and growing and growing... I cannot believe I am already in week 24, it all happens so fast!! So far I have had a pretty easy pregnancy. Save for some nausea and some definite exhaustion in the first few months, I feel very lucky.
My experience with all the pregnancy hormonal shifts has been fairly pleasant. Generally I feel a sense of ease and well being- I am guessing that is the progesterone- and sometimes I feel more edgy- I am guessing that is the estrogen- but overall totally manageable. I do feel really creative lately and just want to make and design things. I have been making some jewelry and doing lots of planning- how to set up our backyard, yay we have a yard! - and how to arrange the bedrooms and decorate for the baby. I guess this is nesting!
I just started feel ing the baby's movements regularly. For a while they were all the way on the left of my abdomen and not very often. But, last weekend I had some Mayan abdominal massage, and it was amazing! It is a type of massage designed to encourage proper placement of your internal organs. People who aren't pregnant benefit from having their organs in all the right places so they function optimally for digestion and hormone regulation. Pregnant women benefit from having their uterus in the right place so that ligaments aren't squished and pregnancy and delivery happen more easily. So, when I came in she told me my uterus was positioned on the left. After the massage, I feel a lot more movements and they are in the center of my belly, rather than all on one side, and it kind of popped out and took some pressure off my tummy- my heartburn has gone away too! Good work 'lil bump :)
