18 Weeks

How far along? 18w, 3d

Total weight gain: -6, making progress 

Maternity clothes? Yes

Stretch marks? Not yet.

Sleep: The past week it has not been great.  I've been sick with a cold, and I have to sleep sitting up in order to breathe.

Best moment this week: Hearing 2.0's heartbeat on Monday.  Also, we changed doctors!  I wanted to switch to a midwife that was highly recommended, but she wasn't taking on new patients.  I called and asked anyway, and she's taking me!

  Miss Anything? Wine

Movement: Feeling more and more! I'm 98% sure I finally felt baby from the outside on Saturday night!

   Food cravings: Cereal, Olive Garden, wine, garlic bread, salsa.  Also limes.  And salt.  So basically a margarita would be nice.

Anything making you queasy or sick: Meat, olives, potato skins 

Have you started to show yet? Yes

Gender prediction: I really don't know, to be honest.
Symptoms: Backaches

Belly Button in or out? In. It's already shallow!

Wedding rings on or off? On.

Happy or Moody most of the time: Really excited. 
 Looking forward to: So many things in the upcoming weeks!  

 

 

It's so incredible how much quicker this pregnancy seems to be going.  I can't believe we're almost to the halfway point!  We have two interviews with doulas next week - one on Sunday and one on Monday.  My birthday is Tuesday, and I took the day off, so we can do something fun with Lilly!  We have our first appointment with our new midwife on 3/9, then a water birth informational class that night (taught by the midwife) and a tour of the hospital again the following week.  Before I know it, it will be April, and time to celebrate Lilly's 2nd birthday!  I can't believe my baby is going to be two!!  Hope everyone is having a wonderful week!

17 Weeks

How far along? 17w

Total weight gain: -7 

Maternity clothes? Yes

Stretch marks? No

Sleep: I have good nights and bad nights. I end up getting up every night between 3-5 to pee, which is no fun!

Best moment this week: Hmm... nothing sticks out as the best, but it was a good week! I ordered two of my favorite maternity tanks and they came this week, plus I got to order a third since it went on sale!

  Miss Anything? Wine

Movement: Feeling more and more, but nothing super strong yet, which makes me think I might have an anterior placenta.

   Food cravings: Cereal, Olive Garden, wine

Anything making you queasy or sick: Meat, olives, potato skins 

Have you started to show yet? Yes

Gender prediction: this week, I think girl.
Symptoms: Backaches, cramps

Belly Button in or out? In. It's already shallow!

Wedding rings on or off? On.

Happy or Moody most of the time: Excited! Nervous.
 Looking forward to: Dinner tomorrow with Mark!

So, you might have noticed I'm wearing the same shirt in this weeks pic.  This time around, I'm going to try something different, and take my pictures in the same shirt so I can see the progression better.  We'll see if it works!

We have our second Bradley class tomorrow.  I'm learning so much even during the week, so I know it's been a good investment!  Since Mark works Tues-Sat, we are celebrating Valentine's Day tomorrow after class.  Today he brought me a bouquet of sweets and they are so good!  Mom, Lilly, and Auntie Jojo and I went out to dinner in Naperville tonight, which was delicious.  Pasta, my favorite!  

16 Weeks

How far along? 16w, 2d

Total weight gain: -7 (up three from last week)

Maternity clothes? Yes

Stretch marks? No

Sleep: I have good nights and bad nights.

Best moment this week: Saturday morning, when I went in to get Lilly, she said "mama!" and then "baby!" and pointed at my belly, rubbed it, and gave baby a kiss.
 Miss Anything? Wine

Movement: Little flutters and movement when I'm laying in bed.  Sometimes when I'm working too, if I'm still and quiet.

   Food cravings: Cereal, Olive Garden, wine

Anything making you queasy or sick: Meat, olives, potato skins 

Have you started to show yet? Yes

Gender prediction: This week, I think boy, but last night I had two separate dreams it was a girl.
Symptoms: Backaches

Belly Button in or out? In. It's already shallow though!

Wedding rings on or off? On.

Happy or Moody most of the time: Excited! Nervous.
 Looking forward to: Feeling the baby move from the outside!  I think it will be any day now.  I'm also excited about our Bradley Method classes. 

This week has been a pretty good week.  We had our first birthing class yesterday - this time, we're taking a Bradley Method class, in hopes that we have a different labor experience.  Looking back at Lilly's birth, there are a lot of things I'd do differently, and the hope is that this class will give us the tools we need to avoid the interventions we needed during the birthing process last time.  Since this is the last time we plan to do this, I'm determined, though I know that there is only so much we can control.  Our instructor did say that we probably couldn't have avoided many interventions with Lilly due to my premature rupture of membranes (water breaking without labor starting).  I really like the class so far, and am looking forward to the rest of our classes!   There are eight other couples in the class, and there is another couple with the same exact due date.  We're both the latest due dates in the class.  There's a few April, some May, June, and July. We're already looking forward to next Sunday's class!