I can't believe that on Monday I will be 17 weeks! I'm finally starting to feel a little more human. I don't have near the nausea and vomiting that I did have. This week has been a little rough though due to stupid work stresses, my family coming in town and feeling like things have to be perfect around the house, those great pregnancy hormones and still being crazy tired. Does the fatigue ever get better and am I looking at being tired until this child moves out? I'm kidding, well kind of. I still feel like I sleep pretty good at night, but keep finding myself on my back. I try going to sleep on one side or the other, but every night I wake up randomly and find myself on my back. I'm trying not to stress about that too much with the theory that my body will take care of itself and not allow me to stay on my back if it's causing problems. Back to the fatigue...goodness. I can make it through 1/2 the day on good days before I feel ready to pass out. It seemed to have gotten better for a while, but is bad again. I honestly think part of it though is the above mentioned stress.
How far along: 16 weeks 3 days today, I haven't started taking any bump pictures yet because I had enough fluff pre-pregnancy that I feel like I still look just fat and not pregnant.
Total weight gain? Just a a little over a pound according to my scale at home. As soon as I found out I was pregnant I started weighing myself almost daily because I knew that since I was overweight to start with I shouldn't gain much more than 15 lbs. I lost almost 18 pounds in my first trimester due to the intense nausea/vomiting, so I guess technically I still haven't gained anything.
Maternity clothes? I have to admit I love maternity tops. I randomly put on a pair of maternity jeans this last weekend, and although they were a bit big, I can say that I'm not looking forward to having to wear those.
Stretch marks? Still none... so far. But, I can absolutely feel my skin really starting to stretch, so we'll see.
Sleep: Still sleeping quite comfortably although my big baby, Jackson, gets booted to the floor most nights.
Best moment this week:
Miss anything? I really miss being able to sleep on my stomach and assist in the OR. Almost 2 weeks ago I went to the OR as normal, scrubbed in to assist in the surgeries and within an hour of starting 2 of our 3 cases that day I had to break scrub and leave because I got overwhelmingly hot. I've been too scared to go back since. I feel so guilty having to leave in the middle of the case because I take an active role in assisting in each case and I feel like I throw off everything by having to leave. My surgeon is so good about it though. My OB said that the crazy hotness tends to get better around 18 weeks so I figure in a couple of weeks will try again.
Food cravings: Cherries! Those yummy ones from Washington with the pits in them. I found a bag right after I found out I was pregnant and thoroughly enjoyed them and have craved them since. Unfortunately everything is so seasonal in Alaska to start with and those are definitely a season fruit that I can't get them.
Anything make you queasy or sick? I can't think of one thing in particular. The smell of cooking buffalo is not awesome(we use ground buffalo rather than ground beef).
Gender: Any one's guess still. For the majority of the time so far I thought I was having a girl, but recently I've started to think it's a boy. I've had super vivid dreams of both so who knows. Hopefully we'll find out in a little over a week. My family tends to think it's a girl and everyone at work thinks it's a boy.
Labor Signs: None. Yesterday I did have a lot of cramping, which was scary, but thankfully it went away. I think it was from doing too much around the house.
Symptoms: Ligament pain!! Holy cow! That stuff is no joke. Other than that headaches once and a while, increased appetite and fatigue.
Belly button in or out? In.
Wedding rings on or off? On
Looking forward to: Spending time with family this coming week, feeling the baby move (although realistically that is probably still a ways out) and the anatomy scan
