19 Weeks

How far along? 19 weeks, 3 days
Total weight gain: up 8 or 10lbs
Maternity clothes? Yep and loving them!
Stretch marks? Small one on each hip
Sleep: Pretty good, rolling over is getting slightly harder due to my decreased ab muscles lol
Showing? I'm gonna say yes! Had my first stranger ask me about it this week
Best moment this week: Feeling more/stronger movement!
Miss anything? Sunny side up eggs
Movement? Yes and lots of it these days! A couple days ago I felt what I assume was a somersault or a flip for the first time. HUGE movement. Also much harder kicks which is great because Daddy gets to feel it more often!
Food cravings: Sweets mostly
Anything making you queasy or sick? Nope
Gender prediction? Boy
Labor signs?Nope
Symptoms: Minor headaches and aches and pains. And pregnancy brain! I would forget my head if it wasn't attached! Its really bad
Belly button in or out? In
Wedding ring on or off? On
Happy or moody most of the time? Happy!!!!!
Looking forward to: Our ultrasound in just a couple of days!! Can't wait to see if Little S is a boy or girl!

18 Weeks

How far along? 18 weeks, 3 days
Total weight gain: up 6lbs
Maternity clothes? Yep! I got to go to the city this last Friday and purchase some summer clothes!
Stretch marks? Just one small one on each hip
Sleep: Pretty good except for middle of the night leg cramps in my calves recently
Showing? Getting there for sure!
Best moment this week: Surviving the tornado with our house and family intact. It literally passed through a field that's kitty corner to us across the street and we had pieces of shingles and dry wall in our yard. And seeing the houses so close to ours just destroyed makes me thankful each day that we're spared. We only had time to run and hide in our laundry room and I'm not confident it would've held up under the wind and pressure
Miss anything? Being able to lift things and not worry as much about my environment. With all the tornado clean up going on and us being so close to the direct destruction path its hard for me not to be out helping everyday with all of the clean up. I did find a way to volunteer by taking and sorting donations at our local armory, but even there I had to let others do a lot of the lifting.
Movement? Yes! A little bit more each day although I only feel it when I'm relaxing, either sitting or laying down. Andrew even got to feel a kick this week! Just once though, most of the movement is still too soft to feel on the outside so hopefully more next week!
Food cravings? Sweets and fruits, especially strawberries this week
Anything making you queasy or sick? Nope! :)
Gender prediction? Boy
Labor signs? Nope
Symptoms: Minor headaches, low back pain, round ligament pain
Belly button in or out? In
Wedding ring on or off? On
Happy or moody most of the time? Happy! (with times of unexplained anger and crying lol)
Looking forward to: Finding out the gender and having baby bean kick harder so Dad can feel it more!

17 Weeks

Sorry this post is a few days late. Andrew and I spent our weekend watching the news as Oklahoma had major thunder storms rolling through that led to a number of tornadoes across the state. One hit our town at 12:15am Saturday night and missed our house by about a block. So needless to say the weekend was intense. All of our family and their homes are ok but 89 homes were completely destroyed and over 100 were damaged so the whole town is a little bit in shock over the whole ordeal.

How far along? 17 weeks
Total weight gain/loss: up 6lbs
Maternity clothes? A few yes, still mixing with some of my regular shirts
Stretch marks? Just a small one on each hip
Sleep: Pretty good, a little uncomfortable at times
Best moment this week: Feeling baby move for the first time!
Are you showing? I definitely have a pretty good belly going on
Miss anything? Sunny side up eggs
Movement: YES!!!!! Finally! Its super light and feels like gas bubbles, but more intentional ones (if that makes sense)
Food cravings: Sweets
Anything making your queasy or sick: Nope
Gender prediction: Boy
Labor signs: Nope
Symptoms: The headaches are finally getting better! Many days I don't have any! I'm still having minor back pain and round ligament pain
Belly button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or moody most of the time: Happy
Looking forward to: Finding out the gender and having baby kick harder so Andrew can feel it!

16 Weeks

How far along? 16 weeks, 2days
Total weight gain/loss: up 3 or 4 lbs...I'll find out for sure at my check up on Tuesday
Maternity clothes? Yes, in fact I am rocking some maternity jeans in this photo. I am still wearing most of my own shirts but jeans are officially packed away
Stretch marks? Sadly yes :( I discovered a couple small ones on the side of my hips. However, my sister-in-law got them there and still managed none on her belly so I'm still holding out hope for that!
Sleep: Sleeping great!
Best moment this week: Having a big enough bump to wear a borrowed maternity shirt :) I am so excited to be showing!
Are you showing? Pretty much...I've officially entered the phase where strangers/acquaintances who don't know yet don't say anything but when I bring up my pregnancy they say "Ok I thought you were! But I didn't want to say anything just in case..."
Miss anything? Sunny side up eggs and sushi
Movement: Possibly....I did have a strange bubble-like/tingly sensation once this week. Definitely a new sensation, possibly my imagination. Hoping for more soon to confirm its not my imagination!
Food cravings: Sweets!
Anything making you queasy or sick: Not really
Gender prediction: Still not sure
Labor signs: Nope
Symptoms: Headaches and round ligament pain. My chiropractor gave me a magnesium supplement and I think it may be helping! They've been much milder the last day or so
Belly button in or out? In
Wedding rings on or off? On
Happy or moody most of the time: Happy!!!!!!!!!
Looking forward to: Feeling for sure movement and finding out the gender!

15 Weeks

How far along? 15 weeks

Total weight gain/loss: up 3lbs

Maternity clothes? Nope, but I am going to Oklahoma City in a couple weeks to buy some! My jeans are permanently unbuttoned these days and am quite often found in yoga pants or work out capris 

Stretch marks? None, and I have started lotioning every day so hopefully there won't be any!

Sleep? Sleeping great! I can actually stay up until 10pm and not be dead the next day

Are  you showing? Getting there! Everyone at work and even some of my student's parents have been commenting on my cute bump this week. 

Best moment this week: Having everyone notice and exclaim over my baby bump :)

Miss anything? Sunny side up eggs

Movement? None, impatiently waiting to say yes!

Food cravings? Sweets and fruit

Anything making you queasy or sick? Nope

Gender prediction: Girl? Boy? I don't know. I keep going back and forth. We'll find out in about 6 weeks!

Labor signs? Nope

Symptoms: HEADACHES! Everyday and they've gotten much more intense since they started at 10 weeks. But other than that I can't complain. Seeing a chiropractor has taken care of my lower back pain and I really don't have any other symptoms except occasional round ligament pain.

Belly button in or out? In

Wedding ring on or off? On

Happy or moody most of the time? Happy!!!

Looking forward to: Feeling baby kick and finding out the gender!