I am 15 weeks 3 days. Yay! I hardly ever feel sick anymore which is nice and I have hardly any food aversions. However, I don't necessarily ever really feel hungry. I am still waiting for the massive appetite to kick in. I had my first craving: Mongolian BBQ. I wanted it so bad but unfortunately the closest restaurant to our house was in San Diego! I was about ready to hop in the car and make the drive down. Why did my first craving have to be something I couldn't have? How ironic. I am getting more round ligament pains or growing pains now. Sometimes they really hurt! People keep asking me if I have felt the baby move yet and in reply I say, "I don't think so." I feel all sorts of gurgles, pops, rumbles, flutters, and stretches. But I still think I'm too early on and the baby is too small. Who knows, maybe one of these days I will realize that all along some of those feelings was actually the baby. I look generally unpregnant, although I have been unable to button my pants for a few weeks now. I even went and bought a B band, or belly band. They're wonderful inventions - seriously! Just a piece of stretchy material placed over the waistline of your unbuttoned, unzipped pants, but wonderful nonetheless. Friends have commented on my little pooch, but unless I'm wearing a tight shirt you would never know...and even then a stranger would never pick me out of a crowd as a pregnant lady. I think I am growing wider before I grow out. My hips are already expanding and my waist is nonexistent - so there ya have it. I'll let the picture I'll post soon do most the talking.
Today I had my 16 week appointment, a bit early, but close enough. This was the magic appointment where I would get to hear the heartbeat! However, Saturday night found me with a sore throat and by last night I was near death. Stupid cold/flu. I always wonder...how does your body create so much mucus? And what nasty cells make muscles cramp and ache?? I want to breathe again! I spent most my time last night blowing my nose or writhing in pain. This morning I tried to call and reschedule but they had nothing. So with 3 hours of sleep under my belt I took the advice of my mom to start practicing being a mom and suck it up. I drove the hour long trip down to my doctor. Fortunately, a hot shower and getting off my rear end took away a lot of the aches and pains and just left me with a minor headache (probably from lack of sleep) and a ridiculously stuffed nose. Once at the appointment, my baby continued to be an acrobat. The doctor could only grab little faint heartbeats for split seconds before the little booger moved and we lost it. All I can say is this baby better cooperate on June 22 when we go in to find the gender. So far he/she has been quite the evader. At first I just thought she couldn't find it and I started to freak out a bit. Especially after she said, "Hmmm I might have to do an ultrasound again if I can't get anything." Ultrasounds are great...but I wanted to hear the lub dub! Finally after 5 minutes (ok it was probably only 1 minute) she finally got a nice strong heartbeat! This time I did almost cry! I can't believe that that is inside me - living and growing! She measured me too and said I measured in the norm, but I kind of caught on that I was on the small end of norm. She told me my measurements were "ok" and that I would probably be getting a new due date come the 22nd. Great - add more time. Just keep your fingers crossed, maybe the baby will go through a growth spurt between now and then. She also got on me for not gaining any weight yet, but said as long as I start gaining more by 20 weeks I'm ok. I really don't understand how I could have a pooch, plus lose my waist and still have gained nothing. Eh well. I guess my goal is to pig out. Now if only my appetite would cooperate.
All in all, I feel pretty good (minus this ridiculous cold I currently have) and I am getting more and more excited! Almost at the half way mark!
The little butterfly-in-your-tummy feeling is what I remember with Spence. Just wait till he/she is big and starts rolling around and your whole abdomen shifts right and left. You wonder why you see pregnant women touching their stomachs so much? It's usually because their babies have decided to take up gymnastics. It is just about the coolest feeling ever.
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