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Monday, October 24, 2011

13 weeks of belly love



How Far Along:  13 weeks

Size of baby:  The size of a peach, about 3 inches and .8 ounces

Gender:  Unsure but about 2 months left until we find out!  It should be the week of my birthday

Maternity Clothes:  Wearing most maternity pants now because my regular pants are too snug, actually haven't tried any one in some time now...  Can wear regular shirts but am digging rutched shirts.

Movement:  Not sure if it's too early, but I swear I've felt little fluttering/knocking/tapping randomly on my insides!

Sleep:  Sleeping pretty good, waking about 2 times per night to pee.  I can't get comfortable though, I so badly want to sleep on my stomach.

Symptoms:   A lot of my sleepiness is gone, but I still get tired.  I have been getting headaches daily but not sure if it's weather or pregnancy.  Also randomly dizzy some times.  Have been getting the sweats/shakes if I don't eat lunch early enough.  Perhaps a new cavity from my sweet tooth?!  Yikes...considering Novocain is a no no...  A break out here and there too.

What I miss:  Not much, maybe sandwiches (which I never ate all too often).  Sometimes I have random cravings for a drink...ha (which, again I never drank all too often).

Cravings:  Cereal, Captain Crunch to be exact!  I have gone through a box a week over the past two or three weeks :-)  Breakfast food at times and watermelon.

What I am looking forward to:  My belly growing a bit bigger, it's getting there though as you can tell in the weekly pictures.

I've been horrible at actually journaling my weekly updates over the past couple weeks.  I just feel like I sit on a computer all day at work that I don't want to at home.  We had our 12 week doctors appointment last Monday, everything was great and we got to hear our baby's heartbeat!  So exciting!  I was getting a little nervous because it was taking a little time to find the heartbeat but the moment the nurse got it on the doppler it was such a sweet sweet sound.  I wish I could hear it right now or whenever I think of it.  The bad thing...I was up 13 pounds...blah.  I can go into detail though, at previous appointments, they have been in the mornings.  This was a 5:20 appointment, so naturally I am 5 lbs. heavier in the evening, that being said I'd like to think I've put on only 8 lbs. :-)