17 Week Update

How far along? 17 weeks and 3 days. We went to the doctor on Friday and the nurse was like “When are you actually due? We have July 22 on one paper and July 23 on another.” I told her just to put July, because who actually delivers on their due date? 

Total weight gain? About 7-8 pounds. I’m sure the Greek food and donuts from yesterday didn’t help! I usually hang out around 152 lbs when I’m not pregnant, I weighed 159 the other day.

Maternity clothes? Oh yea. Even though it seems silly to buy more clothes, I’m thinking that I may need to get more leggings and I’m on the hunt for some that aren’t super see through that would be good for working out. I left the gym yesterday halfway through my squats because I was so self conscious about my see through leggings! I guess buying the super cheap ones at Motherhood Maternity and then wearing them with Ryker and this baby have been a little more than they were meant for!

Stretch marks? Nope, and I’ve been slathering lotion on just like last time to try and avoid getting any!

Miss anything? Wine. Vic and I went to dinner Friday night and I sipped a little champagne for the taste (don’t worry, it was very, very, very little). I went to get my hair done Friday afternoon and they serve wine while you’re getting worked on and I was very jealous of the women with their glasses of red, but I’m also obsessed with their spa water (I left very hydrated!).

Strange symptoms? I feel like this baby is very low, I have way more pressure down low than I remember with Ryker. Besides that, not too many changes besides the congestion. I’m still getting nauseous to the point of food coming up if I eat a bite too much, which sucks. I’m totally over that!

Movement? Just little flutters here and there! The baby was super active yesterday, just rolling around. When we saw the baby on the ultrasound on Friday it was just tapping it’s foot away at my cervix, which was kind of funny.

Cravings? Anything related to sugar or French fries. Cake, donuts, cookies, Skittles…you name it. I’m working really hard on not giving into them but I failed at the donuts part.

Aversions? Meat that isn’t hiding in a bun or as chicken fingers.

Gender? We have a strong suspicion, but we’re not saying anything until we know for sure at our anatomy scan in a few weeks!

Labor signs? Nope! Our doctor will be checking my cervix on a regular basis, since I had Ryker early last time and they have no idea why. I guess at this point the acceptable reading is about 2 cm, she was able to see 3.7 cm of mine before it went off the screen so it sounds like we have nothing to worry about! TMI, haha?

Best moment this week? Seeing the baby and getting a guess at the gender, for one. Thursday night, Vic got up to go to the bathroom and as he was walking away he said “Ryker is messing around with something, can you see what it is?” It turned out to be a new Michael Kors wallet to replace my ten year old wallet that’s falling apart and a bouquet of flowers! It was super sweet and totally made me cry.

Wedding ring on or off? On, I have crazy small fingers.

Mood? Oh you know, all over the place!

Looking forward to… Tomorrow is a day off of work, a Monday off is always a great thing and I’m counting down to my birthday and Vic’s Spring Break, which are both the same week in early March.