My Second Puberty

I'm loving this time of my pregnancy. It's when everyone can actually see I'm pregnant and not just fat. HA! Also the baby is moving around like crazy. I love that he or she is active all day and seems to have a strong case of the hiccups. I took the glucose resistance test a few days ago and ever since it seems like my little one has had the hiccups. Weird! I'm starting to notice bodily changes more now. For example, my boobs are starting to show strong veins. Not colored ones, just one here or there that looks like I lift weights. I wonder if those are the ducts or whatever that will deliver the milk? I'm also seeing super strong veins on my wrists. My hands have started to feel like I have some sort of arthritis. I crack my knuckles every 10 minutes or so and I have done for many many years. But now it hurts when I do it. Or I should say it feels sore, it doesn't hurt at all. My fingers just feel really really stiff. It's hard to fall asle...

Oh my goodness, I'm 26! Time is flying by. In 14 weeks, I'll be a mommy! For now, baby is growing and growing. He or she is listening to our conversations now more intently and is putting on weight. And I can tell that they're swallowing amniotic fluid because I've felt the hiccups all day! What a time to be mom. Some days I feel really prepared and like I've waited for forever, then I suddenly panic and think what the heck am I doing here! I'm most worried about delivery these days. I'm really nervous about the pain I'm going to experience. I want to have a natural birth if I can, but it seems like it's going to be very difficult. Hypnobirthing and waterbirth are two things I really wish I had the money to invest in. Even more, I wish I had a doula. Lately, I've been trying to keep my financial anxieties to a minimum so that I don't pass them on to my child. Everyone deserves to feel like they can have anything they want in this wo...