6 Months!

As of last Thursday, little baby Boston now weighs about 1 lb and is 23 weeks old which begins my 6th month of pregnancy. I've started to notice over past several weeks that my calves and ankles seem to tighten up later in the day and there is nothing that I can do 'loosen' them. It's a very weird, uncomfortable feeling to have a muscle feel so tight for hours on end. This has started happening more and more in addition to my ankles starting to swell. Oh man, I figured that I must have had too much salt or maybe I ate something that I shouldn't have, but I've never ever retained water before. This past Saturday was the worst! I woke up with Cankles - you couldn't even see my ankle bone! I drank a bunch of water and walked all day....I even went to get a pedicure hoping the massage would help circulation. The Asian lady at the spa couldn't speak English but managed to tell me that my ankles, especially the right one was very swollen! I'm really hoping that my Dr will have some insight on what I can do to avoid this - I visit her tomorrow, thankfully!

On a more exciting note, the little guy is moving around more and more each day. The little flutters from week 17 have now turned into him kicking and punching me, he especially likes to move around after I eat!