22w2d - Acorn is good, Mama not so much

We had our 22 week appointment yesterday. No sonogram, just an exam. We did get to hear Acorn's heart beat. We also heard her kick, which was awesome! I feel her move around a lot, but only internally. I can't feel her on the outside. And I don't feel her move around every day. So it makes me nervous. All the books say I should feel lots of kicking. The doctor said I'm fine, Acorn is great, she's the right size (at least my uterus is) for 22 weeks. So that's great news.

I, on the other hand, need to be more careful. I guess that being sick these past few weeks, and having major appetite surges at the same time, was a bad combination. I wanted to eat a LOT, but was too cranky about being sick and stressed to make the best choices. It turns out that between yesteday's appointment and the one 4 weeks before that I gained 12 lbs. Uh... whoops! To be fair, I don't believe it was all real. I came by after eating an enormous lunch (baby shower for a coworker) and drinking about a gallon of iced tea. I have also been a bit backed up (ah, one of the joys of pregnancy). But, according to my naked morning weight, I was up about 7 lbs. since the last one. So only 5 was the enormous lunch. I think some of it is clogged plumbing. But I would still guess I gained 6 lbs in 4 weeks. Considering I gained 0 in the first 10 weeks and then 7 in the next 8, well, it's quite a lot.

Also, my blood pressure was higher than ideal. It's not alarmingly high, for regular people, but my 'standard' blood pressure is usually somewhere around 116/64, so nice and low. Mine was 130/68. So the bottom number is fine. The top number is high. I need to watch my sodium now. Awesome.

So I am making a resolution to exercise more. I dragged Hubby-Poo out for a walk around the block (it's nearly 3 miles). And hopefully I will actually be well enough to start prenatal yoga next week (I thought it would be rude to go into a room of pregnant women who are breathing heavily while I was exhaling germs). I'm not going to be obsessive, but I need to make my health and Acorn's health a priority.