Being Pregnant and almost 40.

I am now 23 weeks pregnant. Yay! 23 weeks. A little more than half ways there. I don't remember pregnancy being this difficult though. 

I have had 4 previous, easy, breezy pregnancies. Never had any issues. It really wasn't hard or anything but this time, OMG. 

First of all, I got gestational diabetes. Meaning that I now have to give myself shots of insulin. I hate it and its scary.

Then, I'm growing really huge. I already look like I'm going to pop any day, and I still have 3.5 months to go! I am SO big. 

But it's exciting too. Baby boy has been moving around lots for the past 3 weeks. My daughter was the first one to feel baby move (besides myself, of course) She was so amazed and excited! It was so cute to watch!

I think it was 2 weeks ago that my fiance finally felt the baby move. It was a small movement. I can't wait until the kicks gets stronger so that he can start feeling baby too. 

We have to go in for monthly ultrasounds now because I'm "high risk" because of my age and my diabetes, so we get to see the baby every month which is exciting. Last week we saw a close up of his balls and dick. Yep. He's definitely a big boy! ha ha. He looks exactly like his dad, which is really cool to see. We see alot of pictures of his baby profile and its looks like a tiny version of my fiance and our daughter. I can't wait to meet him and hold him and just enjoy having a baby again. 

I'm still working 2 jobs but have cut down on my hours at job #2. I will be quitting job #2 in Feb. Quitting for good. I am going to work my full time job right until I go into labour, hopefully. I need all the money I can get. I don't like the idea of being on maternity leave and only bringing home a percentage of my paycheck. I'm already stressed about it but my fiance assures me that he'll be giving his paycheques directly to me so I can handle all our money and do the budgeting and bill paying. Maybe I can babysit on the down low and bring in some extra cash. I'll figure out something. 

I recently bought a big body pillow because I have been so uncomfortable sleeping. Now I thow my leg over it when I sleep. I caught my fiance throwing his leg over it one night as we were watching tv and I got mad at him. I laid down the law that it was MY pillow. NOT HIS. LOL poor guy. 

Well, baby is kicking my low today. In the lower pelvic region. It feels like he has hiccups. I better get back to work. 

Happy New Years!