Week 17

Baby size: 5.12 inches
Baby weight: 5-7 oz
Fruit equivalent: Onion
What’s growing this month:

·         Her heart is now regulated by her brain instead of random beats

·         She’s continually practicing to suck and swallow

·         Her sweat glands are starting to develop

 
How far along: when this picture was taken I was 17 weeks, 6 days (wow pregnancy brain totally kicked in because I was typing “takened” and was appalled when I learned it wasn’t a word lol)…anyways
Total weight gain: more than 5 lbs I assume
Maternity clothes: I’ve been wearing a few of my items but they are still a little big so it’s kind of awkward

Stretch marks: The usual
Sleep: I’ve been sleeping good as usual.
Best moment of this week: I love feeling my Sweet Pea move around.
Miss anything: No, I love being pregnant…today that is lol
Movement: YES!!! I’ve been feeling my baby move it’s such precious moments. Today I took a nap when I got home from work and before I went to sleep I made up a song and sang it to her and a few minutes later she started to move. I was in awe. This makes me enjoy being pregnant!
Food cravings: Red sauce food items
Anything making you queasy or sick: OMG!! I vomit for the first time over the weekend. On Saturday I had a women’s meeting to attend at my church and I had to wake up early. I didn’t have time to eat breakfast so I quickly grabbed toasted a Cinnamon Toast Waffle and headed out the door. I ate it while driving and I started to feel a little queasy but being pregnant that feeling can be the norm. Anyway, as I’m driving on the freeway (or highway) I started vomiting and it was pretty darn intense. Mind you, I’m freaking driving. Luckily, God is a Protector and he surely protected Sweet Pea and I and luckily I learn when you vomit you don’t have the instinct to close your eyes like you do when you sneeze so I was thankful that I was able to keep my eyes open (don’t judge me for counting my blessings lol). Anyway, it was totally gross and I vomit all over myself. Needless to say, I did not attend the meeting and I turned around and went home. I showered and took a 4 hour nap. But it didn’t end there, the next day as I was heading to church that morning I stopped by McD’s bc I was running late as usual. In the parking lot I had the urge again and sure enough I vomited while in the car again. This time I brought a bag with me just in case. So I called hubby bc he had to teach Sunday School that morning, and asked if he would pick me up bc I was afraid to drive on the freeway and the same thing happen. So we agreed to meet at home and as I’m trying to leave, the darn car wouldn’t start. So he met me at McD’s and he spent half an hour trying to jump me with no success so then we called AAA. They came by and they jumped us and we went off to church…an hour late…but better late than never.
Have you started to show yet: Hubby is very convinced that I have ;)
Gender Prediction: Boy
Labor signs: No way
Happy or moody most of the time: My usual self…
Looking forward to: Finding out the sex of the baby. Our ultrasound is in 16 days! We’ve decided (or I’ve decided lol) that hubby and I are going to wait until the 27^th to actually find out what we are having. The reason is because hubby and I met on April 27^th, 2008 so it would be a special way of celebrating our 5 year anniversary. But it will need to be brief because that’s the same day we are moving. So I was thinking we would do it over breakfast…
Anything else: I need to get better at doing these in a timely manner, because there was something else that I wanted to write and I totally forgot all about it…oh well