Size of baby: A bell pepper according to Baby Center and a sweet potato if you ask The Bump - about 5 1/2 in and 7 oz.
Cravings/Aversions: I have such a crazy sweet tooth these days. Pretty sure I went through a container of butter pecan ice cream this week!
What I love: Feeling more and more little movements, even if they're not very consistent.
What I'm looking forward to the most: Bryan's last day of grad school! We are so close!!
Worries: I think I pulled a muscle in my lower abdomen early in the week. I was going back and forth about being worried about some discomfort I was having, but in the end I realized it was just a strained muscle. It went away over the weekend so I'm glad I didn't call the doctor or anything. Definitely would have done that as a first time preggo :o)
What is different this time around: We had our anatomy scan at this time with Noelle and we were also checking out daycares. We did this all in the same day - the scan, the follow up appointment, and 3 daycare tours - it was very overwhelming! Still have to wait two more weeks for the scan and we might look at another daycare, but it's definitely a different feeling this time around.
Symptoms: Aside from being tired (and coming to the realization that that will never change), there really haven't been too many issues.
Sleep: As I mentioned before and alluded to above, I am definitely struggling in this area. Between the dog making noise overnight and Noelle all of a sudden having to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night, almost every night lately, I've been struggling to sleep through the night. We are trying to teach Noelle that it's ok for her to get up on her own, go to the bathroom, and them go back to bed. But even if she does this, I'm such a light sleeper and the bathroom is right next to our room that I know I'd wake up anyway.
Boy or Girl: Starting to waver on this a bit - just don't have any strong feelings these days.
The belly: I feel like its huge already! My belly button doesn't look it can hold out much longer!
Movement: Getting stronger and more frequent.
Milestones: The reproductive organs are formed and in place. Baby is yawning, hiccuping, sucking and swallowing.
Best moment of the week: It was a fairly quiet week so I will say that spending more and more time with Bryan as school winds down has been wonderful!
Weight gain/loss: Not sure where I am here as I don't usually weight self between appointments. Aside from completely switching to maternity jeans because of the belly, most of my clothes seem to fit the same. As of my last appointment at 16 weeks I was at minus one pound.
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Same struggle over here with the going to the bathroom in the middle of the night. We are trying to get it through his head that he does not have to call out first before getting up to pee! He finally did it the other night but of course I still heard him and woke up. But I was super proud of him for going on his own and I hope it keeps up!
Sleeping all night is definitely no longer a reality, ever, with two little kids. It's one or the other or both every single night. I look forward to the day when I get to sleep like a normal person again.
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