- [Jessica] How's baby looking?
- Very good, very good.
- Very good? Thumbs up?
(cheerful music)
Okay, what a day for a pregnancy update.
I am 25 weeks pregnant today.
Yay, oh my gosh!
25 weeks, that's so big!
Such a pregnant, pregnant preggy-preg! (laughs)
You might be hearing a little tinkle tinkle
in the background and that is this glorious fountain.
(water tinkles)
Because we are at a classy medical establishment.
But sorry, I don't know how loud it would be for you.
No one's going potty, it's just--
(Bailey laughs)
the fountain.
- So, I've been feeling anemic for a while
and today is the big day that I'm gonna go get my blood test
for that, for a lot of other things,
and I'm also going to do my first, hopefully only,
gestational diabetes blood test.
So, Bailey's here as my support person.
(ding)
Thank you, cause this test takes an hour for sure.
Basically, what I do is I go in, get my blood drawn
and then they give me a very, very sugary drink
that's supposed to spike my blood sugar and then I wait
for an hour and they test me and see how my body responds
an hour after having a lot of sugar.
And that should help them decide if I need to be checked
more further for a possibility of gestational diabetes.
So, hopefully everything's fine
but the test itself, somewhat unpleasant.
It's not painful, just a little nauseating,
a little yucky feeling.
I have to do it fasting which means I haven't had
anything to eat and I'm starving, and I also--
- Me too!
- Yeah I know.
Bailey had something to eat though, so.
- A banana
- And she has another snack in here as well, so.
- I'm hungry!
- Okay, well you can eat your snack, you lucky lady
(Bailey laughs) Okay.
- I however cannot eat and I also packed some water
for myself cause I really want some water
but I don't know if they're gonna let me drink it, so.
Worth it, worth it for this little guy, totally worth it.
Oh, and I'm wearing my new.
All right, can you see it?
I'm wearing my new sweatshirt
- I saw this earlier and I was like,
"Wow, this is so pretty. I wonder what it is"
- Okay, I didn't coach her to say that.
I have one for you too. (laughs)
We just got these in the mail,
we like just came home and got these.
- I never even saw this part.
- Yeah, oh you didn't even notice that part?
- I just saw it, like.
- From behind?
- Yeah
- The color, you like the color?
- Yeah
- It's very soft too.
Here, feel the inside.
- Oh my gosh, I love this!
(Jessica laughs)
- Okay I'll get one of those for you today,
all right?
This is our new hoodie, we had a blue one before.
We're gonna cycle out different colors
every once in a while, cause I think it's fun
and that's on DFTBA.com,
there's a link in our info box if you want one.
I think we have other things on there too,
like a poster or something, right?
All right Bailey, do you have your book?
- Yeah.
- Okay, what are you reading?
- Two.
- Oh, two books.
- Harry Potter.
- Two Harry Potter books.
- Both of the first ones.
- So one and two?
All right, so Bailey's got her book,
we're ready to go!
Let's go get blood tested!
Okay, so I was wrong and I don't need to take my blood
beforehand, so yay!
I have my drink, it's a lime drink today.
It actually tastes really nice, so.
We'll see how I feel about it at the end of this though.
But right now it's kind of good.
I have five minutes to drink this.
(background voices)
- I can do it, I'm gonna rock it.
So, I'm the fool that just spilled it all over myself
and I don't know if this is gonna be a valid test.
We are getting checked.
It's kind of like a splash but I don't know,
They have to go investigate.
This pretty much the worst day of my life.
I drank most of the drink, I came in here fasting,
which is horrible and I spill
just like a little
but enough that they won't let me continue
and they want me to do it again and I'm really upset.
I'm like genuinely upset but I'm trying to be cool.
- [Woman] So I am going to draw the other tubes.
- I'm going to get my anemia test, see how that's going.
So I'm just in the car, calming down.
I'm just really sad (sighs).
It's just kinda been, like, one of those days
where, like, little things keep happening
and it's building up and it just built up to that.
And I was like, just like, I just kinda like bumped it.
I'm such a klutz, and I just spill all the time
and it's like what I do.
So, I'm not even embarrassed that I like,
it's not even like I feel dumb that I did it
because its, like, such a constant for me
to spill on myself that it's, like,
I expect it at this point.
But it just really stinks because, first of all,
I drank almost all of that thing,
so now I have like a zillion-billion grams of sugar
like, coursing through my veins,
getting me all weird feeling.
And then I'm just really hungry because, I know.
Gosh, that sounds so lame,
but I'm just really hungry, you know.
I woke up really hungry and I was just like,
well today's the day I can do this fasting thing,
so I have to get in and do it,
and, um, you know,
managing all the kids and like
getting them ready takes a lot of energy.
So I was like doing that and putting a lot of energy,
and then pushing myself to get here, you know.
And then, like, making it happen and I feel like,
I made it happen and then,
just for something so lame,
right at the end of me drinking it
to kick me out of the test, like,
just stinks and now I'm gonna have to figure out how
to do it again and I don't know when I can do it again.
(sighs) But they did take some blood so they could
test for anemia, and just like an overall blood panel.
So at least I accomplished that today.
Which was good.
And now I'm just gonna go home
and get some food or something.
I don't know, I'm really bummed that,
like, I had it for a second in my head that I was like,
"Well maybe I won't have to come back
"and do the three hour test,
"like maybe I won't have to do this again,
"maybe this is just it."
And I guess I just kind of got my hopes up,
and then, like, having to do it just the basic one again,
and figure out when I'm going to come in and fast again,
and take the hour and a half or so.
Cause it takes a long time to do this test,
so you have to like really plan it out.
Anyway, I'm just pretty sad right now, so.
But hopefully in a couple hours I'll be feeling
a little bit better,
and I'm gonna give you guys a better update
as to where I'm at with the 25 weeks.
Cause I'll give you some details on
what that all means,
but I'm not gonna do that right now,
I need a little moment (laughs).
I'm gonna go get some food.
Okay, you ready for my lame example of another,
like, little thing?
(laughs) Bailey's like, mm-hmm, she's ready.
I don't even know where it went,
but my pop socket just like, is gone.
I know, not a real issue.
But it's like, that's never actually happened to me.
I'm like, "What's going on? Where's my pop socket?"
So, I actually have a back-up one at home that's awesome.
And it'll be great.
But, it's just like these little things,
and sometimes that adds up and
makes for a big, emotional explosion, all right?
So, that's where I'm at.
Okay, I'm home.
I...
ate my food so quickly that I didn't get
a chance to show it to you before I ate it, sorry.
But it was eggs on toast.
Christopher made it very similar to the eggs on toast
that we had in London.
It was really, really sweet of him, he's amazing.
- Dad's really good.
- And hello (laughs).
- Duncan.
- We're watching our vlog that we're gonna post.
- We were watching our vlog that's posting later today.
So we're watching it first,
and making sure we're all happy with it.
Right guys?
- Yes.
I'm gonna watch it, okay?
- Well actually we have to pause it.
Because Jacob is going somewhere really important.
What are doing, sir?
- I'm going to the orthodontist.
(Jessica laughs)
- To change his braces.
- Yeah, so--
- Get them tighter.
- Okay, (laughs).
Yeah, he knows what he's in for.
But your teeth are looking amazing.
- But, maybe afterwards we get to eat smoothies.
- Yeah, I will take you for a smoothie.
Yeah, you too.
And Parker has had two teeth that are like
on the verge of falling out any second.
And it's been like that for weeks now.
Duncan do you have teeth?
Yeah (laughs).
Very nice.
- Duncan's still growing his teeth.
- He is.
- Mine.
- Yours. Your teeth.
- Press play.
- They are ready to press play.
Duncan's eager to watch the rest of the video.
We're going to take Jacob to the orthodontist first, okay?
What's that?
- Um, the doctor.
- The doctor.
What's the doctor gonna do?
- It's not working.
- It's not working?
Here, you got to turn the volume all the way up.
There it is.
That better?
- Yeah (mumbles).
- Thank you.
How's baby looking?
- Very good, very good.
- Very good? Thumbs up?
So we're off to the orthodontist.
Last time after this appointment
it kind of hurt Jacob for a couple days afterwards,
so he gets very smoothie reliant.
Which I think he loves.
I keep offering him, like, pain medication beforehand,
because, like everybody says that's fine.
But he keeps saying no,
he just wants smoothies after.
So, he's managing it well enough
that he says no to pain medication when offered.
So, I think that that's good.
But then he does get very like particular
about the foods he eats.
So I don't know.
He's handling it well though,
I'm really proud of him.
And his teeth are looking incredible.
I'm shocked at how much improvement he's had already.
All right, off to the orthodontist.
- [Man] Did you pick your colors?
What color?
- Green and gold.
- [Man] Green and gold?
- Yeah.
- [Jessica] You like the gold placed (mumbles)
- I don't know why I choose gold,
but I want it to be gold.
(upbeat music)
- [Jessica] Let me see what it looks like without any bands.
Let me see.
Oh my gosh, your teeth are looking so straight!
Have you looked really close?
Don't they look great?
Okay, so it's night time,
I'm doing a little better.
It's amazing that we have Jacob,
who's like almost 10 years old, getting braces,
and he's such a great big brother,
and at the same time we're getting ready
to welcome a new little boy into our family.
Like I'm just so grateful for our little boys.
Like I'm grateful for Parker and Duncan and Jacob.
And Bailey, too, but I mean like, I just, (sighs)
I don't know, I'm just so glad that the cycle of babies
is continuing and that I don't have to say goodbye
to having a baby as much as I would
if I wasn't having another baby.
Does that make any sense?
I don't know that it makes much sense.
I just know because a lot of my friends have like,
10 year old kids.
And they're missing toddler and baby time and all of that.
And it's so interesting because I'm still in it,
and I'm clearly in like the thick of it.
So I'm grateful for that.
But, also, I feel like this pregnancy
has been going really well.
It's gone by so fast.
It's overall, you know,
there have been hard things about it,
they're mostly things that I know already,
and I've come to expect.
And Christopher's like ready to help with.
And at the same time I feel like this week
I'm starting to get really fragile.
Today was really hard.
Like I really, really, really fell apart about that test.
And gosh, it's not the biggest deal,
but man I was so hungry and jittery and just felt awful.
And I just messed up in like a really kind of dumb way.
And now I've got to go back and do it again,
and I was already dreading it,
and it already felt like a big deal,
and like I just feel like really fragile right now.
And you can see that I am wearing a robe right now,
that's like really silky and light,
because I basically never want to wear clothes (laughs).
And I know that that's maybe TMI for some of you,
I don't know.
I never want anything touching my skin.
We're in the middle of summer,
and it's already getting pretty hot.
And I just don't want anything touching me,
and especially not my belly.
So, like any chance that I can get to be wearing
like next to nothing,
or I love wearing maternity dresses,
because they can be light and flowy.
Jeans are my biggest nemesis right now.
It's so weird how your mindset can completely change
about things.
Where I'm just like get those clothes off of me.
That's just like where I'm at right now.
And it'll change back.
It's so interesting how like strongly your opinion
can change about certain things.
This is where I'm at right now.
I'm just like, please let me be as naked as possible
just every minute of my day.
And like when can I be not wearing clothes?
Like, I don't want to leave my house anymore,
I'm done, I'm in my underwear,
I'm gonna lie down in my bed, like done (laughs)
So, I'm not leaving the house.
I'm not FaceTiming anybody,
because the kids always want to FaceTime,
and I'm like, I'm not wearing clothes,
we cannot FaceTime grandma right now (laughs).
Like, I have to say that all the time (laughs).
One thing that's been really difficult right now
is my heartburn is just like really taking off.
And that gets me down,
because I am like a hot sauce loving gal.
There is no amount of Zantac or Tums or anything
that can combat me taking hot sauce
and also being pregnant at this stage.
So it's just kind of a bummer.
I'm having to give up some foods that I really really love.
And then also kind of still have discomfort,
because I get heartburn just like almost with anything.
It's a bummer, it's not that big of a deal,
but having the heartburn kind of is a big deal.
Like it's really painful,
and it wakes me up in the middle of the night.
Like at 3 a.m. it'll really like ramp up,
and get really really bad,
even though I'm not even eating,
I'm just asleep.
But overall, you know, like,
I'm sleeping pretty well.
My hips and my pelvis aren't hurting yet.
Which I am so grateful for.
Like, I know, vividly, how badly that hurts.
So like everyday that I can sleep
and like not be in pain on my hips,
and then walk and not have my pelvis
feel like it's broken in to pieces,
I'm just so grateful because I know that that's coming.
(laughs) So I'm like,
I'm so happy that that's not happening right now.
We'll see.
I go into the chiropractor regularly already
to try to like make it not happen.
It will happen,
but like to avoid it for as long as possible,
and to make it as mild of a case as I possibly can
when it does happen.
And he's a chiropractor that like
knows how to deal with pregnant women,
so I know some people are scared of chiropractors,
but there are some really really good ones,
and that's kind of a chiropractor I go to.
So, you don't need to worry about me,
I know what I'm doing, I promise.
I'm so grateful to be at 25 weeks.
Like, I just keep reading more and more
about like the fact that the baby's becoming more viable,
like if anything horrible were to happen
and I was to have to give birth right now,
like there would be a chance the baby would be fine,
and that is just so reassuring.
I'm so grateful for that.
And I'm just so happy that I'm going
to have like a newborn soon.
Like I can't believe that.
It's such a wonderful, really difficult,
but like wonderful time.
I feel like since we've felt how short it is,
and really felt how like precious that times is,
that Christopher and I now are just
like so grateful for it.
We treasure it so much, and like,
when you're going into it the first time
you're treasuring it,
but you're also like scared,
you don't know what to expect,
and you're exhausted,
and you just like, it just goes so fast.
I don't know, I feel like we really really really
get to value that the few weeks that you get,
as a newborn parent.
So I'm just so excited about that.
My app right now is saying he's about the size of a papaya.
Which is, that's really big.
Like, I've got this big baby.
And he's pretty viable, like I mean,
it would still be dangerous if I had him now.
But like he's getting safer and safer everyday.
I'm really grateful for that,
but I also feel like I'm clearly getting
a little bit more fragile.
(sighs) We've got a lot to do in the upcoming months
preparing for him.
But, I'm like feeling that nesting thing,
and I'm like ready to get ready for him.
And it's just, I don't know,
I'm really really excited, and I'm really grateful.
As difficult as it can be sometimes.
So, that's my 25 week update.
25 weeks! (laughs) That's wild.
And just so you guys know,
because I know a lot of people work in months,
but there are 40 weeks total in pregnancy.
And 25 weeks is awesome.
It's well over halfway.
It's like a month past halfway.
(baby laughs)