Pregnancy weeks 19 - 23

So now I'm well into the second trimester now and in some ways things are a little easier. On the whole I'm feeling mostly good. I have the odd day where I feel sick or like my digestion is poor but it's definitely better than it was. I still get the sore tummies and bloating which is probably going to last the duration so I keep taking the lactulose, enzymes and probiotics. However as I feel better I've been a bit slack with taking them regularly and then suffer for it.

One thing I'm so glad about is that my mood has been a whole lot better. I've been much happier and have had less mood swings. Actually it's a little like a fog has been lifted, I found I was getting pissed off at the least thing, friends and family included. My husband says I have a habit of thinking the world is against me anyway and I totally do at times, especially when I'm either tired or hormonal.

If you read my last blog you'll know I had mostly escaped the pregnancy tiredness so far but I think it's catching up with me now. It's more like a feeling of lethargy or just not having the enthusiasm to do things than actual sleepy tiredness. I have to try to take it a bit easier and not pack so much into a day. Like yesterday I took Sonny swimming then after lunch took him a walk round the park in his trike followed by an Asda shop, which is always a bit of a nightmare anyway. I realised my patience was running a bit dry as he tried to grab everything on the shelves as I struggled round with a heavy basket while trying to push him on his trike. Probably I should've skipped the walk and shop that day and learned that one activity in a day is actually enough.

So moving onto training. I'm very much taking each week as it comes with this one. Last week I trained four days out of seven and currently I haven't trained yet in the past four days. I'm just fitting it in when I can and as I mostly have to get up at around 5.30 or 6am to train, if I don't feel like it I don't and just enjoy some more rest. When I was pregnant with Sonny my husband and I were members of a gym so spent a lot of afternoons there, but now that we have Sonny we just can't do that. I am wondering though if that's part of the reason I feel better throughout this pregnancy, I'm not forcing my self to workout like I did with Sonny. I just keep thinking I can train when the baby is here and I'm so desperate to avoid the illness I had in my last weeks with Sonny.

A few other things worth mentioning are that my skin is not great. It's oversensitive, dry, flaky and spot prone all at once. I might start trying some salon facials this month to see if I can help improve it.

I've had bouts of poor sleep but thankfully it's sporadic. I know some women are suffering a lot with pregnancy insomnia but mine is just occasional.

Oh, something I discovered recently, that I think I had with Sonny, are some lovely varicose veins on my left leg. There are some on the calf area and then a cluster at the back of my knee. I don't think there's much I can do to help other than moving them plenty and having them elevated in the evening which I do. They can get a bit achey if I've been on my feet a lot so if I feel it I try to rest and give them a rub. Also making sure not to cross my legs when I'm sitting. Hopefully they will go once the baby is here.

So that's basically it for this phase. On the whole things are pretty great. Feeling a bunch of kicks now which is lovely and I think some hiccups. At my 20 week scan I was told my placenta was a bit low so I have to go back for another at 34 weeks and hopefully it will have moved. I'm trying not to worry about it too much, as long as the baby is healthy that's all that matters.

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