26 Weeks!

Pregnancy Highlights:

How far along - 26 Weeks 

Size of Baby - Head of Lettuce (about 14 inches and 1.75 pounds)

Development - His eyes are forming and he has eyelashes.  He's taking breaths of amniotic fluid. 

Weight Gain - I gained 3 pounds in the past 2 weeks, so that makes a total of +6 pounds from my start weight.  

Maternity Clothes -   I'm mostly wearing maternity clothes now.  My favorite thing is still tights/leggings with tunics.

Sleep -  I'm still sleeping pretty well, but I've been really tired lately.  

Cravings - Sweet & Salty, but my favorite thing right now is HEB's chocolate mootopia milk.  I drink a glass every morning!

Miss Anything - Not really, besides having more energy.

Gender - It's a boy!  Ellis Jack!

Symptoms - I'm feeling pretty good now, but I'm weak and tired by the end of the day.  I still have sciatic nerve pain almost every day and occasional leg cramps. 

Favorite thing - Feeling & seeing baby boy move and kick!

Recent Doctor appointment - I passed my glucose test!  I was glad, but I did find out I'm a little anemic.  The doctor acted like it wasn't a huge deal, but prescribed me iron pills to start taking.  

They will test my levels again in a month or two.  I heard Ellis' heart beat again and also him kicking!    They started measuring my belly and said I was right where I needed to be.