Week 16

This has been a pretty good week. I am getting back into the groove of things, normal things of life.  I was still pretty darn exhausted, but maybe that's normal with all the growing that the baby is doing. Apparently it will double in size between weeks 16 & 20..... so it's obviously doing it's thing. I have also been hungry ALL. THE. TIME! Not cool...

Week :16

What I love: I can now definitely feel my uterus and sometimes the baby moving. That is always reassuring. It makes me laugh actually to feel this hard lump below my belly button. 

What I hate: Feeling tired. All. the. time. Feeling hungry all. the. time. It seriously needs to stop. I gained so much weight in a few short weeks and now I am blossoming out everywhere. Sigh.... I knew it was coming but was hoping for it to be SLLLLLLOOOOOOOWWWW! :) 
In the end, it doesn't really matter. I will get big and I will have the baby and I will eventually lose all the weight again and this time, I won't have to start over AGAIN!

What I miss: My nice clothes. I found that in the three years since I was pregnant, I totally changed tastes in clothes. I literally don't want to wear almost anything of what I have. But I am not going to spend a bunch of money on maternity stuff that I am only wearing this one more time. I am getting a couple of skirts and maybe one more dress for work, but really, I want ALL new stuff! Oh well. Get over it. 

What I’m looking forward to the most: A baby. New clothes. Uhm drinking yummy drinks and not being hungry all day long. 

Sleep: GREAT!

Bra Size: B But I suspect that I am growing. 

Wedding rings on or off: On. And if I make sure to drink enough water, I can still get it on and off like I am supposed to be able too. 

Weight: 151 at the beginning of the week.   Weight Gain: 8 lbs... it's gonna happen.

Worries: BIRTH! Kinda freakin out about this. I realized I am really afraid of how much it's going to hurt. I need to just give it to God and not think about it and try not to anticipate the worst because that's how I roll most of the time. 

Symptoms: Moving child. Some cramping, which I think is ligament pain from my uterus growing. I definitely felt it when I ran on Thursday. Yuck. BUT other then that I have had NO exercise pain which is AWESOME! I am also still tired and pimply. And I do mean pimply. I will NOT miss having pregnancy acne EVER again! 

Mood: Mostly good, though Jack and Emma have been MAJOR handfuls recently. And I do mean MAJOR. For some reason they are both having midlife crises and I am not sure exactly how to best navigate through them. 


Movement:Yes! Not tons but some and it seems to be getting more frequent. 

The belly (and the button!): All of a sudden, I look pregnant. (especially this week. wk17) It's sticking out there, but I need about three more weeks to REALLY look pregnant and not just "thick about the middle."

Measurements: Chest: 36.5 Waist: 30 Midsection: 34 Hips: 39.75 Thighs: 21.25 I did actually measure. 

Exercise: Well, despite my best intentions, I only got four days. We had dinner guests on Saturday so I spent the afternoon cooking and then Sunday we were gone all day into the wild picking blueberries. I did scramble around precipitous hills and thrash my way through alders galore, so in a way I was active. 

Eating: Like I said, too much and all the time. I am turning it around slowly and trying to make better choices about what I am eating since eating I seem to be needing to do. 

The weekly pics: 

Blood vessels: Your baby's circulatory system is now working; her heart is pumping about 25 quarts of blood a day.

Head: Your baby's head is more erect now. Her scalp pattern is starting to develop although her hair hasn't started growing in yet.

Toe: Your baby has started growing toenails.

And Me:

 

It looks like I am carrying lower this time... Maybe. I don't know.