A Little Concerned...

Normally this type of morning would be so exciting, but not when I'm pregnant... At my last appointment the doctor weighed me, told me things looked good so far, but that I should be gaining a pound a week for the next few months. I thought that would be easy, I mean I'm super hungry lately so I felt like thats the go ahead to eat, eat, eat. Well I haven't gone crazy with the eating and I've tried to choose healthy snacks the majority of the time. So overall I'm snacking on a lot of cheese nips, apples, and cereal. Along with regular meals and some sweets mixed in, but this morning I was actually down a pound from last week. In the long run, obviously I think less weight would be better, but I'm more concerned about how the baby is doing than about losing weight after the baby arrives. So, am I doing something wrong? Should I be trying to eat more? Am I eating the wrong types of food? Is Baby T okay? I'm second guessing myself like crazy this morning and I probably should just relax, but I'm worried. I even started wondering if maybe I wasn't feeling the baby moving earlier this week and it was something else. Ugh! I know I just need to relax but its hard! I go back to the doctor this Friday and will ask about all this, but I feel like Friday will take forever to get here and I just want to make sure everything is okay.

My Little Onion

Well it's week 17 and Baby T is the size of an onion. I'm pretty sure my little onion has been moving around in there too! So exciting! I still haven't felt much today, but I haven't really had time to relax today yet either, so keep your fingers crossed that maybe I'll feel something later. I'm not sure if the baby gets as tired as me but work this week has been kicking my butt. The short weeks always seem the longest, ugh!

I am getting a little bigger each week, but still not a pronounced bump, just a bit thicker through the midsection. I haven't had anyone notice that I'm pregnant yet that didn't already know, but people do look at me a bit differently sometimes. I feel like I don't always have a face, hah. As people ask me in the hall how I'm feeling, they immediately look down towards my belly to see if they can "see" the baby. It's pretty entertaining and soon enough they'll see what they're looking for.

I hope Baby T is growing super fast in there because boy do I have an appetite lately. I absolutely love Cheese Nips. I could probably eat a box a day but try to mix in some healthy foods as well. We've spent a lot of time thinking about nursery things this past week as well and am pretty sure we know which crib and dresser we want. The more I am trying to plan though, the more I want to know if its a boy or a girl. Sooo, we only have a few more weeks until the next ultrasound and only that amount of time to make a final decision about whether to find out. We'll have to discuss it some more I guess - Zach is still all for finding out and I feel like I'm starting to lean in that direction as well, we'll see. Like I said before though, it'll be a surprise either way, one just earlier than the other. We'll I'm out for now, I started this earlier and came back now to finish it. Its 9 o'clock and time for me to go snuggle with my Snoogle! (google it if you're completely confused :))

Movement???

Last night, after enjoying my baked cookies, I was sitting on the couch and felt something that I had never felt before. I'm not sure if it was the baby moving or not. It happened a few times within a half an hour and that was it. I had Zach put his hand on my stomach, but even when I felt it he didn't feel anything. Its probably way too early to be felt on the outside, but was it Baby T moving on the inside? It's hard to explain what I felt...I wouldn't really describe it as butterflies, flutters, or even tickling like some other people have described it to me. But it was a new feeling and it happened right where Baby T should be. I thought I'd wait and see if I felt it again today and I did! It happened both times when I was sitting on the couch, so maybe I'm just more in tune when I'm relaxing. Not sure. Maybe it is Baby T?!? If it is, that's really really exciting. I guess only time will tell. I'll keep you all updated!

Self Control

Tonight was my first true test of self control since I've been pregnant. You might be thinking, I wonder if there is anything Christine really misses or is having a hard time doing without??? Well, overall, not really. Going without alcohol is really easy seeing as I didn't really drink that much before anyway. Not cleaning the litter box? Yeah right!! That's a blessing :) (poor Zach) Sometimes I really want caffeine, but now that I'm into the second trimester I treat myself to a pepsi a few times a week, but even that wasn't that big of a deal. Up to this point I probably missed Caesar salad the most, strange I know, but still didn't bug me a ton. Well tonight I was tested big time. After dinner (chicken casserole from my Mom….delicious Mom, thanks!) I was still a little hungry so I decided to bake some cookies. Well normally the best part of baking cookies is the cookie dough, but I couldn't have any of it! Stupid raw eggs and such! Normally I test it out before baking them, but not tonight. Even when I thought the worst was over, I realized as I was putting the cookie dough on the trays that I got a little bit on my finger, normally I'd lick it off and be done with it, but tonight I washed it off in the sink. Big bummer! So I'm waiting patiently for the 9 minutes to pass so I can eat some cookies, but let me tell you, I probably won't be baking many more cookies before February :)

Boo-Yah!!

It's Friday before a nice long weekend and it turned out to be a little better than I thought! We got our first paychecks for the year and they list all your day off info as well as the normal pay stuff. Well it turns out I have 4 more personal days than I originally thought this year. So that would equal an extra week off after Baby T arrives!!! :)

16 Weeks

How far along: 16 weeks

Total weight gain: 6 or so pounds

How much does baby weigh: about 3.5 oz - the size of an avocado.

Maternity clothes: I'm still not really showing that much, but am wearing maternity pants to work, sooo much more comfortable. All of my shirts are still tucked away for a few more weeks probably.

Stretch marks: No

Sleep: I love it, I can't seem to get enough of it, work gets in the way of it :)

Best moment this week: Getting my nap on my stomach on the couch this afternoon!!!

Movement: Still nothing. I'm continuing to read lots during the pregnancy and have read maybe around week 18. My doctor also said the same, so maybe I'll get to feel the flutters of Baby T in a few more weeks!

Food cravings: Cheese Nips, American Cheese, now that I'm back to work and exhausted I want Pepsi all of the time...I'm limiting myself though.

Belly button in or out: In

What I miss: Eating whenever I'm hungry. Work gets in the way of that too. Two days a week I have a meeting during my regular lunch period and don't eat until 1:05....that is late when I eat breakfast before 6 everyday.

What I'm looking forward to: Having a real bump, feeling Baby T move, getting to see Baby T in a about a month or so....so much to look forward to! :)

Milestone: I'm in the fourth month!

Thoughts: I'm learning fast now that I'm back to work that everyone has advice to give you about pregnancy and the new favorite question people have for me now is "how are you feeling?" Some days I feel like I'm in the movie Groundhog's Day, with the same questions, comments, and things happening over and over again, hah. A few co-workers have told me my feet will get bigger (my actual feet Jim :) I knew the rest of my body would change, but it didn't occur to me that my feet could change forever.... Kind of strange, but they tell me that I could go up a size or half a size and never go back down. Anyone else confirm this? For being such a little baby, he/she really finds a way to change everything about your body.

Love my couch, hate lawn mowers

Who would have thought that all my hard work 4 years ago would be so beneficial right now? Our couch is amazing! Four years ago when looking all over for a couch, I spent my time laying on each one making sure it was nap worthy, and it turns out its pregnancy worthy too! The couch is the only place that I can lay comfortably on my stomach. I'm a stomach sleeper and when I try it in bed its pretty uncomfortable. Baby T is getting bigger and my bed just isn't cutting it. But the couch is just squishy enough and worn in enough that I can still lay on my stomach to take a nap. Wonderful!!! I know this won't last much longer probably, but I'm still happy for now.

I had grand plans today, left work right at 3, was home by 3:30, and ready to nap by 3:40 UNTIL the lawn mowers, leaf blowers, and weed whackers arrived! It's so nice out so the windows are open and just my luck that they decided to mow today instead of the normal Wednesday, AND they decided to do it at the end of the day rather than the morning. So needless to say, no real nap for me. Tomorrow and Thursday are busy, so maybe my dream nap time will come true on Friday. For now I'll suck it up and go make dinner, watch some tv, do some work, and go to bed early instead.