Quarter 2
I started my second trimester in mid-November. I was more relaxed because I didn't have a lot of nausea from the first trimester and I was slowly starting to regain my energy, it didn't last long and the preparations for the winter holidays, along with a higher volume at work, they kind of put a lid on me and the tiredness gathered said its word. I got rid of nausea, but I had quite a lot of back pain, cramps and a few stomach aches (when I spent a lot of time at the office or had a super busy and hectic day).
I don't realize when I really started to feel the baby, in the first trimester I really felt like I was feeling something but it could have been more mental. But by week 14, I know for a fact that what I was feeling was the baby's movements. And by week 17, there were already ample movements, which I felt were strong enough to stop what I was doing.
In December (weeks 17-20) I was pretty ok with sleep, I managed to rest very well, I was active for the holidays, as cravings, all December I made my weekly cake, I also took a week off work and that helped me a lot. 🙂
Related to the second trimester tests, just before morphology 2, we had to do a set of tests: complete blood count, PT (sec, act%, INR), APTT, serum uric acid, TGP / ALT, TGO / AST, serum creatinine, alkaline phosphatase, sideremia, serum glucose, serum urea, serum magnesium, total serum protein, urine summary, toxoplasma gondii IgG / IgM and urine culture.
At the morphology of trimester 2, which I did at 22 weeks, everything was ok at the control, the baby is in normal parameters, he was very agitated and did not want to sit at all for pictures and measurements, but Dr. Ioana Dragan is very patient and managed all the measurements successfully and bonus beautiful pictures and videos with the little morocco.
The second trimester was as expected, fabulous. 🙂 I had the energy to do so many things, I tried to solve as much as possible, to work, to take care of the blog, the house (I rearranged almost all the rooms) and last but not least the family. It was a wonderful time. I feel that the third trimester will be more difficult, mainly due to the weight, the growing back pain and the fact that I will not be very mobile, but I am ready for the last three months of pregnancy. 🙂
I often wonder how I can love a new baby as much as I love my Papu. I'm afraid we might not be able to handle two children. Or sometimes I wonder how compromised my career is after two pregnancy. Also, in the middle of the 2nd trimester I started to have quite disturbing nightmares and insomnia. I don't know where and why this anxiety came from, but I hope it's a passing episode.
I will continue this pregnancy diary with a new article, in which I will talk about the third trimester.
XOXO
Mommy R.
Image: @Andrea Gligor