21 weeks! My husband took some photos of my growing belly when I was in my camisole, and I think these photos really show the size of my belly. It’s growing a lot and I felt that the center of my balance shifted a bit when I stand or walk. It’s getting harder to run now because of the extra weight, my shins hurt. I try to run daily because that’s what I did before I got pregnant and the doctor said it’s okay to continue what I did before, as long as I feel good about it. Although it’s harder to run now, the benefit to running is too great (great stress relief and I sleep very well at night) not to continue.
Thank you so much for the encouraging comments for my last post. I was surprised to know that many of you had experienced similar things (unsolicited comments and advise) during your pregnancy as well. After reading the comments, I decided that it was really not worth worrying about it, and I should enjoy the time with my baby right now. It is too precious to be bothered by other things, and I will try my best to brush off the unwanted comments and advise:) Again, thank you all<3 I went to a doctor’s visit this Wednesday, and it went well. The baby weights about 500 grams now, and healthy. Such a relief! I was really anxious to go because I was supposed to find out the baby’s gender. But again, the doctor could not find out, because the baby’s legs were on the way, and he/she wasn’t moving much during ultrasound! The baby needs to be cooperative next time! My next visit is in early January, so I have another long month of waiting time:( During my time in NY, my friend gave me Booda Organics‘ body butter. I love this product! It is a butter, but when you press the butter in your palms, it turns to body oil. It smells wonderful (chocolate!) and moisturizing. It’s not only for preventing stretch marks, but can be used for basically anything, from wrinkle, cracks, dry skin, dry lips…etc. It’s really great and I think I’m going to order another one when I’m done with this one.
