22 Weeks!

How Far Along: 22 weeks!

Size of baby: Papaya!.

Total Weight Gain/Loss: up 2lbs from pre-pregnancy weight.

Maternity Clothes: Got a cute yellow dress that I love for my birthday.

Gender: Not finding out! When I ask Justin what he thinks it is, he says, "It's definitely a baby." :)

Movement: Feeling the baby more. A couple times now, I have felt the baby moving from the outside when I rest my hand on my belly. It's pretty cool. Justin hasn't felt it yet...hopefully soon.

Sleep: Waking up once a night....every now and then I get some insomnia....but not often. Still liking to sleep 8-11 hours a night.

What I miss: Eating what everyone else can eat.

Cravings: Pesto sauce, milk.

Symptoms: Food aversions, nausea and all the other good stuff. Not much has changed.

Belly Button in or out: A little less in...still wondering if it'll pop out!

Best Moment this week:Snuggling with Justin. :)

Milestones: Two weeks until the baby is viable outside of my belly!

Looking forward to: Being able to eat more healthy when I'm not as nauseous and making it to 24 weeks!!

20 Weeks!

How Far Along: 20 weeks!

Size of baby: Apparently, a cantaloupe.

Total Weight Gain/Loss: up 2lbs from pre-pregnancy weight.

Maternity Clothes: Wearing what is comfy...this means black yoga pants everyday. When I say yoga pants.....I mean pajama pants. However, I do wear maternity jeans/skirts when I have to leave the house. It's good to get dressed every now and then!

Gender: Not finding out! When I ask Justin what he thinks it is, he says, "It's definitely a baby." :)

Movement: Baby likes to tickle me and is more active at night and when I bend over or sit with my leg/knees up against my belly. It's an odd feeling, feeling something moving inside of you. Sweet when you remember its your baby...but weird none the less.

Sleep: Still sleeping pretty well...although everything wakes me up...including Justin touching me...sorry babe! BUT, Justin bought me a Snoogle pillow for my birthday today, so excited to try that out tonight!

What I miss: Ummmm....not much this week. 

Cravings: Grapes, cheese, pancakes, PASTA!

Symptoms: The food aversions are back coupled with mild nausea here and there....hoping it all fades before too long, also I now am super tired more often, winded when going up and down stairs and walking fast, dizziness when I don't eat on schedule, cramps in legs/feet, moody, tearing up over everything! Need to be better about taking my vitamins!

Belly Button in or out: A little less in...wondering if it'll pop out in a few months or not. 

Best Moment this week: My birthday!

Milestones: Baby is now halfway grown!!

Looking forward to: Being able to eat without thinking of throwing up.

18 Weeks!

 

How Far Along: 18 weeks!

Size of baby: Baby is a sweet potato or a green pepper, depending on what site you ask.

Total Weight Gain/Loss: up 2lbs from pre-pregnancy weight.

Maternity Clothes: Definitely in maternity jeans, but I haven't found any clothes that don't fit yet. Also scored a giant bag of maternity clothes off of Craigslist for $25. YES!

Gender: Not finding out! When I ask Justin what he thinks it is, he says, "It's definitely a baby." :)

Movement: Feeling the baby move more and more, but only really high or really low...can't feel the baby in the middle. My midwife thinks my placenta is anterior, which is padding the kicks in the middle of my belly.

Sleep: Sleeping pretty well. I can tell when the pillow comes out from between my knees...I wake up with sore hips! Only up once per night to pee.

What I miss: Kraft MacNCheese. Spirals. 

Cravings: Yogurt, blueberries, mayo, pesto sauce.

Symptoms: Itchy skin, face breaking out, head still sensitive, no heartburn, not as much stretching and pulling, achy hips, sleepy more, runny nose, peeing more, irritable, easily annoyed, mild nausea here and there with cravings and food aversions. Some days nothing sounds good, but I am SO hungry these days.

Belly Button in or out: No change from two weeks ago....less in than before.

Best Moment this week: Finding sheep romano cheese at Whole Foods! And eating it!

Milestones: I can feel the baby move on a semi-regular basis now.

Looking forward to: Being able to hear the heartbeat with my stethescope and feeling the baby kick all the time.

16 Weeks!

How Far Along: 16 weeks.

Size of baby: Baby is an avocado and almost 5 inches long! Also, baby can start to hear this week! YAY!

Total Weight Gain/Loss: down 2lbs from pre-pregnancy weight.

Maternity Clothes: Picked up maternity leggings, two pairs of maternity dress pants, a button down scrub top for the summer and a white dress/tunic all for about $20 at the thrift store. If only I had found some jeans!

Gender: Not finding out! When I ask Justin what he thinks it is, he says, "It's definitely a baby." :)

Movement: Felt my first for-sure-was-the-baby flip last night when I pushed and pushed on my belly and I felt the baby flip!

Sleep: Much better, starting to have to get up and pee. I mean I could stay in bed, but I get SO uncomfortable!

What I miss: Cheese still, butter.

Cravings: Lemons, mayo (I LOVE THIS STUFF all of a sudden....could eat it by the spoonful!), strawberries, butter on crackers with chives.

Symptoms: Itchy skin, face breaking out, head still sensitive, no heartburn, lots of stretching and pulling muscle aches, achy hips, sleepy more, runny nose, irregular BM's, peeing more, irritable and easily annoyed. I pretty much feel "normal" again! SO thankful for that!

Belly Button in or out: Less in than it's ever been before. It looks different now! Still an innie, although I think in about 1-2 months it'll be out! 

Best Moment this week: Feeling the baby move!

Milestones: The baby is starting to be able to hear my voice now!

Looking forward to: My bump getting bigger....I LOVE my bump and feel really beautiful right now! AND the baby's first kick and hopefully hearing the heartbeat soon!

Movement

I pushed and pushed on my belly last night and then held it squished in (I know, poor baby!) and I felt the baby move!! It was this absolute flip right over in my lower belly. My eyes got really big and I was like, "That's the baby!" So much fun...although pushing on my tummy is not fun, feeling my wee one flip over is!

I'll be 16 weeks tomorrow and being a first time mom, I know it's early to feel movement. However, I'm thin and small and the midwife said I definitely might feel something earlier. I have felt little flutters and flips here and there....really only two or three other times that I think was really the baby. It's all so exciting.

Still feels very surreal that there is a baby in there. Like a whole person. A whole person I'll get to hold and keep. So very odd to think that a complete person is forming in my belly as we speak. Wow.

In other news, I think it's time to buy some maternity pants. Not for the usual reason though. All my pants are still too big and falling down when I stand up! My waist hasn't gained any weight...only my belly! The only pair of pants that fits when I stand up is starting to press in uncomfortably on me when I sit down. I did make a pair of maternity jeans...but my belly is not big enough to hold them up yet. Sigh.

Time to buy pants.

It's been the most...

...lovely day!

I went to bed last night at 9:30pm, slept until 7:30am, ate a quiet peaceful breakfast, then went to check on my hubby. I wasn't going to lay back down, but he looks so sweet and peaceful laying there that I kissed him and snuggled up for a second. Then he started cuddling up to me. After that, I just stayed put and enjoyed my sleepy hubby! Snuggling is definitely one of the perks of married life!

Woke up two hours later to find that Justin had sent me roses and they were on the front porch! (Love that man!) We ate breakfast (a second breakfast for me!) and enjoyed the roses. I cleaned the kitchen and Justin started mowing the grass. I joined him outside and cleaned up most of the beds I'm going to plant in. Came to find out, under all the dead leaves, I have chives, mint and lavender growing away, ready to be picked!

After yardwork, we did some errands, picked up a few things at BigLots!, came home and ate a scrumptious dinner. Justin is going to go fishing soon and I am going to sew. First up: making some maternity pants. It looks like only my belly and not my waist is going to grow, so I'm never going to fit into those six 6 and 8 pants...I need a 4! SO, might as well take a pair or two and practice making maternity pants. They'd be less annoying than wearing pants that are constantly falling down! Also going to make a belly band for my pants I don't want to convert over. Then if I'm not super tired, I'll play around with other stuff. We cleaned up the back room and it's SO much nicer to sew in there now.

A very simple day, full of necessary stuff...but all with my hubby and gorgeous weather. It was the best of everything!