Pregnancy Update

I’m about 19 weeks now.  Joe and I have our next prenatal Dr appointment tomorrow.  I figured I should update where I’m at since a lot of the discomfort I had in my first trimester is completely gone.  The second trimester is great!  I’ve been feeling like myself for a while now.  All nausea is gone except for first thing in the morning before I eat breakfast (I think it’s the empty stomach).  I’ve been sleeping much better the last few days.  I’m still experiencing more discharge than normal to the point where I go through two pairs of underwear a day but my libido is back and I feel as normal as I always did.  My breasts are still big and veiney but they’re no longer super tender or sensitive.  I don’t have anymore gas (that only lasted a few weeks).  I get bouts of being tired here and there but it’s not that often.  I’m not really having crazy cravings or much aversion to anything now. My appetite is the same (I'm no hungrier than I normally am).  I don’t really feel sensitive to smells anymore.  I can eat red meat again just fine (I had a cheeseburger yesterday that I really enjoyed).  I switched to bottled water when I was having trouble drinking from the Brita.  I’m sure it’s fine now but I think I’m going to stick with the bottles for now.  I go to the bathroom to urinate more often than usual but it isn’t as bad as it was.  I guess it depends on how much I drink.  I still get constipated but it’s not uncomfortable.  It just takes me a little bit longer to go.  My skin is doing much better.  I switched to Aveeno oatmeal milk soap and moisturizing lotion.  The itchy dryness has gone away and my face is much better though it hasn’t completely cleared up.  I ordered some stretch mark cream to use on my belly but it hasn’t arrived yet.  I don’t really believe that those lotions work at all but I may as well try it out. 

And I’m definitely noticeably pregnant now, though my bump is still small (at least that’s what I’ve been told).  It was funny because at the Halloween party there was another woman there who was pregnant too and we are due at almost the same time.  She’s due six days before me.  She actually looks a lot bigger than me but it’s her second child and I heard that since she’s already had one her stomach would stretch out more easily since its already been through it before.  I guess when I have my second child it’ll be interesting to see if I look bigger at 19 weeks than I do now.  I better take some baby bump selfies.