I Love You Three: 16 Weeks

Pregnancy Update June 11, 2012

Sexy maternity jeans

Starting to be able to tell even with my shirt down!

How far along: 16 weeks.

Size of baby: 4.6 inches, 3.5 oz. - an "Avocado"

What developed this past week: This week baby's limbs are developing quickly and have more controlled movement. The skeletal system is developing more as calcium is deposited onto the bones. Over the next few weeks, the baby's weight will double!

Weight Gain: 7 pounds (I wasn't home on Monday to weigh in, but this is what I guesstimate based on my weigh in on Thursday, 3 days late). Not sure how this happened - it was going so slowly until now! :) Probably the fact that I've been eating out for 3 weeks with all the travelling I've done. Yuck.

Maternity clothes: Ordered some more maternity pants/jeans with a 30% off sale from Gap/Old Navy this week! Excited for them to come in so I can try them on and see if any of the styles fit well, for now and later! This week, I had to start stretching a small rubber band from my pants button hole to the button so that my regular pants have some give when I sit down or bend over. SO much more comfortable! Otherwise, doing well in my normal clothes for the most part - getting more difficult as the days go by!

Gender: 11 days! My, how time flies!

Movement: Felt the first little flutters this week!!! The timing was ironic, but I didn't have a doubt in my mind (at the time) that that's what I felt. I was texting my friend, Jessy, asking where she felt her baby move for the first time. And as I was replying to her answer, I FELT IT! The super soft (like butterfly wings) brush of a little body against the inside of my lower left pelvis. It seemed kind of like a swipe, about an inch or two across from start to finish. It was 4:30pm on Wednesday, June 6th, and I threw my phone down, mid-text, on my desk and went running in to my coworker, Lynn's, office, practically shouting, "I JUST FELT THE BABY MOVE FOR THE FIRST TIME!" I couldn't stop smiling for hours. It was the first thing I said to Caleb when I got home, and I texted all the girls in my family and a couple friends because I was so excited!

On Thursday, I was trying to pay attention to any feelings I had in that area, but while focusing on it, it was hard differentiate all the sensations! I never realized how long it takes for me to digest, or how many bubbles I feel moving around throughout the day. I just wanted to tell my body to stop doing anything in there so if I felt something I KNEW it was the baby! :) By Friday, I knew I for sure felt it again and talked myself out of thinking I was crazy and didn't really feel it on Wednesday. So that's good :). Now I feel it fairly often, a handful of times a day, if I'm paying attention to it and sitting semi-still. Sometimes it's tickles so much that I feel the need to rub it from the outside to take away the ticklish sensation!

Sleep: Sleeping well, but consistently up every night to pee once - depending on how late I drink water, it can range from 3am to 6am.

What I miss: Sleeping through the night! :)

Cravings: Nothing. This is random. and totally NOT a craving, but it's food related. At the request of one of my suppliers (through work), while we were at dinner in Chicago, I tried LAMB! Which actually tasted kind of like really tender steak. Then he made me try rabbit! I tried to draw the line, but his mother actually put some on my plate... I can't believe I put it in my mouth. As I was chewing, I was trying to focus on the flavor, which wasn't bad, as it was wrapped in pasta and I never saw the meat, but I couldn't get my mind off the fact that I was chewing on rabbit! So I almost gagged and it was everything in me to just swallow and not grab my glass of water ASAP to try to swallow the bite whole. He said he'd find a few trucks of cheap product for me as payment lol :).

Best moment this week: There were a couple, but first and foremost: FEELING THE BABY MOVE FOR THE FIRST TIME!! Secondly, going garage saling in Buffalo and crib shopping with Aunt Laura! I forgot to take a picture of us shopping :(, but it was so much fun spending hours looking at TONS of nursery set ups at White's Furniture and Carolina Kids (Unfortunately, USA Baby closed just a few months ago!). We got (BOGO free!) McD's Mocha Frappes (which we had to leave in the car and take shopping breaks to run out to get a sip! lol) and talked to some "helpful" people for a couple hours... Here's an example of one of the crib sets we liked:

As for the garage saling, though I know I'll want mostly gender-specific outfits when I find out baby's gender (in 11 days!!!), I couldn't HELP but buy a few things! It was so fun to be able to buy for myself for once!

I bought a few gender neutral outfits like this:

And I couldn't HELP myself but to buy these for only a quarter each! Who can pass that up!?!

Seriously - these say "Little but Tough" - I die :)

Before I finish talking about my weekend in Buffalo, I have to give a shout-out to Aunt Laura (and Uncle Scott!) who got me a great, unique gift! A "Bun in the oven, pea in the pod" Sweaty band headband! :) I LOVE IT! It holds my hair back so well without sliding a lot! Maybe I'll wear it during labor... ;)