19 Weeks

Photo Thoughts: Odd week, no picture

How Far Along: 19 Weeks

Total Weight Gain/Loss: 5 lbs

Size Of Baby: 6 inches, about the size of a mango

Cravings: Pineapple, that's pretty much it

Maternity Clothes: Nope, not yet

Stretch Marks: Nope but I am keeping an eye out

What I Love: Planning everything, making lists and starting to figure everything out

What I'm Looking Forward To The Most: Buy fabric to start making everything for his room

Worries: That not everything will be done in time but I'm hoping by being organized I will make sure that doesn't happen

Sleep: Like a rock, but I can never get enough

Belly Button In Or Out: In

Happy Or Moody Most Of The Time: I can't decide this week.  I have been all over the place, one day will be horrible and hard and the next will be great and it isn't really anything anyone else is doing it is just me being crazy and having mood swings but luckily I have a wonderful husband that puts up with me and just makes me feel better all around

Symptoms: Back pain has been annoying this week, and I got a fun new symptom, acid reflux which I am still learning how to deal with. I also got the mother of all Charlie Horse's on Thursday night and my calf is still sore, 2 days later, it sucks.  And my nausea has returned slightly so it hasn't been a good week for symptoms.  Oh yeah and the headaches still won't go away.

Movement: Might be feeling something might not, I will figure it out at some point

The Belly: Small but existent now, according to my mom it is cute

Milestones: Nerve cells for his sense of taste, smell, touch, sight and hearing are developing in his brain. His permanent teeth buds are forming  behind the already formed milk teeth buds.

18 Weeks

Photo Thoughts: You can see the dog food bowl and the color is a bit dark to see but I at least look cute

How Far Along: 18 weeks

Total Weight Gain/Loss: I'm still at 4 lbs which is perfectly fine :)

Size Of Baby: 5.6 inches about the size of a sweet potato

Cravings: Not much

Maternity Clothes: Nope but maybe in a month or 2....

Stretch Marks: No but one of my good friends had mentioned a body butter or something that can help so I am thinking preemptively and going to find some good stuff and start using it so that hopefully I won't get any at all, so if you know of any let me know, I would love any help at all.....

What I Love: Everything, although I see my stomach getting larger and although I wanted it, it is a little weird but then I remember that I am not just getting fat and then it's better

What I'm Looking Forward To The Most: Getting stuff, planing the room, starting to actually do stuff besides just being pregnant

Worries: Not having everything ready in time, I work a lot and don't have tons of time to work on stuff but I want to do a lot of things myself (like sew the bedding etc, etc) so if I don't start early then I might not get it all done in time and I don't even know where to start. 

Sleep: Great except for the one nightmare that freaked me out so bad I had to go and find my hubby and make him come to bed with me because I didn't want to go back to sleep by myself.

Belly Button In Or Out: In

Happy Or Moody Most Of The Time:  Happy, it has been a much better week

Symptoms: Headaches, all the time, but at least in different spots on my head. Tylenol seems to have no effect on me, I miss my Iboprofun, but that is probably why they let me take Tylenol, because it isn't strong enough to do any harm but it doesn't help either :( My back is still hurting too but that is more annoying then anything else.  Other then those I am good.

Movement: I am pretty sure that I am feeling movement but I have nothing to compare it to so I am not sure yet really.

The Belly: It is starting to get there, my mom and grandma had me show it off when they were getting their toes done and even the nail people were saying that when I did that (aka lift up my shirt so everyone can see my bare stomach, yeah I'm kind of shameless) they said I am actually looking pregnant.  Which is a yay but it makes it harder to hide it at work because I tend to not wear loose shirts.

Milestones: He can now hiccup, yawn, suck, swallow, twist, roll, punch, and kick. He is starting to get fingerprints and toe prints (The book phrased it differently but I am trying to put it into my own words) and his prostate is now forming because everyone wants to know about that :)

17 Weeks

Photo Thoughts: Odd week, no picture

How Far Along: 17 weeks

Total Weight Gain/Loss: This confuses me, I'm back up to 4 lbs now....

Size Of Baby: 5.1 inches about the size of an onion

Cravings: Not much still, I am just eating normal food, not too much of the same thing

Maternity Clothes: I finally got new bras because my old ones had been hurting me and apparently it was because I had grown 2 cup sizes and never got new ones until now, oops...

Stretch Marks: None but now I am scared that I am going to get them on my chest because apparently I am getting a bit larger there

What I Love: Knowing the sex, it is so nice to know what I am having because now I can start buying stuff.  Having new bras, you have no idea how much I love having a bra that fits again.  And knowing that the Down syndrome/ spina bifida test came back completely normal, yay!!!

What I'm Looking Forward To The Most: Making a quilt for my little boy and starting to get him clothes and picking out his name.

Worries: That I am going to get stretch marks........

Sleep: When I get it, it is wonderful

Belly Button In Or Out: In but I swear when I poke at it, it isn't as deep as it once was...

Happy Or Moody Most Of The Time:  This has been a hard week, I didn't get lots of sleep and I worked a lot so I was pretty moody, lots of random crying and snapping at people

Symptoms: Headaches and back hurting is pretty much it, not that bad right now

Movement: I might be feeling something but I am not sure yet, only time will tell I guess

The Belly: Small but getting there

Milestones: He can hear sounds outside the body now and some might even make him jump. Fat is starting to form under it's skin.

16 Weeks

Photo Thoughts: Much better picture this week, mostly because I finally got my camera back, much happier with it.

How Far Along: 16 Weeks

Total Weight Gain/Loss: I am  officially back to my normal weight but my doctor

Size Of Baby: 4.6 inches, the size of an avocado

Cravings: Nothing, I haven't been having cereal as much, I had hubby get me some bear claws but that was pretty much it

Maternity Clothes: Nope although my mom saw me sitting and tried to convince me that I needed to start wearing maternity pants, then I stood up and showed her that my pants are still falling off of me and I was just sitting at a really odd angle

Stretch Marks: Nope

What I Love: Going to the doctor, which was amazing and scary at the same time. hubby got to finally see the baby in real life (as much as you can when it is still in me) and it is actually looking like a person now, we saw a head with a face and an arm with joints and hands and everything.  But when we went in to talk to the doctor he told us about a test that we are far enough along to take which will give us an idea on how big of a chance there will be if our baby has Downs syndrome or spina bifida.  After discussing it we decided to take the test to try and ease my husbands mind, because he has a cousin with Downs syndrome so he is worried that it might show up again in our child.  We find out the results this week so keep your fingers crossed for good news.

What I'm Looking Forward To The Most: Picking out a name and finally starting to get baby stuff.  Although my sister in law gave me a bunch of baby clothes so I am already off to a good start

Worries: Pretty much see above in what I love, it ended up in there

Sleep: Great, I do it all the time and can't get enough

Belly Button In Or Out: In

Happy Or Moody Most Of The Time: Happy, I cry at the drop of a hat though, even when I shouldn't, I have had times where I was just frustrated and it came out in tears that wouldn't stop. 

Symptoms: Headaches and my new fun one is probably from the fact that my new full time job is a desk job whereas I am used to moving all the time so I have started getting cyatic (syatic?  I do not know how to spell that) pain so I am dealing with that now too

Movement: None but any time now

The Belly: Small but showing a little, I purposely wear tight t-shirts so that my friends and family will look and that people that don't know will just think I am getting chunky :)

Milestones: It's nervous system is working now and it's muscles are responding to stimulation so it can coordinate movements. It can hear my voice now and the taste buds are developing.