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Week 14
~ Hello Weight Gain!
Yes, not eating enough was really the problem. I gained FOUR pounds this past week in less than 7 days. Whew!! Of course now I had to go and ask how much protein I should be eating (since my uterus hasn’t grown much lately) and it’s 80 grams! I can’t believe I didn’t know that was how much I should be getting. It seems like a huge amount, but I’ll give it a shot. Since it’s not BBQ season here (with snow on the ground), we have not had lots of meat and I can’t eat things like commercial bread, etc. Eggs have been making me literally gag when I eat them but that’s faded a bit lately so I may have to really work to eat more of those since they are a great protein source. My husband cooked a steak for me tonight and I about licked the plate – is that a sign? Ha ha!
I haven’t felt almost any more movement and now I’m wondering if I have an anterior placenta (toward my belly vs. toward my back). I feel weird rolling sensations that are really odd, but not much else. It’d be a first for me to have a placenta placed there and I’m really hoping I’m wrong. I love those baby movements, I’ll be sad if I don’t feel much. My Mom (who had my sister and I as a set of twins) said she never felt movement once when she was pregnant. We were born at 30 weeks but I can’t imagine not feeling a baby ever when you’re pregnant with twins! She had two anterior placentas.
We’ve been brainstorming names and amazingly we have a set boy’s name, but we cannot think of ANY girl names we both really like. I very much want to use my Mom’s name (which also happens to be my Grandmother’s and sister’s middle names) as a middle name, but sometimes figuring that out with a first name is tricky. (Sister dear, if you’re reading this, it’s a secret so don’t tell that tidbit  ).
Happiest Holidays everyone!
Blessings,
~ Julie
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