This week Baby Veale is the size of an apple. I wonder if that's why I'm craving them this week? And I just realized that all of these weekly measurements are the 'crown to rump' lengths so this excludes the legs! With the legs growing even longer this week this means that Baby Veale, from head to toe, is already longer than an apple, grow baby, grow! Although baby’s eyelids are still
fused shut, he or she can sense light!
Enter: overwhelming feelings! 25 weeks left to go! It seems like such a short amount of time and
there’s still so much to do.
The news is spreading across my office and it’s fun getting
all of the “congratulations!” Now that
everyone knows I get to talk about pregnancy and babies to people other than
Hubby and I’m enjoying it. I’m sure my
coworkers are sick of hearing me talk about stroller and monitor options, but
that’s not going to stop me!
I'm also finally starting to show. This week I have a definite lazy carboholic baby belly! I'll start taking belly shots tonight for proof! Now that I have this little belly, I'm coming to the realization that I will eventually have a really big belly. I have an irrational fear of strangers coming up and feeling my big baby belly. Why do people think that's okay? I like my personal space. I'm not sure how I'll handle that one yet, but there's still time!
How far along? 15
weeks
Total weight
gain/loss: down 5 lbs
Maternity clothes?
Not yet but I’ll be hitting the stores this weekend, my clothes are getting
very uncomfortable!
Stretch marks? No
Sleep: I can
generally sleep through the night now although the side sleeping is still
horribly uncomfortable. I sleep in a
“fortress of solitude;” in fact, I say good bye to Hubby instead of good
night. I sleep with my big pregnancy
pillow on one side of me, an extra pillow under my head, and yet another pillow
propped under my back to keep me from rolling back to the more comfortable
position.
Best moment this
week: We had another doctor’s appointment
and got to hear the heartbeat again; fast and strong at 161 beats per minute.
Miss Anything? Exercising,
I got the okay last weekend but the only thing I’ve been brave enough to do are
some pushups and squats. I signed up for
prenatal pilates starting this weekend!
I’m really missing COFFEE this week.
It was one of the smells that made me feel nauseous in my first
trimester but now when it reaches 2pm and I’m staring at the computer screen in
my cubicle, coffee is all I can think about.
Movement: none
yet, I’m starting to get antsy in anticipation.
Food cravings: FRUIT, apples and grapes in particular; Pasta and rice; I discovered
I really like clam chowder poured over pasta and have made it multiple times.
Anything making you queasy or sick: Sweet
potatoes, bacon, bananas, and Thai food; I love Thai food and am hoping this is not going to last the whole pregnancy. A new one this week is Caesar salad dressing which is odd since it was one of my cravings early on.
Have you started to
show yet: YES! Between Sunday and
Tuesday I popped! On Sunday I had my
normal flat stomach and by Tuesday I had a very noticeable bump, I didn’t think
there could be that much change in such a short period of time! It’s still small enough that people will
probably just think I’ve been overindulging on sweets…and actually I have been
overindulging on pasta and not working out so I’m sure it has something to do
with it…but either way, it’s a bump as a result of the baby!
Gender prediction: I’m
suddenly feeling like I’m carrying a girl in there. This is probably just a result of my shopping
trip to buy a gift for a friend’s baby girl, now I have baby girl fever. But to hubby there is still a baby boy in
there!
Belly Button in or
out? In
Wedding rings on or
off? On
Happy or Moody most
of the time: Happy!
Looking forward to: Finding
out the gender. I want to shop for
clothes and bedding!!!
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