18 week pregnancy update

How far along? 18 weeks 5 days.. Baby is the size of an sweet potato!    

Weight gain? I actually have no idea.  I haven't weighed myself this week.. Again.  I'm sort of afraid to see it, preparing myself for massive weight gain. 

Belly button? Starting to look more flat and stretched.  It never popped out with Dawson so I'm pretty sure it will just become flat by summertime.  

Wedding rings on or off? Still on but I really need to hunt for my necklace..  

Movement? Oh yes.  Little girl or guy is just a wiggling away, a LOT usually late morning & late afternoon.   Been feeling him or her much more lately.  He or she seems to be enjoying having a dance party on my cervix.. Awesome. 

Maternity clothes? Yes, yes, yes! 

Symptoms? Feeling? Nausea is only hitting me on some days now, but when it does it lingers all day. I've put not only my promethazine to good use this week, but also my zofran.  Booooo.  I'm getting a little pickier about food again.. Be nice to just be able to eat whatever.  My ribs are still killing me, and it really really need to find a chiropractor that our insurance will cover this week.  I know this feeling will only get worse. My legs are also going to sleep at the drop of a hat when I sit funny.   Braxton hicks contractions hit me every single day or night now.. I'll be asking about it at my next appointment.   My nose is stuffy but im never sure if that's just my allergies or not. 

Mood? Feeling pretty good still.  I have been having days where I'm just irritable and no one can say or do anything right.. Except I know it's just me.  I'm still nesting like crazy, I am purging the houses fall kinds of crap I don't need or want.  

Missing? Alcohol.. My god, I miss it.  I am not a big drinker, really, but when the sun comes out a beer with dinner just sounds amazing.  Virgin drinks are just not the same.  Alcohol sounded so gross with Dawson.. But now I'm just wondering if that's because if was a totally different time of year.  

Looking forward to? The anatomy scan! Set for April 8th! Just a little over a week away now! I'm also looking forward to getting the nursery put together! 

Sleep? Having a lot of bad nights.  If I'm asleep, I'm having weird dreams.  I've been awake way, way too much at night though.  My nose is the biggest interference.  

Exercise? Nothing too fancy this week.  We went to the park with Kirsten and Ayla.. That was a lot of dodging running kids and keeping tabs on our kids.  Otherwise, just doing at home things is exercise at this point.  

Any cravings? Sushi, donuts, bottled water (with a sports bottle top ONLY), still smoothies for breakfast, maple cream top yogurt.. That's about it. 

Food aversions? Steak. Bacon.  Grilled chicken.  Yuck. 

I'm doing okay this week.  I've had some pretty awful days filled with nausea again but not as bad as it was.  Dawson has done really well with potty training this week and we had our first outing with big boy underwear and that went well.  My patience was wearing thin so I'm glad that we are finally somewhat on top of it.  I'm bracing myself for laundry though, because tonight he goes to bed with no diaper for the first time.  He is too reliant on a diaper at night, Joe and I both agreed as crappy as it might be (no pun intended) going diaper free is what we need to do. 

My motivation to get the house ready for this baby has gone into overdrive. It's just hit me in the last week that we will be bringing a BABY home.  This is for real.  The newborn days with Dawson were honestly one of the darkest times in my life.  I did not enjoy having a squishy itty bitty baby.  I felt completely out of control of any and every situation at that time.  I still feel that way at times now but it's infrequent.  Months of feeling like every outing was a disaster, every night meant no sleep and lots of crying, and being nothing but a milk machine to a baby was very hard.  Now of course I look at him and see how wonderful he is, even at moments that he's driving me crazy.  I'm hoping having the regular reminder that he might have been difficult, but he's better now and we share a bond that no one else knows, will help me cope with having a newborn again.. and better this time.  

Only a little over a week until we find out what this baby is!  Hopefully it will help Joe and I both bond with the baby more.  

17 weeks (and some change) pregnancy update!

How far along? 17 weeks 5 days.. Baby is the size of an onion!   

Weight gain? I actually have no idea.  I haven't weighed myself this week.  

Belly button? Starting to look really flat and stretched. 

Wedding rings on or off? Still on but I'll be searching for my necklace this week.. It's getting snug. 

Movement? Oh yes.  Little girl or guy is just a wiggling away, a LOT usually late morning & late afternoon. 

Maternity clothes? Yes! 

Symptoms? Feeling? Nausea every morning still but it's manageable.  I just have to make sure I take my meds at night or I regret it.  I tried to go without a couple of days and I was back to throwing up in the shower.  I've had more nausea that strikes out of the blue lately & then goes away.  Evenings have been spent in my chair with a tall glass of whatever I can stomach because Braxton hicks have kicked up pretty bad.  Rib pain.. Uuuugh the rib pain. 

Mood? Feeling a lot better emotionally.  I'm nesting like crazy and I don't have a ton of energy for it, so that's kind of driving me crazy, but over all I feel mostly level headed.  Oh, except my road rage.  It's gotten worse in the last couple of weeks.  I still drive safely obviously but my frustration level with people that drive slow, or are in my way, or just being what I think is stupid at the moment kind of sets me off. 

Missing? Exercise and alcoholic drinks.  This totally gives me a mental picture of me on the treadmill with a beer.  Haha! 

Looking forward to? The anatomy scan! Set for April 8th! 

Sleep? Having a lot of bad nights.  More than once this last week I have been up until 2:30am or later, just wide awake.  Also having trouble getting comfortable in bed to sleep with my ribs hurting and my lower back bothering me.  Might be time to go see a chiropractor. 

Exercise? Nothing too fancy.  I am out of breath at the drop of a hat so mostly slow walks in the mall or outside with Dawson.  We walked the zoo today and Joe teased me it was like walking with someone with a walker.  If I get out of breath it's bad news, so I'm playing it safe. 

Any cravings? Salt.  Still salt.. Greek salad still too.  Tzaziki and traditional gyro meat.  I actually had dreams about it this week.  Smoothies have been going down really easy for breakfast too.  I was really hooked on crunchtada tostadas at Del Taco earlier in the week but I have done a 180 on that now. 

Food aversions? Steak. Anything overly sweet.  Mexican food. 

I'm feeling pretty good this week.  I am still tired a lot but I feel so motivated to just do anything and everything this week.  I even went it my parents' house this week and took Dawson.  And I tackled potty training again (it's a work in progress) and Dawson is doing pretty well with it. Oh! I cooked this week TWICE too! Dawson ate like a pig, and it made me feel good.  He misses mama's cooking too.

My house is still kind of a disaster, although my mom did come this week and weed my front flower beds and fold laundry, clean my kitchen, and vacuum!  She is a lifesaver.  She also entertained Dawson all day Saturday so Joe and I could go to the bank to fill out some applications, and have a day to just be Joe and Katie and not Mommy and Daddy.  It was nice.  We even went and saw a movie! I had never been to a Cinetopia and I seriously don't know why we haven't spent the extra money to go there before.  I'll probably never go to a regular movie theater again.  It was glorious! 

That's all for this week :)