Time to get another black tank top I think! This one is getting a LITTLE snug.
- The day I turned 16 weeks pregnant I was laying in bed and rolled over onto my side and felt a little nudge on the left side of my womb area. It could have been a gas bubble popping, but typically those don't happen in 1's! They say the first kicks can feel like a little nudge, or a bubble popping, which is why many people mistake it for gas. It was just one little bump and then nothing. It's like baby was readjusting after I turned over? I'm starting to think what I was feeling at 12 weeks was more-so just my organs moving around and my uterus growing, but who knows! In a few weeks I'll know for sure!! {*UPDATE as I wrote that at the beginning of the week* At 16 weeks, 6 days, David and I were sitting outside and I 100% felt baby moving in my left side. It was just a couple seconds, but I just put my hand on my belly and calmly said to Dave, "Oh! Baby!" and then it was over! Such a special feeling. I can't wait until it starts happening more frequently!!}
- Baby is now 4-5 inches long, and weighs in at 3-4 oz.
- Baby has eyelashes already! David and I both have long eyelashes, so I bet our kids will too!
- Research says baby can officially hear my voice now! I try my best to keep things light :) They say if a song is sang/played for baby while it's in the womb, it will likely recognize that same song after it has been born!
- I noticed the past couple days that my belly-button ring kept flipping upside down (like gem facing into belly-button instead of out). It's kind of uncomfortable when that happens, and I just figured I had to change rings. Then David and I were sitting on the couch, and I pulled my shirt up a little to check out the situation and I took out the ring and gasped! Since when is my belly-button so shallow?! I laughed about it for quite a while and showed David and my parents. It's not like... shallow shallow, but for me it definitely is! I have officially taken out my belly-button ring for the pregnancy. I'll put it in every week or two just to keep it open, but I will have to get used to this naked feeling now!
- I have noticed some nasal congestion, but nothing major. This is caused by the swelling of my mucus membranes in my sinuses due to increased blood flow. Just another beautiful side-effect of pregnancy...
- I haven't written about my nails lately, but they are still LONG AND STRONG! I am having so much fun with this!
- My breasts are sore again the last couple weeks.
- I can feel the top of my uterus (called the fundus) especially if I'm laying down. My uterus is roughly the size of a cantaloupe, and the top of it is about... 2-3" below my belly-button. This was confirmed at my midwife appointment that I have actually been feeling my uterus, and not some other organs or bloating. Haha!
- I had my midwife appointment on July 19 (16 weeks & 2 days). First thing I do is do my weigh-in. This confirmed that I have literally gained 0 lb since my first appointment. They went over my blood-work from previously, and Jan informed me that my iron and hemoglobin levels are very good, which means I must have a good diet! Nice to hear reassurance for that! (I have come to realize I need reassurance... a lot of it... in all things. Maybe words of affirmation should be higher on my love languages list!) Although I had to admit my diet since doing that blood-work has taken a hit... It's all cinnamon buns and cookies lately! Have to make sure I balance it out, and have some fruit to combat those sugar cravings instead of carbs and chocolate!
- At the appointment they also took my blood pressure, which read 96/60. This is pretty typical for me... low... It causes me to get more frequent head rushes than others, and feel light-headed. This is especially common in the first part of the 2nd trimester apparently. Nothing to worry about, just make sure I sit down when I get dizzy... duh!
- The best part about the midwife appointment (aside from the fact that David AND my mom were able to come) is that Jan let us hear the heart beat! It brings tears to my eyes every time! I meant to record the sound this time, but totally forgot in the moment. Again... I need all the reassurance I can get! Baby's heart beat was found right away, and the rate was 152 BPM! Nice and strong and healthy. Next stop... gender ultrasound August 19!
- I still feel like I'm pretending. This isn't real. I feel like I stutter every time I tell someone I'm pregnant. I haven't quite figured out why this is yet. I feel like I'm living a dream? Someone else's life? Even when we get to hear the heart, or see it on an ultrasound, I feel like that's not all inside of me! We are BEYOND excited for this chapter, but it's hard for me to grasp the reality of it all. Does that make sense? It will come... Every week it's like "when this happens, then it'll feel real" or "after we hear heartbeat again then it'll feel real" or "once I feel movement it'll feel real" or "one more pregnancy test, that will confirm it's real" or "when I have to wear maternity pants the first time it will feel real". Right now my milestones are feeling frequent movement, and seeing baby on the ultrasound... THEN it will feel real! Haha. So bizarre.*For the record, maternity jeans were broken out on July 20... regular jeans just aren't cutting it anymore!*
- No nausea, however I still gag when I brush my teeth every single time. I also have a weird thing where I'll be enjoying my meal, and then as I get to the last couple bites, all of a sudden I can't swallow and I gag and very nearly vomit. When I say all of a sudden... I mean all of a sudden. And then once I get rid of the food (David usually runs over and takes it away) and have a sip of water, I am perfectly fine again. This most often happens for breakfast or lunch.
- Whoa! These hormones I tell ya! In one day I had at least 4 separate melt-downs. One was because work got stressful (understandable), one was because I started thinking about baby (again... reasonable), one was because I was hot at home and then bumped my knee (hmmm...) and then the last one was at dog agility when Sherlock kept running off like a goof and not paying attention at the beginning of class (frustrating, but not normally meltdown worthy). How embarrassing! David couldn't even keep a straight face after the knee bonking one.
- Craving this week: Apple juice. I had to send David out to the store to get me some apple juice. YUM! Nothing is better than a craving being satisfied :)
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