Oh my goodness, so this is what people mean when they talk about bad heartburn. Yick!! This is some nasty, burny shit I tell you. I’ve been having some minor heartburn off and on…. no real pattern to it, and it wasn’t all that disruptive, just irritating. But I fell asleep and woke up feeling like my throat was on fire. I ate a slice of bread with creamcheese and drank a glass of milk in an attempt to settle things. (I tried Maalox first, that didn’t help.) Guess there won’t be any more juice before bed. (I have had a major craving for cran-raspberry juice the last two days… been drinking a bunch of it!)

My 21 week photos are up. Holy moly, I grew this week! I expected to look a little bloated… I didn’t expect my lower belly to have popped out that much!

And according to my weekly weigh-in I’ve actually put on a pound or two this past week, which puts me over my starting weight finally! Not that I want to start packing on the pounds, but I’d like to see some gradual weight gain here. Devin is growing. It’s funny, I was all prepared to put on weight during this pregnancy, fearing the worst. My own mother put on a ton of weight during her two pregnancies and has never gotten it off… one of my fears was to end up like her. I never expected to lose a good portion of my extra weight during pregnancy. Granted I’m not done yet, so don’t be counting my chickens just yet… but I’ve lost a lot of the extra padding I was carrying in my butt and hips. I find it a lot easier to sleep on my side now, since with the rounded midsection and not-so-padded hips I don’t get that pinched blubber right above my hip bone that I used to.

It’s amazing to me how different each of our bodies reacts to pregnancy. It’s interesting to read threads on the different body changes that we’re experiencing… it’s so varied… a grab-bag of weird crazy symptoms. lol

Okay, the heartburn has subsided greatly… I’m going to try sleeping again. Fingers crossed.