My Second Trimester

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This pic was too cute not to share!

My pregnancy is almost over, and while I have been the worst about keeping the blog updated, I wanted to make sure that I still shared my second trimester. If you read about my first trimester you will know that I was a sick, nauseous blog that never wanted to do anything. My second trimester was so much better and probably the best of the three kids. To keep my nausea at bay I did continue to use my sleeping pill/b6 regimen and other than that I was a happy camper. The nice thing about the second trimester is first, you feel more human; second, you start to show (the bottom pic was around 4 months) and look pregnant; and third, you get to find out the gender of the baby! We went in on my husband's birthday to find out, which was a fun way to celebrate. I was just 15 weeks and they were able to find out on the first scan that we were expecting another little girl! My daughter is thrilled about having a little sister on the way. That same week I also started to feel the butterfly kicks from my baby. A lot of first time moms may confuse it with digestion/gas, but I knew what it was when I felt it! It still took another couple of weeks for my husband to be able to feel the little flutters. I was lucky to spend most of the fall in my second trimester and I was able to fully participate in family activities like going to the pumpkin patch, "dressing up" for Halloween, and spending lots of time outside with the kiddos. I definitely can say that my second trimester was my favorite of the three and I look forward to seeing our unnamed baby girl any day!

Side note: if you have other children, the second trimester is a good time to get them ready for baby. You will have more energy and physical capability to show and teach them things like how to pick up, how to grab their own snacks, what indoor voices sound like, and how to have quiet time. Right now as I'm in the very end of my pregnancy they are nearly getting away with murder because I don't have the energy to stop them or chase them down anymore. But, a lot of the things we practiced earlier in my pregnancy are holding strong.

Second Trimester Favorites:

Kit Kats

Cooking again...well, really, eating again

Zero Water filter, go buy one now!