18 Week Bump Watch

It's been a pretty good week for me. I still feel well and healthy. Today was probably the first day that I "felt" pregnant. I did a lot of walking around today and started to feel a noticeable heaviness. That's the best way I can describe it.
I've been to two prenatal yoga classes and it's been a great experience so far. I'm starting to meet other mothers-to-be (and mothers for the second or third time around) and I'm getting more active.
We have the ultrasound in four days! It's been moved up to May 4th and Phil and I both are pretty excited. No movements that I can feel yet from BB, but I'm looking forward to that too.

Here is my 18 week baby bump picture! It's getting there, huh? This picture was only taken three days ago, and already I feel like I've gotten bigger. I may start posting baby bump pictures every two weeks from here on out.


Here is a full picture of me at 17 weeks 4 days (yes, I'll go ahead and call myself out on cheating with the black color top).

17 Weeks Today

Hello week 17!
I'm marking the occasion by starting my prenatal yoga classes this evening and I'm very excited about it! I'm curious to see how prenatal yoga differs from any other type of yoga and I'm excited to get active again. My activity level sort of took a nose dive my first trimester when I felt so lethargic. I dropped my butt on the couch and never really picked it back up! Other than walking and an occasional bout with the elliptical machine, I have definitely been taking advantage of the pregnancy excuse to laze around.
Regardless of that, I'm feeling pretty good entering into my 17th week. It's also my last week at work. OTH is on hiatus and we haven't heard any official word yet if we're getting another season to work. So until they make a decision, there isn't any work for us to do. We (the cast and crew) are all just sitting tight to hear word. Besides the obvious financial worries, the bright side is I'm going to have time to do some much needed redecorating and rearranging of the house to make room for a nursery. Wow, it's crazy just to type that out! There's going to be a nursery in my house...just have to let that idea settle in.
I have had a few headaches, but having been a sufferer of migraines in the past, it hasn't been anything I can't handle! Still, I plan to get a pregnancy-safe prescription from my midwife.
Other than that, not much to report. I see some actual maternity wear shopping in my near future and plan to post another belly "Bump Watch" photo next week.

Sorry to Disappoint

A lot of people have asked if I have had any weird food cravings. So far, I have to respond with a boring "no." I feel like I'm letting these inquisitive people down a bit. Hearing about a pregnant woman scarf down a chocolate covered hot dog really seems to thrill most people. And it's always entertaining to hear a good strange food combo craving. I've read in some of my pregnancy books that there is a small percentage of women who crave non-edible items like ash, cardboard and the like. I'm just going to count myself lucky that I don't want to chow down on my Blackberry phone.

15 Week Appointment

Phil and I went to see our nurse midwife on Friday for our monthly checkup. All is well! We heard BB's heartbeat and it's 150 bpm. Not bad. It's always nice to get affirmation that everything is going well. I haven't gained much weight, so I was a little worried, but our midwife assured us that I was growing normally and the heartbeat sounded nice and strong. I'm sure lack of weight gain won't be a concern for much longer anyway!

Another nurse is supposed to call us on Monday to schedule the ultrasound where we find out the sex. I could go either way on finding out, but Phil wants to know. How can I not know if he does?! So we'll see if BB is a boy or a girl in a few more weeks and I'll have ultrasound pictures to share with you all.
UPDATE: Our ultrasound appointment has been scheduled for May 7th!

My First Maternity Wear Purchase

Phil and I took major advantage of having Good Friday off. The weather was amazing so we spent most of it outdoors and around town. One of the things we did was to finally stop in to one of the maternity and baby shops in Wilmington, Peanut Butter and Jelly. They're a little pricey, but they do have great stuff and it was fun to look around. It was a definite reminder that we have a long road ahead and so much to think about and prepare for!

And I made my first maternity wear purchase! It's a BellaBand and it's basically supposed to help me transition from my regular pants to maternity pants. I don't need maternity pants quite yet. My regular jeans fit fine...until about late afternoon! So this band lets me get a little more comfy in my regular jeans by being able to do some unbuttoning while still keeping my pants up and smoothed out. I'm going to stop before I start to sound like a commercial for these things, but it was exciting to make my first pregnancy purchase.

Kacy likes it too.

Baby Bump Watch

As promised, here are some baby bump pictures. I found myself pretty concerned about my baby bump or lack thereof. Before I started showing, I was concerned that I should be showing already! And then when I started to show I thought, "Should I be showing, already?"

I've decided to calm down about it. Every woman grows her baby bump in different ways, and this is mine.

This is at 6 weeks.This is at 10 weeks.This is me at 14 weeks and 3 days.