patches of dark spots on them here and ther. Not very big and not very many but they're there. Under the dark spots is hard and tender to touch. Not sure what it is yet, the midwife agrees it's probably nothing to worry about and seems totally normal but I'm giving it until Friday and if they are the same or get worse at all I'm going to see the doctor because I really want to make sure it's alright, mostly because breast cancer runs in my family and so I think I'm handling this pretty sanely and calmly even though my instinct is to freak out and worry. I'm not stressing over it, I'm just also not being overly passive and I think that's a good balance.  lol.

So after clearing up two yeast infections two weeks in a row (Yay hormones....) my girly bits seem normal again. The only thing is the swelling now and that is normal and common during pregnancy and not worrisome since it is the only thing going on right now. It seems to get better after a hot shower (I have started to take a nightly shower just to get the hot water on my body, so I don't use soap or wash my hair every single night since that isn't healthy for it. I simply use the time to focus on my body and stuff and relax a bit before bed.) and doesn't itch, burn, hurt, ache, have discharge, or anything like that. It's just...swollen. Haha. Like my vulva sneaks in some lip augmentation while I sleep or something. It's a little uncomfortable at times because I already have an enlarged labia minora and the swelling makes them look a bit ridiculous and stick out even more. Normally they're just thin flaps of skin and I'm used to them, but the swelling makes it so they are now thick flaps of skin that like to stick and rub together and just be annoying in general and I am so not used to that at all. It's alright, it's a part of pregnancy and I'll gladly take it since so far everything has been decently easy this pregnancy and I am seriously grateful and happy about that. :D

Anyway, weekly pics and the reveal will be coming tomorrow evening!!! ♥


Oh, in case I hadn't mentioned before, I got new sandals and they are awesome and I will have a picture of them eventually. My feet were swollen a little bit for about 2 days a little bit ago and the sandals fit perfect still and felt great. The swelling started after I got a blister from walking in flip flops (thus why I needed the new sandals...) so I'm not even worried about it. Plus, getting swollen feet is also normal and common during pregnancy. I'm glad to have a pair of cute sandals that fit my feet so well normally and when swollen, and they cost less than $20 too~ :D