20 weeks!

Total Weight Loss/Gain:  I forgot again!

Sleep:  It's been ok.  I'm having vivid and random dreams, but it leaves me soon after I take my morning medicine.

Medicine:  I'm taking 75 mg of Synthroid and I think I'm overdosing because I feel jittery and my bowel movements have changed.  I have hypo thyroid and my symptoms seems to be more like hyper thyroid issues.  I had a 50 mg dose left over, decided to take it this morning and I felt so much better today.  My new endocrinologist appointment is in 1.5 weeks because my OB office called to help me get the soonest appointment possible otherwise I would have to wait until the end of July.  Thankfully, my mom is seeing her endocrinologist tomorrow and I'm tagging along to ask some questions.   

Movement:  It'll happen any day now.  :)

Cravings/Aversions:  I've been wanting more chocolate/sweets lately...oreo's without the cream and chocolate covered peanuts.  Tonight, I'm craving a green smoothie and will start up again tomorrow morning!

Symptoms:  Bloated feet and ankles as the day wears on.  Had my second charlie horse two nights ago and it was painful!  Eating banana's again!

Nesting:  We have a strategy!  Clean/organize the basement, empty the baby room's closet and move items to the basement or donate.  I hope we can get the process started on Saturday.  A friend scored a new bread maker that was sitting in our closet for 6 years.  It was the only wedding gift I never opened and I'm glad it'll be of good to another family who likes fresh bread. 

What I look forward to:  I had my first prenatal yoga class tonight and it was super relaxing.  The instructor does a good job of explaining the benefits of certain movements for me and/or the baby. Studies have suggested that prenatal yoga can:

• Improve sleep
• Reduce stress and anxiety
• Increase the strength, flexibility and endurance of muscles needed for childbirth
• Decrease lower back pain, nausea, carpal tunnel syndrome, headaches and shortness of breath
• Decrease the risk of preterm labor, pregnancy-induced hypertension and intrauterine growth restriction — a condition that slows a baby's growth

I took a yoga class in undergrad and forgot how it helps you feel more in tune with your body.  I focused on my posture, balance, breathing, and baby while putting my hands over my belly.  Learning a variety of lower back stretches I could do with a chair, a wall, or a partner was super helpful!  I'm so glad I signed up for this class :)  Meeting other pregnant ladies is fun, too!  Two ladies are farther along than me and one is a week behind me.  I was comparing belly sizes and looking at feet to see how bloated they were.  One girl looked like she was about to pop...it's surreal to think that'll be me in a few months.   
 
Milestones: According to babycenter.com, our baby weighs about 10 1/2 ounces now.  She's also around 6 1/2 inches long from head to bottom and about 10 inches from head to heel — the length of a banana. (For the first 20 weeks, when a baby's legs are curled up against her torso and hard to measure, measurements are taken from the top of his head to his bottom — the "crown to rump" measurement. After 20 weeks, she's measured from head to toe.)  She's swallowing more these days, which is good practice for her digestive system. She's also producing meconium, a black, sticky by-product of digestion. This gooey substance will accumulate in her bowels, and I'll see it in her first soiled diaper (some babies pass meconium in the womb or during delivery).