17 weeks

 

How Far Along? 17 weeks and 1 day!

Baby Size: Okay, I don't remember what the crown to rump size was... but head to toe we're looking at a carrot... a chunky, yet boney, little carrot. (I saw my little monster's tiny skeleton hands on the ultrasound! - In just four weeks, baby has becoming much more boney. - Kinda freaky at first, but I know those will be the tiny, fat little fingers I'll love to kiss and want to gobble-up in just a few short months!)

Total Weight Gain: 5lbs according to the doctors scale!

Maternity Clothes: We're still mixing and matching.

Stretch Marks: Not yet... we're going to town on some Bio-Oil though.

Sleep: Enjoying it. Lots of crazy dreams though.

Best moment this week: Feeling my little monster move!! (Sorry I keep referring to baby as a "Monster" I feel that it's slightly humorous and  Halloween-appropriate. Plus, pumpkin has been over-used.

Miss Anything? Not sure? I'm sure if I thought long enough I could come up with something.

Movement: Yes! I felt my first movement after the doctors appointment on Wednesday! But it took me until Friday to really realize what was happening. I have discovered that every woman describes it differently. For me, the first stuff felt like a giant roly-poly rolling across my belly kind of slowly. It was kind of like a slow rolling pressure? (I always start to imagine that it's baby's butt moving around while it's doing "turd-rolls." Note: do not blame me from the term "turd-rolls" that's just what my dad calls those flips you do when you tuck in your head and legs and just roll on your head. Thus, I have no idea what the correct terminology would be here.)  Now, we have little thumps added into the mix. It's kind of like when you take your thumb and forefinger and thump someone on the arm. (In a friendly, I-don't-mean-to-hurt-you kind of way.) We went to the movies last night (Iron Man 3) and baby had it's first movie theater experience. I don't know if all of the wiggling was because of the noise or the fact that I would tense up on some of the more action-packed scenes. When we got home I had Ben rub my belly and he felt the moves too!! (So, I know I'm not crazy!)

Food Cravings: Anything cold! Ice is awesome! The thought of hot food kind of turns my stomach at first. Anyone have any suggestions of some pregnancy-friendly cold foods? I seem to only be able to think up things that I'm not allowed to have. :(

Anything making you queasy or sick:  Not really.

Started to show yet? Yep!

Gender: Do not have an answer for this... and our next doctors appointment isn't until 21 weeks! It's going to be a wait and a half...

Belly Button in or out? In. BUT for the first time EVER - I can see the bottom of my belly button.

Wedding Rings on or off?  On, but this morning they had to come off for an hour or so. I don't remember eating anything salty yesterday, but this morning my hands were swollen and my toes currently look like sausages. Even Ben said that my feet looked swollen.

Weird Pregnancy Stuff? Eh, the random swelling. Uber clumsy-ness. (I've ran into no less than three doors/walls this week.) The strange heat that seems to be radiating from within. (I'm guessing that's why I'm loving the cold food/drink thing right now. But I'm not fussing at Ben for keeping the house cold enough for us to own an Arctic zoo, anymore.) Weird dreams. My hair and nails may not be the dream that everyone says that they would become - but my leg hair seems to have slowed the whole growing-like-a-weed-thing WAY down. (There's a bright side to everything.)

Looking forward to: More wiggles and a doctors appointment that seems FOREVER away.