What Fruit are you? Sweet potato, dragon fruit (depending on which app I'm looking at)
Due date: June 11, 2015
How far along: 18 weeks, 2 days
Next appointment: February 5 (22 weeks) for the morphology ultrasound, just had an appointment with the doctor a few days ago.
Gender: girl!! We found out at 16 weeks, 5 days
Total weight gain/loss: 3.5 kilos/ about 8 pounds
Exercise: getting on track after the holidays. Starting to walk for 30 minutes daily and looking into prenatal pilates.
Stretch marks: none from pregnancy! I'm unnaturally afraid of these, so I've bought a couple different lotions that will hopefully help ward them off.
Swelling: nope
Maternity clothes: mostly trying to wear regular dresses and my old pants/shorts with a Bella band. I'm wearing maternity pants and shorts at times. I have tons of maternity clothes though, so I'm prepared!
Belly button: same as always...innie
Sleep: I love it. Just got a body pillow, so that might help with some back pain. I am having weird, intense dreams and nightmares every night.
Food cravings: nothing weird anymore. In the first trimester, I was craving cheeseburgers, Mexican food, and pop tarts. It seems like my tastes are mostly back to normal. Still loving chocolate too much.
Symptoms: I threw up for the first time on the day we found out the sex, but who knows exactly why. Otherwise, I'm just feeling more tired and sometimes have an upset stomach. I also feel like I have low blood pressure and low blood sugar a few times a day. I can't stand up too quickly!
Movement: I think so, but it's hard to tell. The doctor said first time moms don't usually feel movement for sure until weeks 20-22, and I'm looking forward to being sure about this movement! I think I started to feel it somewhere around week 17.
Labor signs: no
What I miss: wine, caipirinhas, coffee, and sushi. But it's all more than worth it for my baby girl!!
What I'm loving: thinking about what life with Alice will be like. Brian and I are both excited beyond belief to meet our sweet angel. I honestly can't imagine life without her now.
What I'm looking forward to: just meeting and taking care of my baby. I'm also looking forward to feeling her move more and seeing her on the next ultrasound!
Best moment this week: listening to Brian talk to and about Alice. He is so in love and it makes me so happy.
News: nothing much. It's our last week of vacation, and we are trying to work on Brian's job search. There are a lot of uncertainties right now, so I hope we will have lots of news in the coming months!
Milestones: feeling the first movements
Words of wisdom: try to relax as much as possible. You're not in control! I have to keep repeating that to myself, haha.
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