Friday’s Fruit: Week 18
Week 18:
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How I’m feeling: Working out regularly (light weights and cardio). Lots of walking. Sciatic nerve pain is on and off. The bump looks the same as last week. I’ve been rocking leggings, my regular jeans with the Bella Band and my 2 new pairs of low rise maternity jeans from Old Navy. I am swelling from the knees down and have a lovely array of veins sprawled out on the back of my thighs. I look like a road map. I regularly whine about this. My feet and toes have been going numb. When I told my Dr this, she told me that I need to wear compression pantyhose *my jaw hits the floor* . All I think of is that scene in Mrs. Doubtfire where Robin Williams is riding on the bus and his old lady tights start rolling down to expose his furry knee to the bus driver. From what I understand about these tights, they’re extremely uncomfortable and difficult to get on & off. Should make for some interesting situations considering I pee every 3 seconds. On the bright side, it may act like I’m wearing 1/2 body Spanx!
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New and exciting: Baby is still very active at night. I get excited when I get into bed because I know I’ll feel the little bugger squirming around. It goes crazy about 10 minutes after I eat chocolate or spicy food. I bought the Preggle Pillow and loooove it (see yesterday’s post). My hair is crazy thick lately too!
Weird Stuff: Besides the crazy old lady tights that I’ll be wearing soon, not too much going on except the fact that “the girls” have taken on a new life of their own. They are redonkulous. Like, I have 3 heads. Ew.
Cravings: Lots of the same stuff. Tomato sauce, vinegar, frozen yogurt or sorbet , ice cold milk in Cheerios 
Aversions: asparagus (still), ice water (still), grilled or dry or plain chicken.
Baby is the size of:
- It’s yawning, hiccuping, sucking and swallowing?
- And it’s twisting, rolling, punching and kicking, too
(Info and photo from thebump.com)
Cool Purchase: Preggle Pillow
Words I never thought I’d utter “Cool Purchase: Preggle Pillow” lol, who am I?!
Okay, so I’m still in a little bit of a state of shock that I am in fact pregnant. It’s very surreal to me actually. As these weeks continue to fly by, I am subtly (and sometimes not so subtly) reminded that my body is inhabited by a little person. Every morning I wake up with hip and back aches from sleeping on my side. *Fact: I never knew until a few months ago that pregnant women have to sleep on their side*.
I had a checkup at the doctor on Tuesday. She recommended that I buy a pregnancy body pillow to ease this common discomfort. Sure enough my preggo partner and I drove to Babies R Us yesterday (after getting a flat tire in the pouring rain and devouring cookies ‘n’ cream sundaes at Friendly’s of course). There were lots of options in this mommy gear aisle. I went for this one:
It’s called a Preggle Pillow. It looks like a candy cane. Only mine is a zebra print. There is no photo from me because I am lying on it right now.
I looked at the zillion ways you can sleep on this thing and I was both impressed and confused. (There are 16 ways but here are a few)
I flopped around in bed until I was comfy. I woke up well rested and with much less aching.
If you were ever pregnant, what saved you from these little physical obstacles?
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Delaying The Inevitable
I am stalling. I read book 1 of Fifty Shades of Grey in a week. Book 2 in a few days. I’ve been reading book 3 in dribs and drabs. I feel like I don’t want it to end. What will I read next that will suck me in like these 2 characters have? Does anyone have any suggestions?
I’ve recently discovered that I do this with lots of things that I really love. My quest for justifying my hoarding tendencies knows no boundaries. I’m not sure if I do this because the things are luxuries and I want to make it last or because I don’t know when I will have spare time or cash to buy it again. Psychology majors please give me your opinions…
Exhibit A:
Makeup primer. I “save” the last few applications for “special occasions” and I never end up using it. I guess I outed myself. I am addicted to high-end makeup. I’ve got to admit I have gotten a lot better with curbing my impulse shopping in Sephora and Ulta. I think this may be fueling my hoarding issue too though.
Exhibit B:
Hair products. I “save” the last drop of BioSilk for that elusive “special occasion”.
Exhibit C:
Bottles of alcohol. We saved our expensive bottle of tequila for a year before we drank it. I have a few very nice bottles of champagne that we are waiting for, wait for it….that special occasion. Yes, Mr. FSL & I “collect” odd-shaped bottles of liquor. We are weirdos, I won’t argue with you on that one.
Am I alone on this one? Is anyone else weird like me?
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Awesome To The Core
For Mother’s Day dinner, I volunteered to make some apps and a dessert. I made a balsamic tomato salad and easy caprese bites. For dessert, by request, I made 2 batches of sugar cookie apple cobbler.
If you don’t know me personally, then you probably don’t know that I am ALWAYS running late. So like usual, I was scrambling and had to make all of this in an hour. An hour seems like a long time, but when you have to core and cube 10 apples, it’s not.
I wasn’t panicked because I had this! It cores apples and pears with one push. I got it from Pampered Chef, it was under $5, I use it ALL the time. I look creepy with my hot pepper apron and grin. Don’t be alarmed. I just get excited about awesome gadgets.
Anything that cuts down on prep time or cooking time is my kind of tool.
What is your favorite gadget that cuts prep time in half? Share!
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Friday’s Fruit
After a few people mentioned it to me, I’ve decided to just catch up with my pregnancy weeks. I’ll be posting last week and this week’s photos. LOL! Sorry for the confusion, but between not sleeping from the Rocco incident, an exhausting field trip to NYC (I got motion sickness for the first time in 4 hours of traffic), and hanging my school’s artwork at our citywide art show last night immediately following a workday with no prep time, and throw my baby brain into the mix, you can surely understand why I’m a little, uh, off.
16 Weeks
My pants wouldn’t zip at 16 weeks, hence the open fly 
Baby was the size of an avocado
{IMG from thebump.com}
- It’s listening to my voice, thanks to tiny bones forming in its ears.
- It’s growing hair, lashes and eyebrows.
- And it’s forming taste buds.
I’m not sure what the heck happened between last week and this week, but I have a real bump now!
Week 17
How I’m feeling: Working out regularly (light weights and cardio). I’ve been getting out of breath going up stairs. Sciatic nerve pain is on and off, but when I was on a bus (for a field trip for 4 hours) my left leg went numb. I also had motion sickness on the bus and had to put myself to sleep so I wouldn’t vomit. I’m uncomfortable when I sleep, so I believe that this is the week I finally buy the maternity body pillow! The bump is bigger 
I’m still wearing regular clothes, but my pants are not buttoning anymore (not even with my special hair tie trick). I’ve moved on to the Bella Band. It looks like a tube top that fits over your unbuttoned pants (and kind of holds them up). It looks like a tank top layer (I am wearing one in the week 17 photos).
New and exciting: Baby is very active at night. It’s really the only time I feel it move. I also placed an order for my first 2 pairs of maternity jeans from Old Navy.
Weird Stuff: Besides everything physically, I have really been experiencing what I used to think was a myth. Baby brain. Yes people, this is real. Okay, here. I woke up for work last week like normal. I got dressed, ate breakfast, headed to the garage keys in hand. I stepped one foot onto the cold concrete… hmmm…yes, shoes. Shoes would be helpful at work today Mindy. *smacks herself in the forehead*
Cravings: Lots of the same stuff. Tomato sauce, vinegar, cold red grapes, frozen yogurt or sorbet , ice cold milk in Cheerios 
Aversions: asparagus (still), ice water
Baby is the size of:
{IMG from thebump.com}
- Baby is growing some meat on those bones — putting on some fat.
- Its rubbery cartilage is now turning to bone.
- It’s growing a stronger, thicker umbilical cord, too.
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FSL PSA
I’m writing this post to hopefully prevent this from happening to anyone else’s fur baby. We had a rough night here at casa FSL Sunday night.
6:00 PM on Sunday, we gave Rocco a dose of K9 Advantix to prevent him from fleas, ticks, etc. We bought the kind for small dogs. When the 3 of us hopped into bed, Rocco was moving around like crazy. He couldn’t sit still, rolling all over. Finally, he calmed down as Mr. FSL rubbed his back.
2:00 AM Monday morning, Rocco is squirming all over the place. my husband and I get up and try to figure out what’s wrong. We were online searching K9 Andvantix when hundreds upon hundreds of horrible things were coming up as search results. People’s pets were having bad reactions to this and some were dying. DYING! I instantly become frantic and start sobbing. We started scrubbing his back (where the medicine was applied). We tried to calm him down and he wouldn’t.
3:45 AM, we gave him a bath using dish soap to sop up the oils from the Advantix application. After googling extensively, I figured that he was having an allergic reaction. I gave Rocco a small dose of Benedryl. This put my mind at ease and I laid back down and fell asleep while Mr. FSL and my fur baby laid in the guest bed. Rocco was all over the place still.
5:45 AM Rocco is jumping and pawing to get on my bed with me. He wanted his mom. This though makes me so sad still. He must have been so scared. I felt so helpless. We decided he needs to go to the pet emergency room. The doctor determined that there was nothing they could do but try to wash it off of his skin. So he got another bath there. The Benedryl will not help him but it will put him to sleep (at this point he was awake for over 24 hours). We were told to put vitamin E on his back about 3 times throughout the day.
8:30 AM Rocco comes home. Neither my husband or me really sleeping, we scramble to work and my wonderful father-in-law puppysat all day.
After bath #3
When he finally came home
Napping at last
Even when I came home from work around 4:00 PM, he would only relax if I scratched him. He’s still twitchy. Poor baby.
Please learn from our bad experience. Don’t risk your dog’s life. I was never so afraid for Rocco. We are looking for a natural alternative.
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At Least I’m Not The Crazy Cat Lady
I’m starting to discover that I have an addictive personality. I haven’t been moderately enjoying certain things in my life. I have been completely and utterly obsessing. I’ve really liked specific things for a brief amount of time in the past, but I’ve been on a few benders in the very recent (like 5 minutes ago) past.
Obsession #1
The Fifty Shades Of Grey Trilogy. I just started book 3. If you have read further than this, do not tell me ANYTHING that happens. I’m not a fan of spoilers. After reading book 1, I thought that anyone that read this book was a perv. The underlying story is phenomenal. After reading book 2, I’m completely enthralled. Book 2′s storyline is craaaazy! One of the best stories I’ve ever heard.
Obsession #2
Hummus. I swear I dream about hummus. I mean, I liked it before, kinda. I wasn’t crazy about it, but maybe like once or twice a year, I’d eat it. I have turned into the weird chickpea lady at the grocery store. Yesterday, I was gasping for air in the canned vegetable aisle because I discovered 19 ounce cans (as compared to the usual 15 ounce ones). See?! Problems my friends. I scooped up 4 cans and skipped to the cashier. I can embarrassingly admit to a 1/2 can a day habit. I make a batch of hummus every other day. Some days it’s my after work snack. Other days it’s my lunch pre-game (yes, now that I have a bun in the oven, I pre-game for meals).
Obsession #3
Loose tanks. I am loving this loose tank top trend and I am fully embracing it. It hides my belly at work under a blazer, is comfy for the gym with capris, and perfect for the weekend. I’m all about it. Victoria’s Secret PINK has my faves. I did find a few (okay 5) at Pacific Sunwear Outlet, Target, and American Eagle. They are pretty much the only thing I buy besides chickpeas. I recently had a mini heart attack when my wonderful husband did the laundry and I found my pink tank (worn 1 time) laying on my bed. I’m not complaining that he did the laundry. Thank GOD he’s been really helping mama bear around the house. But I just had to she a little tear over this one. Here’s a shot of the pink one that was washed and the yellow that was never worn. Same shirt. *sob* I gave it to his 6 year old niece. It fit.
What are your latest obsessions?
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TV In The Bedroom
When we first moved into our house, we decided that we were not going to put a television in our bedroom. First of all, we don’t really watch much TV and honestly we are happy to say that. Secondly, we have a TV the size of a football field in our living room.
If we had a TV in our room and wanted to watch a movie one night, the comfort of this:
will probably trump this:
Having said all that, I got really sick last week with the throw-up-bug (this blog has become oh so glam). After an episode of No Reservations and 2 episodes of A Baby Story on my couch, I became insanely uncomfortable. I began thinking about how nice it would be to watch from bed. Then my mind drifted off to what will happen once Baby P is born. We have a raised ranch with all of the rooms in the house up stairs (except laundry and living room–with TV), so chances are that I’ll be upstairs most of the time. It might be really cozy to curl up in bed and cuddle with the little one and watch some Monday Night Football.
Do you have a TV in your bedroom? What do you think? Should we keep things as is, sans TV?
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Friday’s Fruit
Week 15:
How I’m feeling: Still working out regularly (light weights and cardio). Sciatic nerve pain is still lurking around. I’m beginning to have a bit of discomfort in my back when I sleep. The bump is definitely getting bigger 
I’m still wearing regular clothes, even though some pants have to be buttoned like this!
At night, my belly seems to more than double in size and it’s hard! I was reading the other evening, lifted my shirt to be sure it wasn’t just my imagination and saw this:
New and exciting: I felt the baby move!
Cravings: tomato sauce, vinegar, lemons, cold grapes, oranges, ice cold milk in Cheerios
Aversions: asparagus, onions
Baby is the size of: a navel orange
- Baby might be hiccuping in there.
- It’s making lots of progress: joints and limbs can all move now.
(info from thebump.com)
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Good Reads.
I feel like there aren’t enough hours in the day. Am I alone on this one? My weekdays usually go something like this:
7:00/7:30 – wake up, hit snooze, snuggle back up with Rocco, repeat.
7:35- get ready for work
8:35- drive to work
3:30- tutor after school
4:30- drive home
4:45- throw my stuff down on the counter and change into my gym clothes, snuggle with Rocco for a few (how can I resist his furry face all cuddled up?!)
5:00- gym (weight training & 25-30 minutes cardio)
6:00- go home & start dinner
6:30- eat, catch up with husband, do some dishes
7:15- shower/ blowdry
8:00- blog
9:00- hang out with my husband/watch TV/ read
9:30- brush teeth
9:35- I run out of steam and it’s bedtime.
Yes, it’s very glamorous. I need a vacation. Or a temporary escape.
I forgot what a great escape reading can be. I’ve been trying squeezing in more time to read. During college, I didn’t have time to read for pleasure, just for school. My father bought me a Kindle this past Christmas, and I haven’t been able to put it down. I’ve since then downloaded the Kindle app on my iPhone so that way if I forget to have my Kindle on hand, and I have a free second, I can catch up on Anastasia Steele & Christian Grey *teehee*.
I’ve recently been introduced to the website GoodReads.com. It’s pretty great. You can connect with friends, authors and get tons of relevant book recommendations based on books that you have already read and enjoyed. Two very enthusiastic thumbs up!
What are you reading currently? Any recommendations? Are you on Goodreads? Hit me up
