18 weeks and growing!

I love the outfit I am wearing. The shirt and cardigan are SO COMFY and the weather was nice yesterday. I was really in the mood for bright, spring colors.

Nothing too new this week, but we did go and register on Sunday. So fun and SO overwhelming and exhausting! We were very ready to leave and not think about anything by the time we left there. It was neat to pick out the things we wanted, etc. I was pretty organized with my list, but the store was all over the place!

OK- Now onto my weekly questions (edited, because who really cares about stretch marks???)

How far along: 18 weeks

Total weight gain: Haven't weighed myself... probably around 6 lbs total

Maternity clothes: Have been and will be for a while

Sleep: Definitely miss stomach sleeping, but I've been sleeping pretty well lately. YAY! I am trying to enjoy it while it lasts, because I know it won't be much longer!

Best moment of this week: Having 10 full minutes where I felt the baby move. Movements have been few and far between. 

Miss anything: Stomach sleeping and being thin (since I didn't have a ton of time to enjoy my weight loss until I got pregnant, but I am NOT complaining!). I also really miss wine, especially on days I want to relax and cozy down with a good movie. 

Movement: See "best moment of this week". :)

Food cravings: Still tons of fruit... moving more away from citrus and more towards sweeter fruit though. I am starting to deal with some indigestion though, so this might come back to bite me. 

Anything making you queasy or sick: Still meat and random smells, but overall the queasiness has gone. 

Have you started to show yet: Yes!

Gender: Still not finding out! :) (BUT SO TEMPTED!)

Labor signs: Too early! I better not feel them for a while!

Belly button in or out: In, but it is harder underneath it now. :)

Wedding rings on or off: On 

Happy or moody most of the time: Happy, but with mood swings. I can totally feel when I am moody too! I felt so bad at work this week when I had a moody moment! I try to warn people when I am moody and let them know that it is not them. 

Looking forward to: Visiting daycares this coming up week. 

17 (or so) weeks

Hello 17ish weeks! I say "ish" for a reason. I had a dr appt yesterday and the doctor was feeling where my uterus is, and it is closer to my belly button than it should be at 17 weeks, so there is a possibility that I am ahead of what they originally measured. I will know when I have my ultrasound at 22 weeks. We've been wondering all along if I was ahead because I seem to hit pregnancy "milestones" earlier than I should, for example: my belly showing, and feeling the baby moving (more on that later), etc. The appointment went really well! The doctor was happy with my weight gain so far (so weird to say that! I never feel weight gain is good, so it is nice that a doctor thinks it is good!). The nurse was trying to get the heartbeat on the monitor, but Charlie was moving around like crazy! Just when the nurse would get it, Charlie would move to a new spot and the nurse would have to hunt it down. She eventually gave up, but said the heartbeat sounded great.  We got the Quad Screen results back and all is normal! YAY! I was nervous about this one, but I wanted the test so that I knew how to prepare for my little one to enter the world. I was very glad the results came back A-OK!

How far along: 17 (ish) weeks

Total weight gain: 6 lbs total, although I had to pee pretty badly when they weighed me, so I am going to say 5 lbs, haha. 

Maternity clothes: Oh yes, and I finally found a comfortable pair of maternity jeans. :)

Stretch marks: Same as before... Nothing really, except old ones from when I weighed more before I lost weight.

Sleep: No longer on my stomach, but it is getting better for now. I don't have to get up all the time to pee right now, which is a blessing. :) I was sick this week, though, so I could barely breath and woke up because of that. I ended up sleeping on 3 pillows. 

Best moment of this week: Getting kicked. :) It isn't all of the time. The movement has changed from a flutter so I don't feel it as much anymore, but now is when I will start to feel the kicks. I was bending over to pick something up and was kicked. I stood straight up, so surprised, and then spent the rest of the night bending over trying to get it to happen again. No such luck... but it did happen again a few days later at school, again when I was bending over to pick something up, and it just happened a few minutes ago! What a neat feeling!

Miss anything: The same: Wine... sigh... and running (I try to do it, but it is so difficult). Jeff has been brewing his own beer and I want to try it so badly, especially this latest batch, which is chocolate peanut butter porter, and chocolate oatmeal stout. Oh well... they are saving it for me for when I can drink again. :)

Movement: See "best moment of this week". :)

Food cravings: Still FRUIT FRUIT FRUIT, all of the time. Yum! Nothing else really, but I am hungry all of the time!

Anything making you queasy or sick: Still meat and random smells, but overall the queasiness has gone. The sneezing is back, though that may be related to my cold too, and I get queasy just before I sneeze, and then I sneeze and the queasiness disappears. 

Have you started to show yet: Yes!

Gender: Still not finding out! :) 

Labor signs: Too early! I better not feel them for a while!

Belly button in or out: In, but it is harder underneath it now. :)

Wedding rings on or off: On 

Happy or moody most of the time: Happy, but with mood swings. I can totally feel when I am moody too!

Looking forward to: Registering, which I guess I should consider doing soon, and picking out a daycare place, because that is starting to make me panic! 

16 weeks

It was so nice to see comments from readers from when I wrote this blog before! I love the encouragement of writing! :)

How far along: 16 weeks

Total weight gain: 2 lbs as of the last appointment... my next appointment isn't until Thursday and I don't want to weigh myself between now and then!

Maternity clothes: Pretty much everything I wear, though I really want to go buy more because I don't have much and feel like I'm repeating all my outfits already! It is too early to feel this way!

Stretch marks: Same as before... Nothing really, except old ones from when I weighed more before I lost weight.

Sleep: A bit better because I'm not getting up EVERY night to pee, but I still have some crazy dreams. Oh and no more belly sleeping. I feel like I am laying on a bubble if I am on my belly. Darn! I am a stomach sleeper too! I can sleep on my side, so I will be OK for now. 

Best moment of this week: Having people comment on how much I've popped. :) I finally look pregnant and not like I ate too many donuts, so I am loving it and the comments I'm getting! :)

Miss anything: Wine... sigh... and running (I try to do it, but it is so difficult),  lunchmeat... I am craving a turkey wrap, which will be on my list for after the baby is born!

Movement: My guess is the baby's movement has changed from the jerky fluttering I felt before, so I'm not feeling as much as I was. I am paying attention for the kicking movement that I should start feeling in the next couple of weeks!

Food cravings: Still FRUIT FRUIT FRUIT! I also had an intense craving for a pickle, which I was able to satisfy right away and it was good. :) I walked around yesterday DYING for something, but I just couldn't tell what it was. Everything I tried did not match my craving. I was so bummed out. 

Anything making you queasy or sick: Still chunks of meat and random smells, but overall my morning sickness is gone. YAY! :) One of my weirdest symptoms is/was sneezing all the time, but I think that went along with my nausea. I am not as nauseous anymore so I don't sneeze as much! YAY! It was seriously 5-10 times a day! 

Have you started to show yet: Yes!

Gender: Still not finding out! :) 

Labor signs: Too early! I better not feel them for a while!

Belly button in or out: In, but it is harder underneath it now. :)

Wedding rings on or off: On 

Happy or moody most of the time: Happy, but with mood swings. I can totally feel when I am moody too!

Looking forward to: Hitting 24 weeks... I just want to know that there is something they can do to save the baby if something goes wrong. Also feeling those kicks! And getting the nursery together. We started! :)

A lot of life changes!

I haven't been on this blog in a long time. I haven't posted in a long time. But I've had a lot of life changes, and one in particular I'd really like to document. To start, I am finally in a permanent teaching position, teaching 2nd grade in an awesome district. I am very thrilled about this job! I spent the last year working my butt off to lose weight and lost 62lbs! I've also run 4 half marathons in the last 2 years, but 2 of them were this year and I set personal records for both! I was 14 lbs away from my goal weight when... I found out I was PREGNANT! :) If you read my blog before, I was diagnosed with infertility, so imagine our surprise when we found out we were pregnant naturally! We are SO THRILLED!

So to document my pregnancy for me, and share with family/friends that live further away, I have decided to try to get this blog going.

How far along: 15 weeks

Total weight gain: 2 lbs

Maternity clothes: Since I lost so much weight before pregnancy, I really didn't have many clothes to wear to begin with and was trying to buy by season to build my wardrobe, so I actually am all in maternity clothes now because I don't have too much to wear otherwise. 

Stretch marks: Nothing really, except old ones from when I weighed more before I lost weight.

Sleep: Crappy... I pee at LEAST once a night, but sometimes more. I also dream like crazy. Last night I was dreaming that Jurassic Park was real and we were living in TRex world. 

Best moment of this week: TMI, but eating more fiber, which made me feel better overall. :)

Miss anything: Running (I try to do it, but it is so difficult), wine, lunchmeat

Movement: A bit, but not really kicks, just overall fluttering from baby moving around 

Food cravings: FRUIT... I can eat fruit 100% of my day. The fresher, the better. Weirdest craving so far has been dill pickle chips with an apple (eaten one bite each, alternating) or a cookie whoopie pie.

Anything making you queasy or sick: Chunks of meat and random smells. I used to get queasy with rice too, but not so much anymore. I don't really want greasy food either. 

Have you started to show yet: Yes

Gender: Not finding out! :) 

Labor signs: Too early!

Belly button in or out: In, but it is harder underneath it now. :)

Wedding rings on or off: On 

Happy or moody most of the time: Happy, but with mood swings. I can totally feel when I am moody too!

Looking forward to: Hitting 24 weeks... I just want to know that there is something they can do to save the baby if something goes wrong.