Amazingly this is my last week in my second trimester. Ive been having mixed feelings about this, on one hand I cannot believe how absolutly fast this pregnancy has gone by and at the same time I have a bit of dread with the next 14 weeks, for purely selfish reasons though. My tummy is so big already Im scared of how wrecked my body will be again. My first pregnancy obviously did the most damage, my cute flawless tummy turned into a war zone of scars from stretch marks. I knew I would get them, and thought I was prepared for them but I wasnt prepared for how bad or how large they would be. I have stretch marks from puberty so I expected the same type, but what I got in pregnancy was completly different. So far I have only one very small little pink mark where my skin has again started to scar. Ive been riding on my loose skin from weight loss until this point but its starting to get tight again. This week I am up to 173lbs- which was my weight when I got pregnant with my second child. Ive gained 17 pounds at 26 weeks- thats a normal amount of wieght gain but Im scared of what will come in the coming 14 weeks for my body.
As far as my baby- at 26 weeks she should be about TWO pounds now!! And somewhere in the vacinity of a foot long. This week also marks a big developement with the eyes! Until now they have been sealled shut so the retina can develope but this week the baby’s eyes will begin to open!

Posted by Shelley in Baby development on October 8th, 2007 |